The North East Law Review (NELR) is now inviting submissions for Volume 11, Special Issue, ‘Law and Global Challenges’, which will be published in Summer 2025. The deadline for submission is 17:00 (UK time) on 14 February 2025 (Friday).
Submission Guidelines
Topic of the special issue: Law and Global Challenges
The world faces numerous challenges, triggered by conflict and war, climate change, technology development, healthcare access, gender inequality, and cultural homogenisation- this list is by no means exhaustive. What role has the law played, or what role can it play, in either alleviating or intensifying these challenges? We invite submissions that explore legal issues related to the topic of Law and Global Challenges. Submissions may focus on any law subject, at international, regional, or national law levels, and take doctrinal, socio-legal, comparative, or other legal research methodologies.
Forms of submission accepted:
Articles: original analyses and examinations of law issues align with the topic, between 3,000 and 6,000 words, including footnotes;
Case Comments: discussions and analyses of recent cases and other influential cases align with the topic, from any jurisdiction, between 2,000 and 3,000 words, including footnotes.
Short or longer submissions may be considered.
Citations: Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA), 4th Edition.
Formatting: House Style.
Submission and Review:
•Please email your work in a Microsoft Word document to nelr@newcastle.ac.uk.
•Please include an abstract of no more than 250 words and 3-5 keywords in your submission.
•All submissions will undergo a blind review process by multiple editors on the Editorial Board, comprising academic staff and students at the Newcastle Law School. For blind review purposes, please remove all personal information from the submission document.
•Authors will be notified about the status of their submission by the end of March 2025. Some revisions may be required.
•NELR does not accept submissions that have been published elsewhere, except personal blogs or SSRN pages.
Authors are welcome to contact the Editorial Board for any inquiries at nelr@newcastle.ac.uk.