About CELAR NLUJAA
The fundamental aim of the Centre for Environmental Law, Advocacy, and Research (CELAR), National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam, is to participate in advocacy and research on public interest environmental concerns.
Thus, to meet one of the objectives, Lex Terra is an initiative undertaken by CELAR. Through Lex Terra, the Centre strives to provide a voice to various aspects of the environment, published every month, to create a community of environmentally conscious individuals from the legal and non-legal fraternity. Each issue of Lex Terra features important environmental news from across the world and from within the nation. This bulletin is meticulously compiled by CELAR members dedicated enviro-legal enthusiasts.
Call for Papers
The Centre for Environmental Law, Advocacy and Research (CELAR) of National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (NLUJAA), is pleased to invite scholastic submissions for Issue 37 onwards for Lex Terra (ISSN: 2455-0965), their monthly online publication (webzine).
Sub-themes
Possible sub-themes include but are not limited to:
Natural Resource Management Law;
Waste Management;
Biodiversity Management;
Energy Law;
Forest Laws;
Animal Rights;
Agricultural Laws;
Climate Change Law and Policy;
Global Commons;
Sustainable Development;
Environment Impact Assessment;
Ecological Restoration;
Pollution Control;
Coastal Regulation;
Environmental Ethics;
Ecofeminism; Environment,
Business and Human Rights;
Ecosystem Services; and
Environmental Economics.
Submission Guidelines
General Guidelines
Lex Terra exclusively accepts manuscripts that revolve around the themes of environmental law and policy research. Manuscripts that are not related to environmental law are summarily rejected.
While contributors are permitted to submit articles on the aforementioned themes across any jurisdiction, we especially encourage submissions exploring customary environmental standards and practices pertaining to North-East India. We, at Lex Terra, firmly believe that the North-East region of India, being rich in biodiversity and natural resources, requires particular attention from an environmental-legal standpoint.
All manuscripts and author(s) details must be submitted only via the link given at the end of this post.
Manuscripts sent via email will not be considered.
The word limit, exclusive of footnotes are as follows:
Short Articles: 2000 words
Enviro-legislative analysis: 1000 words
Enviro-legal news & perspectives: 1000 words
Enviro-judgement analysis: 1000 – 1500 words
Please refrain from using any personal identification details in the manuscript, such as your name or institutional affiliations, to better facilitate the double-blind peer-review process.
Co-authorship among individuals of the same or different institutions is allowed up to two authors.
Please ensure that the manuscript submitted to Lex Terra is not simultaneously under consideration at other academic publications.
The webzine is committed to publishing pieces of the highest academic quality. Pursuant to this, we have a strict no-plagiarism policy and all manuscripts we receive are put through a plagiarism detection software. Any manuscripts found having a similarity index of more than 25% are summarily rejected. Other pieces depend upon context.
Only the unplagiarized manuscripts are sent to the peer reviewers.
Formatting Guidelines
Submissions should exclusively be made in .doc/ .docx format.
The authors must follow the Bluebook 20th Edition format for citations.
Please adhere to the following text formatting guidelines:
All text, including hyperlinks featured in the footnotes of the manuscript, must be in black colour. In addition, hyperlinks to an online citation must be removed. Only the text of the link should be retained.
Main title: Times New Roman, Size 14, small capitals, centre aligned, in bold. ○ Headings within the main body: Times New Roman, Size 12, upper case, left aligned, in bold.
Subheadings within the main body: Times New Roman, Size 12, title case, left aligned, in italics.
The Journal encourages lengthy articles to be divided into headings and subheadings for better structure. However, authors are advised to use only two heading levels.
Please number, format and indent headings and subheadings as:
I. Heading of Chapter I
1.1 First Sub-Heading of Chapter I
1.2 Second Sub-Heading of Chapter I
II. Heading of Chapter II
2.1 First Sub-Heading of Chapter II
The main body of the text: Times New Roman, Size 12, 1.5 line spacing, justified.
Footnotes: Times New Roman font size 10, single line spacing, justified.
Abbreviation of a word should only be done at the first instance and should not be repeated later. Please refrain from using terms such as “hereinafter” within the parentheses and do not use periods in these short forms.
For example: “The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (‘NGT Act’) is an Act of the Parliament of India which…
The NGT Act was enacted to create a special tribunal to handle environmental cases.”Writers should not use double quotations unreasonably. Only content used verbatim should be put in quotation marks.
Speaking footnotes are strictly prohibited.
Review Process and Timeline
All the manuscripts will go through a double-blind peer-review process.
The deadline for submissions to be considered for Issue 37 is November 30, 2021.
Due to an overwhelming number of manuscripts that we have received so far, Issue 37 of Lex Terra is scheduled to be published tentatively in February 2022.
Please note that the peer review process for Issue 37 will commence only post the deadline. Hence, authors can expect to receive the final decision with regards to the acceptance or rejection of the submitted manuscript in the last week of January 2021.
The manuscript will be judged on the following parameters:
Use of Language
Style and Structure
Referencing and Research
Relevance and Contribution to Existing Literature
Since the Editorial Board is currently preoccupied with 3 upcoming issues of Lex Terra and additional university commitments, no requests to expedite the review process shall be entertained.
It is to be noted that in the event we receive an adequate number of submissions for Issue 37, subsequent submissions will be considered for the forthcoming issues of Lex Terra in 2022.
The preliminary screening process that involves running articles through the plagiarism test may take up to 21 days, and the Editorial Board shall endeavour to respond to the authors at the earliest.
The Editorial Board shall communicate their decision of acceptance or rejection to the author directly within the stipulated time frame.
Contributors are requested to address follow-up emails to the Editorial Board only after 21 days.
The authors, while submitting, agree to make any edits, changes, or modifications that the Editorial Board deems necessary for the manuscript’s ultimate publication.
If the author’s manuscript is considered for publication, they shall be wholly liable to make any required revisions to their manuscript (whether procedural or substantial) in good faith and are expected to cooperate with the Editorial Board at all times.
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