Call for Papers for law students: The South Asian Yearbook of International Law: Submit by 31st March, 2021

About The South Asian Journal of International Law (SAJIL) is a bi-annual law journal and an initiative by Internationalism™, covering international law issues in a combination of theoretical and practical approaches focusing on the relationship between international law, public and private international legal developments in the South Asian region. Guided by a multinational Editorial Board, the Journal boasts a powerful academic impetus, having attracted more than 50 submissions for its first issue.

About the South Asian Yearbook of International Law

The Yearbook is the first of its initiatives by the Journal. Earlier, the Journal has published a number of bi-annual reviews and handbooks under its seal dealing with various aspects of International law and International relations. The central focus of the yearbook shall be the contemporary issues in South Asia pertaining to the field of International Law. The book shall be published in mid-2021.

Call for Papers: South Asian YearBook of International Law

The team of the South Asian Journal of International Law (SAJIL) invites unsolicited articles, case comments, case notes, case studies and State practices for its yearbook titled “The Place of International Law in South Asia”. Academicians, practitioners, researchers, students and other professionals interested in the field may send their original and unpublished works for publication. The manuscripts reviewed and approved by the Peer Reviewers and Editors will be published in the Yearbook. The team will be in the process of attainment of adequate recognition standards for the manuscripts published, for which the authors will be contacted shortly.

Thematic Areas

The papers must elaborate on State practices, case laws related to, and address the issues of South Asian nations in the field of International Law. Please note that papers written on general International Law issues will not be accepted and all submissions have to deal with issues and developments of South Asian countries.

Submission Guidelines

The respective categories and length of the manuscripts (exclusive of citations and references) are as follows:

Technical and Legal Articles: 4,000-10,000 words
Case Comments and Case Notes: 3,000-3,500 words
State Practices and Case Studies: 3,000-3,500 words

An ‘Abstract’ must precede the body of the manuscript (only applicable in case of a Technical or Legal Article, Case Studies or Comment on State Practices). It must not exceed 300 words in length.
Co-authorship is allowed to a maximum of 3 authors.
The manuscripts must be submitted in MS Word Format (Docs or Docx) via email to southasianjournal2020@gmail.com with the subject stating, “Submission of Manuscript for South Asian Yearbook of International Law”. Please note that manuscripts submitted in pdf or any other format will not be accepted.

Instruction to Authors

The body of the paper shall be in Times New Roman with font size 12, 1.5-line spacing and with justified text.
The submission must be exclusive. It must not be published or submitted anywhere else, all, or in part. In case of submission anywhere else, the author should intimate the team clearly on this and get clearance from the Editorial Board if the same is approved, based on the circumstances.
The submission must be the original work of the author/s, i.e., it should not be plagiarised and should be free from all grammatical, spelling and other errors. It must not contain any defamatory words
Ensure the originality of the research work submitted. The work has to be fully referenced, and all authors should be accurately represented.
All the references should be done in the format of in-text citations following the ISO 690:2010 (First Element & Date) standard.
No references are allowed in the form of footnotes. However, footnotes providing further information or subjective notes are allowed.
Please provide a Bibliography of list of references which contains the full details of the references cited as in- text citations, in an alphabetical form, at the end of the manuscript.
Disclose sources of all data and third-party material, including previously unpublished work by the authors themselves.
Strictly avoid fabrication of research data as well as manipulation of existing data.
Openly declare any conflicts of interest – for example, if the research work was intended to benefit any particular service or institute in which the author’s interest lies. If the submitted work contains a significant conceptual or textual reproduction of the research work undertaken by/for such an institution, then kindly submit an acknowledgement letter from the relevant authority.
Expect accurate plagiarism checking measures. Submissions will be scrutinised for plagiarism of words, ideas, writings, information, illustration, graphic representations, printed and electronic materials, and any other original work.

Deadline for Submission of Manuscripts

The deadline for the submission of manuscripts is March 31, 2021, at 11:59 PM (Indian Standard Time).

Publication Process

All manuscripts will be initially reviewed by the Editors of the Yearbook and an initial decision on the manuscript will be reached within a span of two weeks which will help in determining if the manuscript can be sent for peer review.

The South Asian Yearbook of International Law follows a double blind peer review process where description and affiliation of the authors are not disclosed to the reviewers and is solely conducted on the basis of merit.

The South Asian Yearbook of International Law endeavors to complete the peer review process within two months of the manuscript submission deadline. However, the process might take longer depending upon the availability and acceptance by external reviewers to review the manuscript.

After the peer review process, conditional acceptance may be given to the author which solely depends upon the author making the changes suggested by the external reviewers and Editorial Board. The author will be given a time of two weeks to make the changes recommended. The manuscript is processed for final publication only after the author makes the requisite changes and resends his/her respective manuscript.