The Law, Humanities and Social Science Collective at MNLU Mumbai is inviting submissions for its Blog, on a rolling basis.
About MNLU Mumbai
Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai, established under the Maharashtra National Law University Act 2014 on 20th March 2014, is one of the premier National Law Universities in India with a strong interdisciplinary focus on law and allied areas.
About the Blog and Call for Submissions
The Law Humanities and Social Sciences Collective’s blog, housed at MNLU Mumbai, promotes, publishes, and platforms research that works at the intersection of law and other disciplines from a Global South perspective. In this process, the Collective supports its contributors in fine-tuning their writing, hone their research skills, and help collate resources.
Uniquely, the Collective not only accept full-fledged articles for the blog, but also preliminary ideas. If an author wishes, he/she can email a prospective idea, and the editorial team shall assess its potential and further guide the author to develop it.
Mode of Submission
All submissions shall be made by filling out this Google Form.
General Guidelines
The Editorial Board of the MNLUM’s Law, Humanities, and Social Sciences Blog invites submissions in keeping with the following guidelines:
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Submissions shall be accepted on a rolling basis from students, legal professionals, teachers, researchers, policy-makers, senior academicians, and any member of the legal and humanities fraternity.
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Co-authorship of up to 2 authors is allowed.
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The submission should be original, exclusive, and unpublished, and should not be under review by any similar platform. Non-adherence to this rule shall result in a rejection of the submission, irrespective of its quality.
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Cross-publication will be allowed subject to prior permission from the original platform of publication.
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Any content that is related to the intersection of law with humanities and social sciences, or raises awareness about the same, whether in theory or in practice, is eligible for submission to the Blog.
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Submissions may be in the form of articles, short notes, book reviews, responses to an existing post on the Blog, or in any other form or manner that the Editorial Board deems appropriate.
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The Board retains absolute discretion in relation to both acceptance and rejection of a submission
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Upon acceptance of the submission by the Board, the copyright over the manuscript is vested with the Blog.
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The submission should reflect the original and unpublished work of the author(s). The Blog however permits a maximum similarity index of 15% and in no case shall a submission shall exceed this limit.
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Further information, requests, or queries regarding submissions may be obtained by sending an e-mail to lhssblog@mnlumumbai.edu.in
Content and Formatting Guidelines
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The word limit for every submission must ideally be limited to 1500-2000 words, except in cases where the Editorial Board deems otherwise. Longer pieces may be published in instalments in consultation with the contributors.
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The title of the post must be formatted to Times New Roman, Size 14, 1.5 Line Spacing, in All Caps and in Bold.
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The main body of the submission must be formatted to Times New Roman, Size 12 and with 1.5 Line Spacing and single line space between paragraphs.
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All references must be in the form of hyperlinks in the body of the submissions. In case a hyperlink is not available for a reference, Endnotes in Times New Roman, Size 10 with 1 Line Spacing may be used, and such Endnotes must follow either the Bluebook 20th Edition or APA Citation Style.
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The submission must be turned in as a Word document (.doc/.docx). The name of the document must be the same as the title of the submission.
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The submission document should not contain the name or institutional affiliation of the author, or any information that may disclose the identity of the author and hamper the review process.
Timeline for Review
The Editorial Board shall try to respond to the authors with an acceptance/rejection/acceptance subject to the modification within 15 days from the date of receipt of submission.
Submission of Ideas
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The Blog accepts submissions in the form of tentative ideas/writing topics as well.
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Author(s) may email a brief outline of their ideas to lhssblog@mnlumumbai.edu.in. A few indicative readings and sources that inspired the idea may also be attached. Please note that the outline of the idea needs to be formatted as a formal abstract.
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If the editors are of the opinion that the idea has publication potential, they shall get back to you regarding the prospect of developing it further along with indicative suggestions and pointers.
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Following this, the author(s) must submit a full-fledged article conforming with the Guidelines specified above.
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The editors shall then subject the article to the review process of a full article and shall revert back to the authors within 15 days along with further comments/changes if any.
Do send in your 1500-2000 word entries to get published. You will find the detailed submission guidelines here. For any query, feel free to write at lhssblog@mnlumumbai.edu.in
