Submission Guidelines

1. Manuscripts and all editorial correspondence should be addressed electronically to Prof. N.K.Chakrabarti, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Contemporary Law and Society/Dr.Arpita Mitra, Vice Editor-in Chief. Manuscripts must be in English and should be sent by email to: jclsnkc@gmail.com. The preferred maximum length for an Article is 3500-6000 words. Essay 2500-3500 words. Note/Comment 2000-3000 words and Book Review 1500-2000 words including abstract (200 words), keywords and footnotes.

2. An abstract of about 200 words and 4-6 keywords in alphabetical order must be provided for all the articles, notes/comments.

3. Contributors must provide a separate Title Page containing the manuscript title, names, affiliations, e-mail, and postal addresses of all the contributing authors. The corresponding author’s name and address details must be specified clearly.

4. Contributors must provide a cover letter to accompany the manuscript submission. The cover letter should include the following statements:

a) I confirm that the citations in the attached manuscript are accurate.

b) I confirm that I have read the submission policy and that my manuscript complies with the journal’s submission policy.

c) I confirm that any part of the manuscript does not violate the copyright of others.

5. Authors will be provided with a copyright form once the contribution is accepted for publication. The submission will be considered final only after the filled-in and signed copyright form is received. In case there are two or more authors, then the corresponding author can sign the copyright form if authorized by the co-authors.

6. Use ‘z’ spellings instead of ‘s’ spellings. This means that words ending with ‘-ise’, ‘isation’, etc., will be spelt with ‘z’ (e.g., ‘recognize’, ‘organize’, ‘civilize’).

7. Use British spellings in all cases rather than American spellings (hence, ‘programme’ not ‘program’, ‘labour’ not ‘labor’, and ‘centre’ and not ‘center’).

8. Use single quotes throughout. Double quotes are only to be used within single quotes. Spellings of words in quotations should not be changed. Quotations of 45 words or more should be separated from the text and indented with one space with a line space above and below.