About the IJLD: The International Journal of Law & Development (IJLD) is a double-blind peer reviewed and referred international journal published quarterly by the Department of Law of the Sant Gahira Guru University, Sarguja, Ambikapur (C.G.).

Subject: This journal is an authoritative source of contemporary advances in the field of law and development across the world. Its publications are significantly relevant to the judiciary, policy framers, academics, researchers, legal practitioners and to other groups concerned with the law and development.

The IJLD covers a broad area of law and development in India and abroad. It publishes policies, regulations, governance, management and other aspects of sustainable development goals, environment, climate change, forest, agriculture, healthcare, industry, mining, labour disputes, constitutional issues, alternative dispute resolutions, international relations, human rights, women-children protection, public administration, crime controlling and abatement, international trade, marine, air and space, commercial and intellectual property rights etc.

The IJLD invites original research papers from the Hon’ble Judges, Judicial Officers, Academicians, Researchers, Policy Framers, Bureaucrats, NGOs, and students.

Word Limit

• Opinion articles: 1,500 to 2,000 words.
• Long Articles: 6,000 to 10,000 words including footnotes. It should be accompanied with an abstract in 500 words including maximum five keywords.
• Short Articles: 4,000 to 6,000 words including footnotes. It should be accompanied with an abstract in 350 words including maximum five keywords.
• Review Articles: 2,000 to 3,500 words including footnotes. It should be accompanied with an abstract in 250 words including maximum five keywords.
• Book Review: 1,500 to 2,500 words including footnotes.
• Case Studies: 1,000 to 1,500 words including footnotes.

The Editorial Board retains discretion with regard to flexibility in the word limit.

Contributing authors have to make a declaration that the articles/reviews have not been published or sent for publication elsewhere.

Co-Authorship

It is limited to a maximum of two individuals. However, co-authorship is not allowed in “book reviews”.

Title should be Bold, Capitalized, Size 16 pt., Centre-aligned.

Formatting Guidelines for the Main Text

• Submission must be in MS Word.
• Page size should be A4.
• Font should be Times New Roman, font size 12, spacing 1.5 and justified with a margin of 1.5 inch in left and 1.0 inch in right, top and bottom.

Formatting Guidelines for the Headings

• Headings – Bold, Capitalized, Size 14 pt., Left-aligned.
• Subheadings – Bold, Size 12 pt., Left-aligned.
• Internal Headings –
  • First-level headings should be numbered I, II & so on.
  • Second-level headings should be numbered A, B & so on.
  • Third-level headings should be numbered (i), (ii) & so on.

Citations

The source literatures should be cited in-text only in APA 7th edition style.

Footnotes and end notes are discouraged.

Format of Submission

Please send your submissions in MS/Open Word (*.doc OR *.docx), along with the following information: full Name of the author and Contact Details of the Author.

IJLD invites original and unpublished manuscripts for publication on a rolling basis.

The journal seeks to promote interdisciplinary research at the intersection of law, policy, and development, and provides a platform for scholars, practitioners, and students worldwide.

Authors shall be intimated about their submission within one month from the date of submission and also informed about which issue their paper shall be published.

The IJLD is an E-journal and accepts papers only through its official email given below. Submission in other modes are discouraged.

Contact Persons

Editor-in-Chief

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Associate Editors

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Publication Ethics

The IJLD subscribes to the COPE’s principles and the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2018 for addressing misconduct in order to maintain the integrity of research.

The IJLD requires authors to comply with international, national and/or institutional standards for research reporting. This is especially critical in research involving human and/or animal subjects, their data and biological material, and informed consent.

Disclosures and Declarations

All authors are asked to include information about their funding sources, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and an animal welfare statement if the research involved animals (as appropriate).

Work submitted for publication may have consequences for public health or general welfare, and it is the obligation of all authors to make the necessary disclosures and declarations.

Author Identification

Authors are strongly advised to utilize their ORCID ID when submitting an article for consideration.

Authorship Issues or Disputes

The Journal will not investigate or adjudicate any authorship disputes that arise during peer review or after acceptance and publication.

The authors will be invited to settle the disagreement themselves. Once they are unable, the Journal maintains the right to remove a submission from the editing process or, once an article has been published, to raise the matter with the authors' institution(s) and follow its standards.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

IJLD is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. Authors should avoid misrepresenting study results, since this might harm faith in the journal, the professionalism of scientific authorship, and, eventually, the entire scientific effort.

To maintain the integrity of the research and its presentation, observe the norms of good scientific practice, which include:

1. The submitted work must be original and have not been previously published in any form or language (partially or fully), unless the new work is an extension of past work.
2. The manuscript should not be submitted to more than one publication for simultaneous consideration.
3. Please be transparent about material reuse to prevent worries about text recycling (self-plagiarism).
4. Single research should not be divided into different portions and submitted to multiple publications or to the same publisher over time (salami-slicing/publishing).
5. No data, text, or theories by others be presented by the author(s) as if they were the author’s own (plagiarism). The journal may utilize software to detect plagiarism.
6. Authors should ensure that they have authorization to utilize software, questionnaires/(web) surveys, and scales in their research (where applicable). Research papers and non-research papers (e.g., opinion, review, and case studies) must mention suitable and relevant literature to support their assertions.
7. Excessive and improper self-citation, as well as coordinated efforts by several writers to collectively self-cite, are severely discouraged.
8. Authors should avoid making false assertions about an entity (which might be a human or a firm) or describing their conduct or acts in ways that could be interpreted as personal assaults or charges against that person.
9. The author(s) shall be solely accountable for the failures to comply with the research and publication ethics.

Research Ethics and Biosecurity

1. All research involving human subjects requires must ensure informed permission of participants to participate in the study (or their parent or legal guardian in the case of children under the age of 18), and a statement to this effect must be included in the article.
2. Before submitting a work to the IJLD, authors should ensure that they have obtained consent from individuals to publish their data.
3. The IJLD encourages authors to adhere to the 'Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER guidelines)' and to include sex and gender factors where appropriate. To prevent confusion, authors should use the terms sex (a biological property) and gender (a social and cultural construct) carefully.
4. When reporting a study that involved human participants, their data or biological material, authors should include a statement that confirms that the study was approved (or granted exemption) by the appropriate institutional and/or national research ethics committee.
5. Authors should provide extensive information on the ethical handling of animals in their submission. They may utilize the ARRIVE checklist, which is intended for use when submitting research report documenting animal research.
6. Field studies involving genetically engineered plants must follow national or local regulations, and, if relevant, the paper must include a note indicating the appropriate permits and/or licenses.

Review Policy

There shall be two tiers of review of the received original research papers.

The research papers shall undergo desk review to check its compatibility with the scope of the IJLD.

The desk review will be completed within 15 days from the last date of submission of the paper declared in the call for papers.

Once the research paper is found suitable with the scope of the IJLD, it shall be forwarded to two subject experts for blind peer-review.

The authors shall be notified with the review comments to bring modifications and corrections in their research papers within the stipulated period.

The review process shall be completed within 50 days from the date of notification of desk review.

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Membership of IJLD is open throughout the year for the academics and judicial members.

There is no membership fee.

One who seeks membership of the IJLD has to submit his/her CV defining expertise suiting to the scope and objectives of the IJLD through official email of the journal.