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.
About the Blog
Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai is proud to introduce the MNLU Law, Humanities, and Social Sciences Blog. We noted that available research on the intersection of law with humanities and social sciences remains focused on and originates from the Global North. Perspectives from the Global South remain marginal to such discussions.
Theme
Interdisciplinary interaction of law with social sciences.
Who can Submit?
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.
Submission Guidelines
- Co-authorship of up to 2 authors is allowed.
- The submission should be original, exclusive, and unpublished, and should not be under review by any similar platform.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.
- Cross-publication will be allowed subject to prior permission from the original platform of publication.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Board retains absolute discretion in relation to both acceptance and rejection of a submission
- Upon acceptance of the submission by the Board, the copyright over the manuscript is vested with the Blog.
- The submission should reflect the original and unpublished work of the author(s).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.
Formatting Guidelines
- 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 installments in consultation with the contributors.
- The title of the post must be formatted to Times New Roman, Size 14, 1.5 Line Spacing, in All Caps and in Bold.
- 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.
- All references must be in the form of hyperlinks in the body of the submissions. In case a hyperlink is not available for reference, Endnotes in Times New Roman, Size 10 with 1 Line Spacing may be used, and such Endnotes must follow Uniform Bluebook 20 Edition Citation Style.
- 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.
- 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.
NOTE: The Editorial Board shall respond to the authors with an acceptance/rejection/acceptance subject to modification within 15 days from the date of receipt of submission.
How to submit?
All submissions shall be made by filling out the Google Form which can be accessed at the end of this post. No other mode of submission shall be considered.
Contact Details
In case of queries, please e-mail at: lhssblog@mnlumumbai.edu.in
