About UILS
University Institute of Law, Panjab University Regional Centre (PURC), Ludhiana has embarked upon a well-structured course of action to achieve levels of excellence in the field of legal studies and research since its establishment at the campus of P.U. Extension Library, Ludhiana w.e.f. the academic Session 2003-04.
About the Journal
Journal of Law is a Peer-reviewed/ Refereed Journal and a remarkable initiative of the University Institute of Laws, PURC, Ludhiana. Journal of Law is an annual publication which provides an excellent way for legal practitioners, professionals, researchers and academicians to critically engage in current legal issues and to collaborate closely, to study the nuances of contemporary legal Pedagogy. The experience enhances writing, editing and citation-checking skills.
Eligibility
Submissions are invited from academicians, researchers and practitioners.
Theme & Sub themes
Reimagining Child Rights in the 21st Century: Protection, Participation, and Policy Reform
Suggested Sub-Themes
- Legal and Institutional Framework for Child Protection in India
- Child Labour and Economic Exploitation: Enforcement Challenges
- Right to Education and Equal Access in the Digital Era
- Children and the Digital World: Privacy, Protection, and Consent
- Child Marriage and Gender Dimensions of Child Rights
- Juvenile Justice and Restorative Approaches to Reform
- Child Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation: Enforcement of POCSO
- Climate Change, Displacement, and Child Rights
- Media Ethics and Representation of Children
- Comparative and International Perspectives on Child Rights
(The above sub-themes are only indicative; contributors may explore any related topic within the broader theme.)
Submission Guidelines
- Authors are requested to send their original, unpublished submission in .doc format to purcl.journaloflaw@gmail.com
- The submission must be accompanied by a separate covering letter bearing the following information:
- Full Name of the Author(s)
- Position/designation (if applicable on all author(s))
- Institutional Affiliations (if any)
- Contact Details of the Author / Co-Author
- Title of the Paper
- Declaration of originality
- Author must submit a plagiarism report (below 10% similarity index) along with the submission otherwise the submission will be outrightly rejected.
- The authors must not mention any relevant identification information on the body of the research paper such as their name, contact details, institutional affiliation (if any).
- Submissions can be in the form of long articles, short notes, book reviews. The acceptable word limit should not exceed.
- Long Articles: 4000-5000 words
- Short Notes: 3000-4000 words
- Case Comments/Legislative Comments: 1500-3000 words
- Book Review: 1000-2000 words
- All the word limits mentioned above are exclusive of footnotes.
- In case, authors send more than one submission for consideration, only the first submission shall be reviewed for publication.
- Kindly note that the word limits will be strictly enforced.
- All the submissions must consist an Abstract of not more than 250 words. The abstract will not be included in the word limit.
- The submission must be sent along with up to 6 keywords along with the abstract in the manuscript.
- A submission can be co-authored by a maximum of two people.
Formatting Guidelines
- An appropriate Title must be mentioned in the cover page of the submission. The Title should be font type- Times New Roman and font size-16.
- The submission should not contain any biographical information of the author throughout the manuscript.
- The body of the text must be submitted in font type- Times New Roman, font size- 12.
- The footnotes must be font type- Time New Roman, font size 10.
- The Line Spacing of the main text and footnotes must be 1.5 and 1 respectively.
- Use of Headings and Subheadings is encouraged throughout the text-
- Title of paper-Capital, Bold, Font Size-16, Times New Roman
- Headings: Centre Aligned, Bold, and Font Size- 14, Font Type- Times New Roman, with Roman Numbering.
- Subheadings: Justified Alignment, Bold, Font Size – 12 and Font Type – Times New Roman.
- Foot notes and citations of research work are to be given as per the format of
- Indian Law Institute available at www.ili.ac.in, in single space.
- All submissions are subject to peer review and modification as per the journal style sheet.
- The final decision of the Editorial Board, regarding publication of the article shall be final.
How to Submit?
All papers must be submitted before 30th November, 2025 to below listed email address. purcl.journaloflaw@gmail.com
Contact
For submission of papers and any queries please drop your mail at: purcl.journaloflaw@gmail.com
