Call for Papers

Jagannath University Journal of Law, Volume I, Issue II, 2013

Dear Sir/Madam

I am pleased to inform you that the Faculty of Law, Jagannath University is going to
publish Jagannath University Journal of Law, Volume I, Issue II, 2013. Research-based
articles on law related issues are invited for publication in the Journal.

The last date for submission of articles is 30 March 2016.

You are cordially requested to circulate this invitation along with the enclosed guidelines among
your colleagues.

Yours sincerely

(Professor Dr. Sarkar Ali Akkas)

Chief Editor
Jagannath University Journal of Law
&
Dean, Faculty of Law
Jagannath University
 Jagannath University Journal of Law, Volume I Issue II, 2013

Guidelines for Contributors

 Jagannath University Journal of Law solicits unpublished original contributions. Unless

specifically stated otherwise, it will be assumed that submitted articles are not under
consideration for any other publication.

 Manuscripts should be composed in Times New Roman with 12 font size and should be
double spaced with at least 1-inch margin on all sides.

 Hard copies of the manuscript should be submitted with single sided print.

 Contributors have to submit an electronic version of the manuscript as a Microsoft Word

document to the Chief Editor via email (aliakkas@gmail.com) and a hard copy by post or
courier service.

 Manuscripts should be preferably within 4000 words (excluding footnotes) and shall be
in English.

 Manuscripts should contain an abstract of 250-300 words.

 In case of joint authorship, there shall not be more than three authors.

 An author can submit one individual article and one joint article for publication in the
same issue.

Reference Style:

 Book (single author): Catherine Delafield, Women’s Diaries as Narraative in the

Nineteenth-Century Novel (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2009),145.

 Book (two or three authors): List authors in the same order they are listed on the title
page, not alphabetically. For example: Staven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner,
Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers
Should Buy Life Insurance (New York: William Morrow, 2009), 35.
 Book (more than three authors): Use the first author listed on the title page, followed
by ‘and others’/ et al. For example: Andrew Gelman, et al, Red State, Blue State, Rich
State, Poor State: Why American Vote the Way They Do. (Princeton: Princeton
University Prss, 2008), 128-9.

 Book chapter/work in an anthology: Christine De Vinne, ‘Religion under Revolution in

Ourika, in Approaches to Teaching Duras’s Ourika, ed. Mary Ellen Birkett and
Christopher Rivers (New York, NY: Modern Language Association of Amereca, 2009), 41.

 Article from an academic journal: Tom Buchanan, ‘Between Marx and Coca-Cola: Youth
Cultures in Changing European Societies, 1960-1980. Journal of Contemporary History
44, no. 2 (2009): 372.

 Article from a magazine: Jon Meacham, ‘The Stakes? Well, Armageddon, For One’,
Newsweek, October 12,2009,5.

 Article from a newspaper: Tyler Kepner, ‘A Battering of Santana Saves the Yankees
Weekend’, New York Times, June 15, 2009, Section D, Final edition.

 Website: Author/s or corporate body. Date of publication/last update or copyright date. Title
with Initial Caps: Subtitle with Initial Caps. Available at [online]. Available at
<http:/xxxx.xxxx.xx.xx/xxxx/xxxx. >Accessed on 10.09.2012.

 Law reports: Name of the parties involved [Year of reporting] Volume Number
Abbreviation for the Law Reporting Series, part number/case number/page reference if
available. Abdur Razzaque v State [1996] 48 DLR 457/ Hefzur Rahman v Shamsun
Nahar 51 DLR (AD) 172.
Subject: Review of Article for Publication in Jagannath University Journal of Law

Title of the Article:.................................................................................................................

...................................................................................................................................................

Dear Sir/Madam
The undersigned has the pleasure to inform you that you have been nominated to act as a
reviewer of the above-mentioned article which is attached herewith. You are earnestly requested
to review and return it with your comments to the undersigned as soon as possible.

To review the article the following points may kindly be looked into:
1. Jagannath University Journal of Law is an academic research journal. The article under
review should be original contribution to the knowledge and a lack of originality will
connote that the article is not suitable for publication in the journal.
2. The article must contain: (a) abstract (b) introduction (c) analytical discussion (d)
conclusion and (e) notes and references.
3. If you like to recommend for improvement of the article, you may kindly do so in your
report.
4. If the article is not recommended for publication, you are requested to kindly mention the
reasons for rejection.

A token honorarium of TK 1000/- will be paid for each article which you would review. You are
requested to send back the enclosed bill form duly filled in and signed on revenue stamped.

Your kind co-operation will be highly appreciated.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely

(Professor Dr. Sarkar Ali Akkas)

Chief Editor
Jagannath University Journal of Law
&
Dean, Faculty of Law