Posted by Law and Other Things (LAOT), founded in 2005, is India’s first online platform devoted to discussions and ideas in constitutionalism, legal history, and public policy. The blog, which bills itself as “A blog about India’s legal system, its Courts, and its Constitution,” aims to offer interesting and intelligent essays on broad public law issues. The blog has been mentioned in various law review papers, legal books, and most recently by a Supreme Court Constitution Bench.
LAOT produces analytical or explanatory papers in public law, with a focus on mentoring law students throughout the editorial process. Our eminent Senior Editorial Board, which includes Anup Surendranath, Aparna Chandra, Arun Thiruvengadam, Chinmayi Arun, Malavika Prasad, Mohsin Alam Bhat, Nick Robinson, Raeesa Vakil, Venkat Venkatesan, and Vikram Raghavan, reviews all selected articles. The LAOT Blog provides everyone with the opportunity to obtain comments on their writing from some of the most illustrious figures in public law. Posts from law students, academics, and practitioners are all welcome.
Submission Guidelines
- The topic must be within the scope of the blog, i.e. it must be related to an area of public law. For reference, please look at the posts on our website.
- The post should preferably make an argument or assertion substantiated by reasoning and relevant facts.
- Language need not be strictly academic, but it should be formal.
- The piece should not exceed words. Longer pieces may be split into multiple parts for better readability, if the topic calls for it, however the same is discouraged.
- All references should be provided as hyperlinks instead of citations, unless an online source is unavailable. We’re unable to review pieces which have not hyperlinked sources.
- Please make your submissions through the contact form available here.
Please do refer to our detailed guidelines on the same page, which also outline the review process, before sending in your pieces.
Relevant Contacts
Feel free to write to us at laotnalsar@gmail.com with any queries, doubts and clarifications.
Student Editors-in-Chief:
Gayatri Gupta:- guptagayatri14@gmail.com
Bhavisha Sharma : bhavisha.shrm@gmail.com
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