Call for Papers: Integral Law Review, Volume VI (April 2027)

The Integral Law Review (ISSN 3048-5258) is the flagship law journal of the Faculty of Law, Integral University, Lucknow. Founded in January 2022, it is an annual, double-blind peer-reviewed journal published online by the Faculty of Law, with Prof. (Dr.) Naseem Ahmad, Dean, Faculty of Law, as Editor-in-Chief. The journal promotes intersectional legal scholarship that situates law within its social, political, technological and ethical contexts.

The Editorial Board invites original, unpublished manuscripts for Volume VI, with accepted papers to be published in April 2027.

There is no thematic restriction. Submissions are welcome across every field of law, provided the work is anchored in rigorous legal analysis. The journal especially encourages manuscripts that keep law at their core while drawing on other disciplines such as technology, global politics, the sciences, public policy, history, management, philosophy and psychology. All submissions must be in English.

• Open to law students, academics, practitioners, judges and policy researchers.
• Every submission is considered on the strength of its ideas and the rigour of its analysis, regardless of the author's background, position or affiliation.
• Co-authorship is limited to two authors.

• Academic Articles: 3,000 to 6,000 words
• Short Academic Essays: 2,500 to 4,500 words
• Case Comments: 1,500 to 3,000 words
• Review of Law and Treaty: 1,500 to 3,000 words
• Book Reviews: 900 to 1,500 words
• Photo Essays: a minimum of 10 pictures with 2,000 words of supporting text
• Interviews: by nomination and invitation only

• Manuscripts must be in English, in MS Word format, with an abstract of not more than 350 words and at least three keywords.
• Main text in Times New Roman, size 12, 1.5 line spacing; footnotes in Times New Roman, size 10, single line spacing.
• Citations must follow OSCOLA.
• The manuscript must be anonymised: the author's name or any other identifying detail must not appear anywhere in it. Name and institution or organisation go in the covering email.
• Submissions with AI-generated content of up to 15% will be accepted for the review process.
• Authors are expected to write professionally and avoid foul or defamatory language.

• Manuscripts go through double-blind peer review; author and reviewer identities are kept confidential from one another.
• The corresponding author manages all communication between co-authors and the journal, and must declare in the email that all authors are listed and aware of the submission.
• The corresponding author must also declare that references and citations are correct and that the work contains no copyright-infringing or defamatory material.
• The manuscript must not have been published or submitted elsewhere, and must not be submitted elsewhere while under consideration.
• The Board of Editors may modify a manuscript to maintain standards; its decision is final in case of conflict.
• A decision on publication is communicated within 30 days of submission.

No fee is charged at any stage of submission, review or publication.

Email the manuscript, with the abstract and a covering email giving the author's name and institution, to integrallawreview@gmail.com with the subject line 'Submission - Integral Law Review'. The last date for submission is 1 January 2027.

For queries, write to ilr@iul.ac.in with the subject line 'Query - Integral Law Review'.