ILI LAW REVIEW (ILILR): Guidelines and Publication Policy

(A Peer Reviewed/ Refereed Online Journal)

The ILILR Journal of the Indian Law Institute is an online, biannual blind peer reviewed law
journal, recognised by UGC- CARE list, under Group- D, S.no. 42, with e-ISSN-0976-1489.
ILILR accepts themes across legal subjects and interdisciplinary matters. Research Papers,
articles, book reviews, legislation reviews, case comments etc., are accepted on a rolling
basis and there is no deadline as such.

We are an Eco-friendly, open access student journal. We abide by our publication policies by
avoiding usage of paper as much as possible. We have also made the Journal accessible to
everyone from all over the world by simply visiting the official website of The Indian Law
Institute.

We engage with authors throughout the review process of the manuscripts to enable a
qualitative review without diluting the author's design. The Journal expects authors to abide
by academic integrity and intellectual honesty. Paperssubmitted for publication should be
original. Papers which are alreadypublished in other journals, anthologies etc., should not be
submitted for publication.

The Indian Law Institute shall be the sole copyright owner of all the publishedmaterials.
Apart from fair dealing for the purposes of research, private study orcritique, no part of the
journal shall be copied, adapted, abridged, translated or storedin any retrieval system,
computer system, photographic or other system or reproducedin any form by any means
whether electronic, mechanical, digital, optical,photographic or otherwise without prior
written permission from the Institute.

The latest issue of ILILR may be accessed here: http://ili.ac.in/ilrwin19.html

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS

The ILILR Journal accepts submissions throughout the year. Allsubmissions are required to
be addressed to the Editor, ILILR and emailed [email protected].
  All submissions should be sent with a covering letter indicating the Name of
theAuthor, Institutional Affiliation, Contact Details and the Topic of the paper.
 We allow a maximum of two authors. Co-authored papersshould give details about
both the authors.
 The Editorial Board will consider the authorship and designation mentioned in the
cover letter during submission as final and correct, unless otherwise intimated by the
author/s. It shall be the responsibility of the Author to intimate the Editorial Board
regarding any change in designation during the period in which the paper is being
processed. No changes will be entertained after publication
 The Author must send a duly signed and dated copy of Annexure 1 (attached below),
along with the submission.

SCREENING PROCESS

The ILILR Editorial Team works tirelessly to maintain the standards of the ILILR Journal.
Each draft is screened thoroughly in three phases to ensure this:

1. An initial Internal Screeningis conducted to ensure that the drafts submitted fulfil
general appropriateness of work and the foundation of the paper is conceptually and
theoretically fit. At this stage, the team also makes sure that the draft meets the basic
requirements in terms of citation style, formatting, word limits etc.
2. The drafts then undergo Plagiarism Test;the maximum limit of similarity index
allowed is 30%. The Authors are requested to make sure that this criteria is fulfilled
before submission.
3. Subject to the above two tests,the approved drafts are then sent to an expert forBlind
Peer Review. The expert evaluates the draft on various parameters, such as relevancy
of topic, comprehensiveness, original contribution to existing knowledge, language,
coherence etc., and the review report is shared with the author.

The whole process takes a minimum of at least 6 to 8 months depending on the influx of
submissions. The Authors will be intimated at the end of each stage if modifications are
required in the original draft. Final acceptance or rejection is subject to the above 3 tests.
TEXT FORMAT

The length of the manuscript should average as follows (all inclusive of footnotes):

 For Article – 6000 to 12000 words

 All Others (Case Comment/Book Review/Bill comment/Legislative comment etc.)
– 2000 to 6000 words

Manuscripts shall be formatted according to the following guidelines.

 It shall include an abstract of not more than 150 words.

 All citations shall be placed in foot-notes.
 Number less than 100 shall be spelt out unless they are a percent (e.g., 5percent).
 Use of first person shall be avoided.
 All pages shall be numbered.
 Uniform date format shall be used (e.g., August 15, 1947).
 Quotations: Quotations within a sentence must be enclosed in doublequotation marks
(“ ”). A quotation within a quotation should be enclosed insingle quotation marks (‘
’).
 A quotation longer than three lines should be set out in a separate blockindented from
both the left and right margins. Do not enclose the quotation inquotation marks. A
quotation is introduced with a colon (:), followed by reference in footnote.
 When referring to a section or article of a statute in the main text, the word‘section’/’
article’ should neither be abbreviated nor capitalized. However, inthe footnotes the
section/ article should be abbreviated.

E.g. The Constitution of India, art. 30; The Indian Penal Code, s. 42.

USE OF FOOTNOTES

ILILR prefers footnotes (to end notes) because of the following reasons:

 To identify the source of quotations or paraphrases;

 To acknowledge indebtedness for words, phrases or ideas borrowed;
 To explain where additional evidence or commentary may be found;
  To provide additional material or discussion that is relevant but which woulddisrupt
the flow of the text if it were included in the main text itself;
 To refer the reader to other parts of the paper; and
 To enable the reader to read the reference without having to turn to the end ofthe text
which would otherwise tend to disrupt the flow of the text and hampersmooth reading.

CITATION FORMAT

The Institute has formulated a set pattern of citation (i.e., ILI Rules of Footnoting),which is
followed in ILILR and various otherpublications of the Institute. The citation style in the
articles and notes and commentssubmitted for publication in JILI shall be in conformity with
the ILI Rules offootnoting available at www.ili.ac.in/cstyle.pdf.
 ANNEXURE 1

Declaration

1. I have read, understood and agreed to the submission guidelines, policies and

submission declaration of the journal.

2. I confirm that all authors of the manuscript have no conflict of interests to declare.

3. I confirm that the manuscript is the authors' original work and that the paper now

submitted is not copied

d or plagiarized version of some other published work.

4. I confirm that the manuscript has not received prior publication and is not under

consideration for publication elsewhere and I shall not submit the paper for

publication in any other Journal or Magaz

Magazine
ine till the decision is made by journal

editors.

Name & Signature :Place:

Date: