Call for Papers | NLUD’s Transnational Commercial Law Review: Rolling Submissions!

About the National Law University, Delhi

National Law University, Delhi, also known as NLU Delhi is a state-level Law University which was established in 2008. Out of the 23 NLUs in the country, NLU Delhi is among the leading ones. It is recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and is also a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). It is accredited with an A Grade with a score of 3.59 by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). Admissions and the course curriculum at NLU Delhi are as per the legal regulations prescribed by the Bar Council of India (BCI). The University was ranked 2 for Law by the NIRF in 2020 and 2019. It was also ranked 5 for Law by The Week in 2019.

About the Centrefor Transnational Commercial Law

The Centre for Transnational Commercial Law (“CTCL”) is a constituent unit and specialised research centre of the National Law University Delhi established in 2008 by Act No. 1 of 2008 of Delhi. Since its establishment in 2016, CTCL has actively undertaken various initiatives to promote research and scholarship in the area of commercial laws.

About Call for Papers

The Transnational Commercial Law Review invites contributions in the following categories:

1. Responses to articles in the print journal or previous articles published at TCLR.
2. Articles on topics of Company Law, Securities and Capital Markets Regulation, Banking and Finance, Taxation, Foreign Investment, Competition Law, CommercialDispute Resolution, Contract and Commercial Law, and Employment Law.

General Guidelines

• Articles for the Review are invited from students, researchers, academicians, domain experts, and practitioners.
• The manuscript submitted for publication must be original and must not be previously published or under consideration for publication elsewhere. They must be submitted to [email protected] with the subject “TCLR Submission”.
• The mail containing the submission must contain a cover letter stating the author’s details, including their name, institutional affiliation, year of study, and contact details. The submission itself must not contain any metadata or personal information.
• The Article for the Review must be within 1000-2500 words. However, flexibility is allowed if the content so requires and the quality is ensured.
• Co-authorship with a maximum of two authors is allowed. The contributions must necessarily be accompanied by a subtitle and the author’s by-line of not more than 50 words.

Formatting Guidelines

• Submissions should be in Times New Roman, size 12, 1.5 line spacing, and 1-inch margins on all sides of an A4 sheet.
• All the relevant sources must be duly acknowledged with the use of Hyperlinks only. Only in the case where Hyperlink cannot be used, the author may add a footnote that must conform to the Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) 4th Edition.
• No endnotes and speaking notes are permitted.
• All manuscripts must be submitted in a .doc or .docx format.

Editorial Guidelines

• The submission of the manuscripts is accepted on a rolling basis.
• Each submission shall undergo two rounds of the review process by the Editorial Board for publication which are Formatting and Substantive.
• About three weeks will be taken to review your manuscript. Upon the submission of the manuscript, the authors shall receive an acknowledgement email on the receipt of the article by theEditorial Board. Once the review is completed, the author may receive the comments suggesting changes to content, style or structure. Authors should be prepared to make suitable changes to their articles as required by the Editorial Board before publication.
• Please follow up if you do not hear from us within three weeks from the submission of your manuscript.
• The Editorial Board strives to provide substantive feedback for every submission that is received. However, it may not always be possible to do so considering a large number of submissions.
• They reserve the right to reject submissions without providing substantive feedback.
• The article should be in a proper flow. Paragraphs/sentences/headings/sub-headings (select as appropriate) should be connected with the previous and subsequent paragraph/sentence/heading/sub-heading (select as appropriate).
• Posts accepted at TCLR cannot be cross-published elsewhere. Articles with plagiarism of more than 20% will be rejected.
• Copyright of all the entries shall exclusively vest with CTCL, NLU Delhi. The submission would imply that the author has assigned such rights to CTCL, NLU Delhi.
• The decision of the Editorial Board is final and binding concerning the publication of the manuscript.

Contact Information

For any questions or clarifications, the authors may contact the Editorial Board at [email protected].

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