Events and Announcements: 14 July 2024

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Calls for Papers

Volume XIV Issue I of NLIU Law Review: The NLIU Law Review is the flagship journal of the National Law Institute University, Bhopal. It is a peer-reviewed academic law journal, published biannually by the students of the University. NLIU Law Review is now accepting submissions of manuscripts for publication in Volume XIV Issue I of the Journal. The NLIU Law Review does not restrict itself to any particular area of law and welcomes contributions from all branches of law, as long as the work is relevant, up to date and original. Manuscripts on any topic of contemporary legal relevance in the form of: Articles (4,000-10,000 words), Case Notes (2,000-5,000 words), Legislative Comments (1,000-3,000 words) or Book Reviews (1,000-3,000 words). The word limit is exclusive of the abstract and the footnotes.

All the submissions are to be made only through the google form available at https://nliulawreview.nliu.ac.in/submissions/ on or before 23:59 on August 07, 2024. Authors are requested to strictly adhere to the Submission Guidelines. In case of any query related to the NLIU Law Review, please reach out to us at lawreview@nliu.ac.in or to Tanvi Agrawal (Editor-in-Chief) +91 70002 77414 or Nikhil Bhargava (Deputy Editor-in-Chief) +91 99835 43621.

Volume 28 of the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law: Special forum on “Challenges and Opportunities for the Law of the Sea at a Time of Crisis”: The Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law (UNYB) invites interested authors to submit abstract proposals in pursuance of our open call for papers for our forthcoming volume which will feature a special thematic forum on the Law of the Sea. International law is under increasing pressure to adapt in order to be able to adequately respond to varied crises around the world. Maritime issues seem to be at the centre of many contemporary challenges to which international law must react. In particular, the overarching question arises as to whether the law of the sea is able to respond adequately to developments that were not yet foreseeable when the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the “constitution for the oceans” (T.T.B. Koh), was adopted more than 40 years ago. Is it more resilient in the face of today’s crises compared to other bodies of international law? Or does this body of law require further adaptability and contingent action?

In an effort to address this question and in light of these dynamic developments, the UNYB issues a special call for papers providing contributors with a thematic forum to critically assess the law of the sea in the context of contemporary crises in international law. The deadline for receipt of abstract proposals is 1 August 2024. The full call for papers and submission guidelines can be found here. In case of any queries, please reach out to Sai Venkatesh, Managing Editor at unyb@mpfpr.de.