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Gujarat Law Journal releases its Call for Papers for Vol. 5 Issue 1. The journal wishes that its interdisciplinary approach is reflected through the submissions.

For details about the review process, ethical and submission guidelines check out our linkedin page or visit our website at www.gnlu.ac.in/Gujarat-Law-Journal

The deadline for the call for papers is for November 15th 2020.

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The Gujarat Law Journal
The Peer Review Process

The Peer Review Process:

Submission:

Once the manuscript is submitted to the Gujarat Law Journal, the following stages of review will be followed to ensure the quality and standards of publication:

Initial manuscript evaluation:

1. All submissions, will be first checked for plagiarism using standard software. If an article is found to have high level of similarity or plagiarised work of others without due or insufficient acknowledgements, the editors reserve the right to retract the article or may resend the articles to the authors for resubmitting the same with due corrections.

2. All new submissions will be then screened for adherence to the Journal’s policy and guidelines.

3. The authors whose manuscript are rejected at the initial evaluation stage will be informed within three to four weeks of the submission.

4. The authors whose manuscripts have passed the initial stage will be assigned to senior editors for further consideration.

Editor evaluation:

The Senior Editors will evaluate the manuscript for its originality, conceptual and methodological consistency, grammar and language as well as decide whether the submissions are within the aims and scope of the journal. The Editors reserve the right to decide whether the submission requires further review or not.

Peer Review:

Once the submissions are shortlisted by the Editors they will be sent for peer review. The peer review process being anonymous (Blind), the name of the author shall be concealed. Each manuscript shall be reviewed by two referees, invited by the Editorial board based on the expertise on the subject /area of the submission.
Peer Review Guidelines:

The Reviewer shall evaluate the manuscript and submit report on the basis of –
 Originality and significance of the contribution
 Coverage and adequacy of appropriate and existing literature
 Relevance to the subject area as well as it national and international relevance
 Clarity, consistency, style of writing
 Structure, organisation, analysis and interpretation

Timeline:

The Reviewer shall be given sufficient time (at least 60 days) to review the submission and submit suggestions, recommend changes as well as decide on the merit of the submission. In the event of a change in circumstance prior to the completion of the review, or if an extension is necessary, the same is required to be communicated to the journal at the earliest.

Non-disclosure of content:

In the good faith of respecting the confidentiality of the peer review process, the peer reviewers are required to refrain from using the information acquired for their own or another’s advantage.

Confidentiality:

Name, background and other details of the reviewer and the author are not to be disclosed in any circumstance by either of the parties.

Bias and competing interests:

The reviewers are expected to remain unbiased regarding nationality, religious or political beliefs, gender or any other such characteristics of the origins or contents of the manuscript or by any commercial aspects.

Non-transferability of peer review:

Any peer review conducted for this journal remains non-transferable to other journals or publications

Assessment Criteria:

The assessment criteria shall be based on, including but not limited to, the following (The Reviewer will evaluate the submitted article according to the following criteria and in the format provided):
1. Do you recommend/accept this manuscript for publication? If yes, should the acceptance be with no changes or minor or major revisions?
2. How original is the research idea? Does the research add to the already existing literature in the subject area?
3. Is the language of the manuscript lucid and easy to read?
4. Is the manuscript of appropriate length?
5. Does the title and introduction provide a clear overview and introduce the topic accordingly?
6. Does the conclusion aptly answer the research question posed in the manuscript?
7. Does the article include any empirical research and has the author(s) used viable research methodology/ies to arrive at conclusions vis à vis data collected? Whether the conclusion derived from these statistics appears to be relevant to the research conducted?
8. Is the manuscript supported by reliable sources?
9. Does the article fit into the editorial aims and scope of the journal?
10. Other comments
11. Constructive suggestions: What changes or revisions should be made by the author to make the manuscript publishable?

The reports:

The reviewer/s report as received will be sent to the author after concealing the name of the reviewers. In case the authors wish to comment/respond on the comments of the reviewer/s it shall be made available to the reviewers after concealing the name of the contributor. The standard policy practice is for both identities to remain concealed.

The final decision and time to publication:

On the receipt of the reviewer’s comments/suggestions or decision the Editor will be responsible for the final decision to reject or recommend the manuscript for publication.
In case the manuscript requires changes and depending on the changes required the author shall be given 30 days to resubmit the manuscript after incorporating the changes suggested by the reviewer.

On receipt of the revised manuscript the Editors will check on whether the author has adhered to or incorporated all the changes suggested. The Editors reserve the right to resend the accepted paper for further review to the same reviewer or to any other person it deems fit.

After acceptance, it takes 3 to 4 weeks to get the final corrected draft of the set of accepted compiled manuscripts of a particular volume to be sent to the publisher for typesetting.

Following the receipt of the typeset draft, the Editors will once again proof read the content for any errors. This process usually takes 1 to 2 weeks.

The complete set of manuscripts compiled into a volume will be sent for final printing.

Editors
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The Gujarat Law Journal
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statements

Publication Ethics

Fair Play

An editor will at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editor and any editorial members must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Article assessment

All manuscripts are subject to peer review and are expected to meet standards of academic excellence. If approved by the editor, submissions will be considered by peer reviewers, whose identities will remain anonymous to the authors.
The Editor may consult experts and the academic editor before deciding on appropriate actions, including but not limited to recruiting reviewers with specific expertise, assessment by additional editors, and declining to further consider a submission.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Plagiarism/ Acknowledgement of Sources

Authors must not use the words, figures, or ideas of others without attribution. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. Reuse of wording must be limited and be attributed or quoted in the text.
The Gujarat National Law University uses Similarity Check software to detect submissions that overlap with published and submitted manuscripts.
Manuscripts that are found to have been plagiarized from a manuscript by other authors, whether published or unpublished, will be rejected and the authors may incur sanctions. Any published articles may need to be corrected or retracted.

