Call For Papers: NLUJAA's Journal For Disability Studies And Health Laws [Submit By 31st Jan 2025]

The Centre for Disability Studies and Health Laws (the "CDSHL") is inviting submissions by way of a Call for Papers.

The Journal for Disability Studies and Health Laws (the “Journal”) is a peer-reviewed journal published under the aegis of the CDSHL, National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam. The Journal was established with the objective of becoming a formidable instrument in pushing the ante of contemporary and socially relevant inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research and scholarship in the areas of disability rights, health laws, healthcare jurisprudence, etc.

The Journal accepts submissions from students, practising attorneys, academicians, jurists, activists, research scholars, professionals in non-legal fields, and members of the Bar as well as the Bench

Prospective Themes

The submissions should revolve around contemporary occurrences and any relevant issue(s) in relation to disability rights, health laws or its interdisciplinary aspects, including technology, philosophy/ ethics, sociology, equity, business studies and design. They must establish their relevance to the broad themes that the Journal undertakes.

The following list is non-exhaustive:

Submission Categories

- Research Article: 6,000 to 8,000 words

- Research Note: 3,000 to 5,000 words (a condensed write-up of any specific and recent development)

- Commentary: Less than 3,000 words (critically analyse Indian or international judicial pronouncements, pieces of legislation or reports)

- Book Review: Less than 2,000 words

These word limits are exclusive of footnotes. In exceptional cases, manuscripts exceeding the word limit may be considered at the discretion of the CDSHL.

Submission Guidelines

1. The Submission must be written in British English.

2. The Submission must use the 4th Edition of the Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) for footnotes and bibliographies. Do not use endnotes, and do not use speaking footnotes: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/migrated/oscola_4th_edn_hart_2012.pdf

3. All Submissions shall be original. Any plagiarism beyond 15% would lead to immediate rejection of the Submission. The CDSHL bars author(s) from using generative AI tools and AI-assisted tools in the writing process that fall outside the case of improving readability and language.

4. The author(s) must inform the CDSHL if the Submission has also been submitted to another journal or otherwise. The CDSHL must be notified immediately if an offer for publication from another journal (or otherwise) is accepted by the author(s).

5. If the author wishes to submit the Submission for any subsequent publication after it has been published with the Journal, the author needs to seek the explicit permission of the CDSHL.

Please format the Submission according to the Submission Guidelines mentioned here.

Submission Procedure

“Authors will be solely responsible for their views and violations of the law, if any.” The CDSHL shall not be responsible for the views/opinions of the author(s) in the Journal which does not subscribe to the views/opinions expressed by the authors. They shall be considered the personal opinion/s of the authors concerned.

Submit the Submission at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf15gpe4J0yq4hvzMqZEAiLok7gSsBafcYhWTi_3TE2kcRzoQ/viewform?usp=sf_link.

Last Date to receive submissions shall be January 31, 2025 (11:59 PM IST).

There is no publication fee, open-access fee or any other payment charged by the CDSHL for publication in the Journal.

Contact:

Vikranta Pradeep Barsay (Head of Journal) | +91-9952389400 | barsay@nluassam.ac.in

Utkarsh Jha | +91-9643671796 | utkarshjha@nluassam.ac.in

For general queries, drop an email at cds@nluassam.ac.in