Dear legal academics,
V. M. Salgaocar College of Law, Goa invites contributions to Salgaocar Law Review, Volume
X, 2024 (ISSN 2395-7263) from academicians, lawyers and research students.
Salgaocar Law Review is a blind peer reviewed annual law journal, published from 2015
onwards and includes Original Research Articles, Essays, Case Comments, Legislative
Comments and Book Review. The purpose of the publication is to encourage quality legal
research and intellectual perceptions and continuing deliberations on a broad spectrum of
contemporary legal issues. As an institution we consider it our avowed mission to further the
cause of excellence in legal education in pursuance of justice and service to humanity, also
through legal research and publication.

CONTRIBUTORS-  Academicians, lawyers and research students.

CATEGORY- Original Research Articles, Essays, Case Comments, Legislative Comments and
Book Review.

THEME- Open, but of contemporary legal significance.

WORD LIMIT (including footnotes) 

Long Articles      8000-10000
Short Articles     4000-8000
Essays                 2000 – 4000
Comments (Case/Legislative) 1500-3000

FORMATTING GUIDELINES-
– All submissions must be in the Microsoft word Format with one inch margin on
all sides.
– The text must be in Times New Roman with font size 12 and line spacing of 1.5.
– Footnotes must be in Times New Roman, font size 10 with single line spacing
– Citations must conform to the Bluebook Uniform Style of Citation (21st ed.
2020). Check www.legalbluebook.com

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES-
– All submissions must be original and unpublished work of the author/s and should not have
been submitted, accepted or published elsewhere.
– Co-authorship is allowed (maximum of 2 authors).
– Articles will pass through blind peer review and acceptance will be subject to the report of
the peer review team.
– Articles found plagiarized will be summarily rejected.
– Submit the soft copy of your manuscript along with a covering letter
– The covering letter must contain the following details.
-Title of the paper, category (specify if it is Article/Essay/Case Comment/ Legislative Comment/
Book Review)
-Name of the authors/occupation, designation & name of the institution, email id, mobile phone
no and contact address.
– Kindly note that to keep confidentiality for peer review, these details shall only be
mentioned in the cover page and nowhere else in the paper.
– Submission of abstract (of 300 words with key words) and full paper to be emailed to
salgaocarlawreview@vmslaw.edu.in within the specified date.