The Centre for Environmental Law, Advocacy and Research (CELAR) of NLUJAA invites manuscripts on environmental law and policy for Issue 49 of Lex Terra.
About NLUJAA
The Centre for Environmental Law, Advocacy and Research (CELAR) functions at the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (NLUJAA). CELAR is inviting scholarly submissions for the 49th issue of Lex Terra.
About Lex Terra
Lex Terra (ISSN: 2455-0965) is a quarterly online publication, or webzine, focused on environmental law and policy research. It has published 48 issues covering various debated aspects of the environment and environmental analysis.
The webzine aims to facilitate impactful ideas and to create a community of environmentally conscious individuals from legal and non-legal fraternities. Previous issues can be accessed through the official website of NLUJAA.
About the Opportunity
CELAR, NLUJAA is inviting manuscripts for Issue 49 of Lex Terra. Submissions must revolve around environmental law and policy research, and manuscripts unrelated to environmental law will not be considered.
Themes
Possible themes include, but are not limited to:
- Natural resource management law
- Waste management
- Biodiversity management
- Energy law
- Forest laws
- Animal rights
- Agricultural laws
- Climate change law and policy
- Global commons
- Sustainable development
- Environmental impact assessment
- Ecological restoration
- Pollution control
- Carbon markets
- Coastal regulation
- Environmental ethics
- Ecofeminism
- Environment, business and human rights
- Ecosystem services
- Environmental economics
Submissions may address any jurisdiction. Lex Terra particularly encourages submissions examining customary environmental standards and practices relating to North-East India.
Submission Categories
- Short Articles: up to 2,000 words, excluding footnotes.
- Enviro-Legislative Analysis: up to 1,000 words, excluding footnotes.
- Enviro-Legal News and Perspectives: up to 1,000 words, excluding footnotes.
- Enviro-Judgment Analysis: 1,000 to 1,500 words, excluding footnotes.
Eligibility
Academicians, practitioners, students, and contributors from legal and non-legal fraternities may submit manuscripts. Co-authorship among individuals from the same or different institutions is permitted, with a maximum of two authors.
Submission Guidelines
- Manuscripts must be related to environmental law and policy research.
- Manuscripts and author details must be submitted only through the submission form; manuscripts sent by email will not be considered.
- Manuscripts must not be simultaneously under consideration at another academic publication.
- Authors must remove personal identification details, including names and institutional affiliations, from the manuscript to facilitate double-blind peer review.
- Manuscripts are screened using plagiarism and artificial intelligence detection software before being sent for peer review.
- The plagiarism threshold is 15% or less for undergraduate students and 10% or less for postgraduate students, professors, and legal professionals.
Formatting Guidelines
- Submissions must be made in .doc or .docx format.
- Citations must follow the Bluebook 20th Edition.
- All text, including hyperlinks in footnotes, must be in black; hyperlinks to online citations must be removed while retaining the link text.
- Main title: Times New Roman, size 14, small capitals, centre aligned and bold.
- Headings: Times New Roman, size 12, upper case, left aligned and bold.
- Subheadings: Times New Roman, size 12, title case, left aligned and italicised.
- No more than two heading levels should be used, and headings and subheadings should be numbered.
- Main body: Times New Roman, size 12, 1.5 line spacing, justified.
- Footnotes: Times New Roman, size 10, single line spacing, justified.
- Abbreviations should be introduced at first mention, without terms such as “hereinafter” or full stops in short forms.
- Double quotations should be used only for verbatim content.
- Speaking footnotes are not permitted.
Peer Review
All manuscripts will undergo a double-blind peer-review process and will be assessed on language, style and structure, referencing and research, and relevance and contribution to existing literature.
The preliminary plagiarism screening may take up to 21 days. Contributors should contact the Editorial Board about the status of their submissions only after 21 days, and no requests to expedite the review process will be entertained.
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Publication
The peer-review process for Issue 49 will commence after the submission deadline. If enough submissions are received for Issue 49, later submissions may be considered for forthcoming issues of Lex Terra in 2027.
Authors whose manuscripts are considered for publication must undertake any procedural or substantive revisions required by the Editorial Board. Upon final acceptance, copyright in the manuscript will vest in the Registrar, NLUJAA, while moral rights will remain with the author or authors.
Publication Fees
Lex Terra follows an open-access model. No publication fees will be charged to authors at any stage of the review, and no subscription costs will be charged to readers. Accepted manuscripts will be published online and made freely accessible through the official NLUJAA website.
Important Dates
- Submission deadline for Issue 49: November 14, 2026
- Expected final decision: first week of January 2027
Contact
For queries, write to celar@nluassam.ac.in.
Application Procedure
Interested authors must submit their manuscripts and author details through the official submission form. Submissions made by email will not be considered.
The last date for submission is November 14, 2026.
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