SUBMISSION CATEGORIES

• Long Article (4000 – 5000 words)
• Short Article (3000 – 4000 words)
• Essays (2000 – 3000 words)
• Case Comments (2000 – 4000 words)
• Book Review (1000 – 2000 words)

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

DSNLJ accepts submissions on an annual basis from external contributors. The submissions will be reviewed and edited by the Editorial Board under the supervision of the Editor in Chief.

• Co-authorship is permissible up to a maximum of two Authors.
• The submissions are to be made only in Microsoft Word Format (.docx or .doc files)
• The Author(s) shall not disclose their identity anywhere in the body of the manuscript.
• The Authors must mention the Table of Contents on the first page of their paper.
• The submission shall contain a separate cover letter on the first page of the document enumerating the following details:
• Name of the Author(s)
• Address of the Author(s);
• Phone Numbers of the Author(s);
• Title of the manuscript;
• Submission Category;
• Name of the institution/Organization;
• Year of study/ Designation; and
• Email address(s).

STYLE/ FORMATTING GUIDELINES

• The paper should be justified in Times New Roman, font size 12 with 1.5 spacing.
• Footnotes should be in Times New Roman, 10 font size, and have single 1.0 spacing.
• Strictly confirm to Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (4th ed., 2012) as the citation format.
• Any form of Plagiarism and use of AI will result in immediate disqualification for publication.

HOW TO SUBMIT?

Interested authors can mail their submissions to dsnlj@dsnlu.ac.in with the Subject: ‘Submission for Call of Papers (DSNLJ) – Name of the Author’.

IMPORTANT POLICY

• The submission must be the original unpublished work of the Author(s) and it should not be simultaneously considered at any other place.
• Upon submission, the manuscript shall be the property of DSNLJ for any subsequent publication/reprint/derivative work.
• DSNLJ reserves the right to reject entries that do not conform to the Guidelines for Submission.
• The Author(s) shall be presumed to have obtained the necessary permission from cited authors in case a cited work is unpublished.
• DSNLJ reserves absolute right to cancel, differ, or postpone the publication in the event of the accruing of any incident, natural or man-made.
• In case of any dispute, the decision of the DSNLJ shall be final and binding.
• The Editorial Board shall not be responsible for any material that is libellous or scandalous.
• The Editorial Board may review the accuracy of the citation but the responsibility rests with the Author(s).