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Call for Papers: AMU Law Society Review (Submit by 22 Jan)

The journal assumes an interdisciplinary orientation and is wide enough to include national as well as international legal and policy-based issues within its sweep.

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The AMU Law Society Review is the flagship journal of the Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

It is an annual journal which provides an extensive platform for academicians, practitioners, researchers, and students to assimilate, exchange and extend their ideas to facilitate the debate on contemporary legal issues through their scholarly articles and research papers. The journal assumes an interdisciplinary orientation and is wide enough to include national as well as international legal and policy-based issues within its sweep.

The Review has received enthusiastic responses over the years, having continually aimed at raising the bar of academic research with insightful and pertinent contributions to the legal discourse. AMU Law Society Review 2023 invites chapters in the form of Research Papers, Case Comments/Legislative Comments, Articles & Essays, Book Reviews and other such submissions for its flagship publication (to be published in form of a book with ISBN number).

Categories of Submissions

  • Research Papers: 3,000 to 5,000 words

  • Case Comments/ Legislative Comments/ Articles/ Essays: 1,500 to 2,500 words

  • Book Reviews: 1,000 to 2,000 words

Note: Word limits are exclusive of footnotes.

Please note that these are not strict categories and other creative categories of submissions may also be entertained.

  • Submissions interacting with past publications of the AMU Law Society Review are welcomed.

  • Empirical research pieces are also welcome.

Submission Guidelines

Authors shall submit their papers via Google Form available here by 22 January 2023. A copy of the responses to the Google Form shall be sent to the registered email ID as an acknowledgement of receipt of the paper submission.

Upon the selection of manuscripts, the authors shall be intimated and may be required to make certain changes as suggested to them by the Editorial Board, and shall be given time to resubmit their manuscripts. The authors are expected to be accommodative of the changes that are suggested by the Editorial Board.

Important Dates

  • Release of brochure - 5 December 2022

  • Last Date of Submission - 22 January 2023

  • Communication of acceptance (with edits or suggestions) or rejection - 28 February 2023

For more information, refer to the 2023 ‘Call for Papers’ brochure.

Contact Details

For further Details/Queries, You may contact or you can also reach out to the Editorial Board, Law Society, AMU Email:editorialboard.lawsociety.amu@gmail.com

All emails with queries should begin the subject line with the word ‘Query’

Editor: Shifa Qureshi +91 6232282925                                                          

Joint Editors

Mahvish Fatima +91 9971060921

Farhan Khan +91 8853120788

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