Duplicate submission and redundant publication

The Gujarat Law Journal consider only original content, i.e. articles that have not been previously published, including in a language other than English.
Manuscripts submitted to The Gujarat Law Journal must not be submitted elsewhere while under consideration and must be withdrawn before being submitted elsewhere. Authors whose articles are found to have been simultaneously submitted elsewhere may incur sanctions.
The journals will consider extended versions of articles published at conferences provided this is declared in the cover letter, the previous version is clearly cited and discussed, there is significant new content, and any necessary permissions are obtained.
Duplicate publication of the same, or a very similar, article may result in the retraction of the later article and the authors may incur sanctions.

Citation manipulation

Authors whose submitted manuscripts are found to include citations whose primary purpose is to increase the number of citations to a given author’s work, or to articles published in a particular journal, may incur sanctions.

Fabrication and falsification

The authors of submitted manuscripts or published articles that are found to have fabricated or falsified the results, including the manipulation of images, may incur sanctions, and published articles may be retracted.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, ex*****on, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Sanctions

If the Editors becomes aware of breaches of our publication ethics policies, whether or not the breach occurred in a journal published by Gujarat National Law University, the following sanctions may be applied across the journal published by Gujarat National Law University:
 Rejection of the manuscript and any other manuscripts submitted by the author(s).
 Not allowing submission for 1–3 years.
 Prohibition from acting as an editor or reviewer.
Additional sanctions for any ethical violations will be decided by the University.

Editors
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Style Guidelines

• The submissions must contain an abstract of not more than 200-300 words. It must be italicised and inserted just after the title and the author’s name.
• A cover page must be submitted along with the paper. The cover page must provide the Title of the paper, Author’s details, providing Name, Address, Phone number, email ID and institution’s name, and word count.
• Co-authorship is permitted but it must not be more than two.
• The submissions to be accepted by the Journal are of the following categories:
1. Long Articles: 5000 words minimum
2. Short Articles: 3000 words minimum
3. Case Comments: 3000 words minimum
4. Book Review: 2000 words minimum
• The word limit in the journal is exclusive of the footnotes. There is a provision for flexibility in terms of word limit depending upon the quality of the submission.
• All Submissions and Abstracts should be sent as a Word file by e-mail to [email protected].
• 20th Harvard Bluebook Edition has to be strictly followed as the format for citations. Authors shall only use footnotes and no Bibliography and no End notes shall be inserted in the article. The citations can also not be inserted in the main text, for instance through parenthesis.
• The submission must have an introduction and a conclusion, along with its body being divided in suitable heading and sub- headings.
• The name of a case in the main text has to be italicised.
• Any quoted text, whether of a judgment or of an author, etc, has to be mentioned in a separate paragraph, italicised, with one indent. The word limit for the quoted text is 100 words.
• Formatting that has to be followed for the article is as follows-
1. Title: Times New Roman, size 14, Centre Aligned, Small Caps, Bold.
2. Author’s details: Font Times New Roman, size 12, Right aligned, Italicised.
3. Abstract: Font Times New Roman, size 12, Justified, Italicised, Line spacing 1.5.
4. Main text: Font Times New Roman, size 12, Line spacing 1.5, justified (As per the discretion of the author, some words or sentences can be made bold or italicised, but the same shall be appropriate). There must be a one-line gap between all paragraphs and headings.
5. Footnotes: Font Times New Roman, size 10, Line spacing 1, justified. No speaking footnotes are permissible.
Withdrawal

The author must communicate to the editorial board at [email protected] to withdraw from the submission process. The withdrawal must be so communicated before the acceptance of the article by the editorial board.

Contact info
For any further queries, the same should be addressed to the following email:
[email protected]

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About Gujarat Law Journal (I)

The Gujarat Law Journal (GLJ) started in 2011, as a part of Sapta-Dhara Research Initiative of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2011. GLJ is a bi-annual, peer-reviewed Journal having an ISSN number. It provides a dedicated platform to express views on topical legal issues, thereby generating interplay of ideas on emerging matters and issues.

This platform is also destined at generating and acknowledging the initiative and desire of young law students, academicians, lawyers, and legal advisors to contribute in the field of law and at society at large. The purpose of the Journal is to report quality research, develop theory and explore new perspective on different issues and challenges prevailing in the society.

The Journal offers an avenue for high-quality empirical and theoretical scholarly work with an interdisciplinary approach towards law. In the present globalized scenario, it is necessary for such an approach so that people from varied fields of academia can understand the importance, impact, and the image of law as it can affect the community at large. In nutshell, GLJ provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and constructive debate on legal, interdisciplinary and policy-related issues surrounding us.

Procedure

GLJ works with a double-blind review procedure. After the article is received, as part of the editorial process, it sent for an external review. On the basis of the review reports, the author is thereupon asked to revise and resubmit the article by incorporating the comments by expert reviewers.

The journal stands for novel research and thus, existence of plagiarism above 30% would lead to rejection of the paper before it is sent out for external review. The same shall be duly communicated to the author.

On acceptance of the paper, the contributor will be asked to assign copyright to GLJ, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar.
The Journal reserves the right to deny the publication of the article at any stage of the review process, and the same shall be communicated to the concerned authors with due effect.

Contributors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any materials, including photographs and illustrations for which they do not hold copyright in both print and electronic formats and for ensuring that the appropriate acknowledgments are included in the manuscript.

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