PUBLICATION POLICY & REVIEW POLICY

ABOUT JOURNAL:

‘Law Audience Journal (e-ISSN: 2581-6705)’, is an online/electronic research scholarly Journal in the field of legal studies. It is a double-blind peer-reviewed and a National Journal. The frequency of this Journal is bi-monthly; it means that the Journal publishes at least 6 issues in a year online. So far, the Journal has published 26 Issues. The journal provides you with a fast-track process for the publication of papers (within 3 days).  

Law Audience’s Digest is available in the libraries of the following universities namely, Campus Law Centre, Delhi University, School of Law, Manav Rachna University, Faridabad, School of Law, Maharaja Agrasen University, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, Institute of Legal Studies, SRMU, Lucknow, Faculty of Law, Manipal University, Jaipur, School of Law, Amity University, Lucknow.

Articles originally published in the Journal has been cited in various National and International Journals including UGC Approved Journals.

THEME:

Author(s) can submit a paper on any theme related to the field of law or any related field or disciplines.

PLAGIARISM POLICY:

Papers submitted for publication to Law Audience Journal must be plagiarism free otherwise it will be rejected (nominal percentage of similarity is acceptable). The Journal uses paid software to detect the Plagiarism. But, however, it is the duty of the author(s) to ensure the originality. The Journal shall not be liable for any plagiarism or copyright issue.

ABSTRACT (OPTIONAL):

A short abstract of 200 to 300 words that outline the main questions or themes addressed in the paper is required to be sent along with the submission. No need to send it separately. 

WORDS LIMIT & TYPE OF SUBMISSIONS:

  • Short-Articles: (2000-2500 words, inclusive of footnotes)
  • Articles: (2600-4000 words, inclusive of footnotes)
  • Research Papers: (4100-10,000 words, inclusive of footnotes)
  • Case Comments: (2500-3000 words, inclusive of footnotes)
  • Book Reviews: (2000-3000 words, inclusive of footnotes)

AUTHORSHIP:

A maximum of one 2 co-author(s) are permitted. Submission more than 2 co-author(s) shall be disqualified.

CITATION STYLE:

Uniform Style of Citation should be adhered or the method of citation which is expected to be followed is Harvard Bluebook 19th Edition or any uniform mode of citation is acceptable.

FORMAT OF THE MAIN TEXT & THE FOOTNOTES:

  • Times New Roman font, in font size 12 is prescribed for all submissions.
  • Further, the footnotes shall be in font size 10 and in the Times New Roman font.
  • A line spacing of 1.5 for the main text and 1.0 for the footnotes is to be followed.
  • All submissions are to be sent in either Doc. or Docx format (MS Word File). Note any submission in pdf form shall not be accepted.

HEADINGS & SUB-HEADINGS SHOULD FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING STANDARD:

Headings and subheadings: All Capitals and Bold and Justify (Times New Roman font, in font size 14).

CONFIRMATION OF PAPERS:

  • Confirmation of Shortlisted Papers for Publication: Within 2 days from the date of submission of your paper.
  • Publication of Shortlisted Papers: Within 3 days from the date of submission of the Copyright Agreement and Article Processing Charges.

COPYRIGHT LICENSING AGREEMENT:

All the submissions shortlisted for publication in the journal are bound to enter into a copyright licensing agreement with the journal. The said agreement will be transferring certain rights in favour of the journal.

We’ll be emailing a soft copy of the said agreement to the shortlisted manuscripts and they’ll have to take a print out of the same and then they’ll have to sign it and then email us a scanned copy of the said agreement at lawjournal@lawaudience.com or lawaudience@gmail.com. We’ll be publishing the shortlisted manuscripts in our journal only after receiving the scanned copy of the said agreement.

REVIEW POLICY:

In a case, if the Journal receives more than one paper on a similar topic then preference will be given to the best content and the other paper whose content is not better will be rejected and no excuse regarding the same will be entertained.   

‘Law Audience Journal’, follows a modern pattern of evaluating the submissions.

  • The Journal follows a Double-Blind-Peer-Review-Policy (It means that personal identities or details of the author(s) remain undisclosed).
  • All the ‘Submissions’ received for publication in the Journal have to go through a process which is consisting of checking of plagiarism, grammatical mistakes, footnote errors and compliance with publication policy or submission guidelines. But, however, it is the duty of the author or authors as the case may be to ensure that they have followed the Bluebook 19th edition and their submissions are free from grammatical mistakes or free from other reasonable errors. 
  • If the submission passes the above-mentioned process, then the Journal forwards it to the concerned Editorial Board Member or  Peer-Reviewer.
  • The concerned Editorial Board Member or Peer-Reviewer examines the submission very carefully. Board Member or Peer-Reviewer reserved the right to reject the submission of the author or authors.
  • If the Editorial Board Member or Peer-Reviewer thinks that the submission needs to be modified, then the concerned Editorial Board Member or Peer-Reviewer inserts his/her recommendations in the concerned submission in the form of comments.
  • Then the Journal communicates the changes recommended by the Editorial Board Member or Peer-Reviewer to the concerned author(s).
  • The author(s) has to incorporate the recommended changes within the given deadlines and has to re-submit it by emailing at lawjournal@lawaudience.com or lawaudience@gmail.com. It is mandatory for the author(s) to incorporate all the changes as suggested by the Editorial Board Member or Peer-Reviewer. 
  • After receiving the modified submission the Publisher checks the submission. If the Publisher thinks that the author(s) has inserted all the changes recommended by the Editorial Board Member or Peer-Reviewer, then the Publisher sends a mail to the author(s) that your submission has been selected for publication. But, however, if the publisher thinks that the author(s) has not incorporated all the recommended changes, then the publisher provides another opportunity to the author(s) to incorporate the recommended changes as per the given deadlines otherwise the submission will be rejected.   

HOW TO SUBMIT:

There’s only single mode of submitting articles in the Journal for the ongoing Issue i.e.,https://form.jotform.com/242696373932467, If there’s any issue in accessing the forms then WhatsApp at +91-8351033361.

NOTE:

  • Submissions must be the original & unpublished work of the author(s) and must not be submitted or must not be under consideration for publication in any medium whether online or offline.
  • The Journal owns the right to discard entries which do not obey to the Guidelines for Submission.
  • The Journal reserves the absolute rights to prepone or cancel or postpone the publication of research papers at any stage in the event of the occurring of any event, natural or man-made.
  • The Journal reserves the absolute rights to take any decision as per the situation which is not mentioned in this official notification and after taking such decision the same shall be notified on our official website or shall be communicated to the concerned author or authors (www.lawaudience.com). 

CONTACT DETAILS

In a case, if you have any doubt or query in your mind then feel free to drop us an email at lawjournal@lawaudience.com or call us at +91-8351033361.

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