About V. M. Salgaocar College of Law, Goa
V. M. Salgaocar College of Law is a private law school situated at Miramar in Panji in the Indian state of Goa.
About Salgaocar Law Review
V. M. Salgaocar College of Law, Goa invites contributions to Salgaocar Law Review, Volume IX, 2023 (ISSN 2395-7263) from academicians, lawyers and research students.
Salgaocar Law Review is a blind peer-reviewed annual law journal, published from 2015 onwards and includes Original Research Articles, Essays, Case Comments, Legislative Comments and Book reviews.
About Call for Papers
The purpose of the publication is to encourage quality legal research and intellectual perceptions and continuing deliberations on a broad spectrum of contemporary legal issues.
As an institution, we consider it our avowed mission to further the cause of excellence in legal education in pursuance of justice and service to humanity, also through legal research and publication.
Submission Categories
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Word Limit (including footnotes)
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Long Articles between 8000-10000
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Short Articles between 4000-8000
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Essays between 2000 – 4000
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Case notes and legislative comments between 1500-3000
Submission Guidelines
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All submissions must be in the Microsoft word Format with a one-inch margin on all sides.
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The text must be in Times New Roman with a font size of 12 and line spacing of 1.5.
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Footnotes must be in Times New Roman, font size 10 with single line spacing
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Citations must conform to the Bluebook Uniform Style of Citation (21st ed. 2020). Check www.legalbluebook.com
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All submissions must be original and unpublished work of the author/s and should not have been submitted, accepted or published elsewhere.
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Co-authorship is allowed (maximum of 2 authors).
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Articles will pass through blind peer review and acceptance will be subject to the report of the peer review team.
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Articles found plagiarized will be summarily rejected.
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Submit the soft copy of your manuscript along with a cover letter
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The cover letter must contain the following details.
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Title of the paper, category (specify if it is Article/Essay/Case Comment/ Legislative Comment/ Book Review)
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Name of the author/s, occupation, designation & name of the institution, email id, mobile phone no and contact address.
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Kindly note that to keep confidentiality for peer review, these details shall only be mentioned on the cover page and nowhere else in the paper.
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Submission of abstract (of 300 words with keywords) and full paper to be emailed to salgaocarlawreview@vmslaw.edu.in within the specified date.
Eligibility
Academicians, lawyers and research students.
Important Dates
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March 20, 2023: Abstract Submission
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March 27, 2023: Communication of acceptance status of the abstract
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April 18, 2023: Submission of full paper
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May 3, 2023: Communication of acceptance status of full paper
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May 8, 2023: Communication of recommendations/suggestions for peer review
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May 18, 2023: Submission of paper with changes, suggested if any
Contact Information
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