Call for Papers: IJCLP Volume 14 (General Issue) at NLSIU, Bengaluru [online submission; deadline 1 November 2026]

The International Journal on Consumer Law and Practice (IJCLP) is a blind peer-reviewed, open-access journal published annually by the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) under the aegis of the Chair on Consumer Law and Practice. It was launched in 2013 and its ISSN is 2347-2731. The journal provides a forum for discussions on national and international best practices in consumer protection law. NLSIU states that it is indexed on SCOPUS, HeinOnline, and the SCC Online.

Previous issues have featured contributions by Justice AK Sikri (Judge, Supreme Court of India), HC Mult Norbert Reich (Emeritus Professor, Bremen University, Germany), Cristina Poncibò (University of Turin, Italy), Laura Zoboli (University of Warsaw, Poland), James P Nehf (Indiana University), Gail Pearson (University of Sydney, Australia) and Upendra Baxi (Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Warwick).

IJCLP invites submissions for Volume 14, its forthcoming general issue. It is a faculty-led, peer-reviewed academic journal. The journal welcomes contributions from academics, practitioners and students of law and allied fields, and features articles, essays and case notes.

Themes for the general issue include, but are not limited to:

• Empowering consumers through clean energy transitions
• Protecting consumers in food crisis now and in the future
• Consumer journeys in digital finance with mobile money
• Consumer voices in the G20
• Consumer protection combating greenwashing
• Electronic enforcement of consumer law
• Durability and the right to repair
• Digital futures and building trusted e-commerce and generative AI
• Consumer protection in the Global South
• Feminist approaches to Consumer law
• ADR and consumer disputes
• Children as consumers
• The Central Consumer Protection Authority and the Competition Commission of India

The journal’s own description of its scope also lists consumer welfare legislation and its implementation, consumer rights in the digital era, technological advancements in the enforcement of consumer rights, the effectiveness of mediation as a tool to resolve consumer disputes, and the need for an international consumer protection framework and policy.

NLSIU journals welcome original, unpublished submissions across a range of categories, including Articles, Case Comments, Legislative Notes and Book Reviews. NLSIU states that its journals follow rigorous double-anonymous peer-review and editorial processes. Authors are encouraged to read the detailed Call for Papers and the Submission Guidelines on the IJCLP page before submitting. Word limits, citation style and file format are set out in those guidelines, which were not part of the pages reviewed here.

NLSIU states that there are no fees involved in submissions to its journals, which are open access and hosted on the University’s Scholarship Repository.

To submit an article, visit https://repository.nls.ac.in/ijclp/ and use the Submit Article option on the journal page.

The deadline for Volume 14 is November 1, 2026.