About the Institution

National Law University, Jodhpur is a public law school and a National Law University established under the National Law University, Jodhpur, Act, 1999 enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature.

About the Journal

The Comparative Constitutional Law and Administrative Law Quarterly is an open-access online journal initiated at National Law University, Jodhpur, aiming to foster debate on contemporary issues in comparative constitutional law and administrative law, with a comparative perspective. The first issue of CALQ was published in 2013.

CALQ is published under the guidance of Professor (Dr.) I.P Massey, Dean, Faculty of Law, National Law University Jodhpur.

CALQ is inviting submissions for its Volume 5 Issue 1.

Theme

The articles, notes and case comments must relate to the area of comparative constitutional law and administrative law.

How to Submit?

  • All submitted manuscripts shall be original. Any form of plagiarism would lead to immediate rejection of the submission.
  • Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously. Once a manuscript has been selected for publication or has been published in the Journal, the author(s) must seek permission from the Editorial Board before publishing either partially or wholly elsewhere at the discretion of the Editorial Board.
  • The author(s) must inform the Editorial Board if the manuscript has also been submitted to another journal, website or forum at the time of submission of the manuscript. The Editorial Board must be notified immediately if an offer for publication from another journal, website or forum is accepted by the author(s).
  • In relation to all disputes, the decision of the Editor-in-Chief(s) shall be final.
  • All correspondence must be via e-mail and should be addressed to the ‘Board of Editors’ at: editorcalq[@]gmail.com.

Specific Guidelines

Author(s)

  • Each manuscript may have up to two authors.
  • The submission shall carry the name, credentials and contact details (e-mail and contact number) of author(s).

Citations and References

  • All relevant sources shall be duly acknowledged as footnotes.
  • The text and citation styles shall conform to the rules prescribed in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (20th edition).

Manuscripts

Abstract: The manuscript shall contain an abstract of not more than 350 words.

Word Limit: The word limit would be considered excluding the footnotes, except in cases where speaking footnotes are used.

  • Articles: Up to 10,000 (ten thousand) words.
  • Notes: Up to 4000 (four thousand) words.
  • Case Comment: Up to 3000 (three thousand) words.

Formatting specifications: The manuscript must be in Times New Roman, Justified in alignment with Font Size 12 and 1.5 Line Spacing.

Language: The Journal shall follow British English. While authors are required to adhere to the prescribed word limits, departures from the same will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Last date for submission: 11:59 p.m. on 15th July 2020 (Wednesday).

Submission Procedure

  • The author(s) are required to e-mail the manuscript to editorcalq[at]gmail.com.
  • The manuscript may be mailed in ‘.doc’ or ‘.docx’ format.
  • The subject of the e-mail must clearly mention, ‘Submission CALQ 5.1 | ’.
  • The e-mail must be addressed to the ‘Board of Editors’ providing the name of the author(s) with the name of the institution affiliated to and the contact details in the body of the e-mail.
  • An e-mail confirming the receipt of the manuscript and subsequently its acceptance for publication would be duly conveyed to the author(s) through the e-mail id used by the author(s) for correspondence by the Journal.

Important Dates

Last date for submission: 11:59 p.m. on 15th July 2020 (Wednesday)

Editorial Policy

  • The Journal follows a comprehensive double-blind review procedure.
  • The Editorial Board retains complete discretion over the acceptance/rejection of manuscripts. Reasons for rejection will be provided by the Editorial Board if requested by the author(s).
  • The Journal reserves the right to request copies of any resources or authorities cited in the manuscript.

Copyright Notice

Upon offer of publication of a manuscript by the Journal, authors shall communicate to the Editorial Board their acceptance of the following terms and conditions:

  • The work shall become the property of the Journal.
  • Permission for subsequent publication and/or creating derivative works must be obtained from the Editorial Board.

Contact Information

All correspondence must be via e-mail and should be addressed to the ‘Board of Editors’ at editorcalq[@]gmail.com.

Aditya Jain: +91-9928104688

Aditya J. Nair: +91-9497969600

The website link is here.

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