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Submission Guidelines for Volume 14, Issue 1

Scope of Topics:

The following is an indicative list highlighting the scope of the journal:

  • International Commercial Arbitration;

  • Institutional Arbitration;

  • Multilateral Arbitration Conventions;

  • Inter-State Disputes Subject to Arbitration;

  • Investor-State Dispute Settlement Mechanism;

  • Investment Treaty Arbitration;

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms;

  • Jurisdiction-specific issues in Arbitration; and

  • UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration.

Contribution Guidelines

  1. IJAL seeks submissions under the following categories:

  2. Articles - 6,000 to 8,000 words.

  3. Notes - 3,000 to 6,000 words.

  4. Case Notes/Book Reviews - 1,500 to 2,000 words (exclusive of footnotes)

  5. IJAL accepts manuscripts on a rolling basis.

  6. Manuscripts received during December 12 – December 31 shall be considered for publication in the May issue and manuscripts received during January 1 – January 31 will be considered for publication in the September issue.

  7. Manuscripts must be topical and related to the scope of IJAL.

  8. The manuscript must contain an abstract of not more than 200 words along with 5 keywords. In case the submitted manuscript does not contain an abstract, the manuscript will be rejected in the initial review.

  9. The manuscript must be in conformity with the OSCOLA: The Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities for citations and footnotes. The author(s) are required to mandatorily adhere to the same.

  10. The manuscript must not contain any mention of or reference to the author’s name, affiliation or credentials. Such information must be restricted to a separate cover page which must contain a brief biographical description of the author and include the authors’ name, affiliation, qualifications and contact details.

  11. The manuscript must be contained in a Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx) document.

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General Formatting Guidelines

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  1. The language setting of the manuscript must be English (U.K.).

  2. The manuscript shall use Garamond font, size 12, with justified alignment and line spacing of 1.15 for the main body text.

  3. Footnotes shall be in Garamond font, size 10, justified, with single line spacing

  4. The page size must be A4 with margins of 2.54 cm on all sides.

  5. Page numbers must be placed at the bottom centre of each page in Garamond font, size 11.

  6. Headings and sub-headings must follow a clear hierarchical structure, with primary headings numbered using Roman numerals (I., II., III.), secondary headings using capital letters (A., B., C.), and tertiary headings using lower-case Roman numerals (i., ii., iii.).

  7. All quotations must retain punctuation within the quotation marks.

  8. Numbers from one to nine in the main text must be written in words, while numbers above ten must be written in numerals

  9. Hyperlinks, if included, must not appear in blue or underlined; they must be formatted in black text while retaining the embedded link.

  10. Case names in the main text must be italicised, while the term “v.” must remain in regular font.

  11. Abbreviations must be defined at their first occurrence in the manuscript and used consistently thereafter.

  12. Abbreviations must appear in square brackets within double quotation marks and in bold. For example: [“ABC”].

  13. The format for dates must be Month DD, YYYY. For example: January 1, 2020.

  14. All hyperlinks and citations must be functional and verified at the time of submission.

  15. Manuscripts must not include keywords below the abstract or a table of contents.

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Editorial Policy

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  1. Authors, upon submission, must communicate their acceptance of the following conditions:

    • The work, upon publication, becomes the property of National Law University, Jodhpur;

    • Permissions for subsequent publication/reprint and/or derivative works must be obtained from IJAL.

  2. IJAL follows a comprehensive double blind review procedure. IJAL shall endeavour to keep the authors informed about the current status of their manuscript as it goes through each stage of review.

  3. IJAL reserves the right to refer certain manuscripts to the Board of Advisors for review, based on the discretion of the Editorial Board.   

  4. The acceptable limit of plagiarism is 10%(excluding citations), and that for AI usage is 20%. Manuscripts with plagiarism between 20%-30% will be subject to the discretion of the Editorial Board and manuscripts with plagiarism above 30% will be outrightly rejected.

  5. IJAL retains complete discretion over acceptance/rejection of manuscripts.

  6. IJAL does not entertain requests for advance decisions based on abstracts, topic proposals or outlines. Editorial decisions shall be based solely on review of the final manuscripts submitted by the authors.

  7. After review by the Editors, manuscripts may be returned to the authors with suggestions related to substance and/or style.

  8. Authors of accepted articles are entitled to receive a complimentary printed copy of the issue in which their article has been published.

  9. IJAL reserves the right to request copies of any resources or authorities cited in the manuscript.

 

Link for Manuscript Submission can be found here.

 

Link to our website can be found here.

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   Note: Submissions for Volume 14.1 have closed. The next submission window will be                               announced once the journal begins accepting submissions again.

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       Furthermore, please check the detailed submission guidelines from here.

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