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The Journal “Constitutional Law Review” announces a Call for Submissions of articles for the next issue

News

The Journal “Constitutional Law Review” announces a Call for Submissions of articles for the next issue (DECEMBER, 2024)

The Journal:

The “Constitutional Law Review” is a bilingual, international peer-reviewed journal (the journal is indexed in the EBSCO database), issued by the Law School of Ilia State University. The Journal publishes academic articles, essays, reviews, and analyses of local and international court case laws.

Eligibility criteria:

Law professors and scholars, experts, practicing attorneys/lawyers, and law faculty students and/or applicants working in related fields are entitled to submit articles for the next issue of the Journal.

Theme of the upcoming issue:

Authors may submit articles on related to the following themes: democratic and/or rule of law backsliding; rule of law and law-bound state order.  

In particular, the topics may cover one or more of the following:

  • Legal and political aspects, causes, preconditions and mechanisms of the democratic backsliding;
  • Enhancing resilience, effectiveness and accountability of democratic institutions as democratic backsliding preventive mechanism; 
  • Civil and political rights and liberties, restrictions and challenges to the right to freedom of association; open space for political participation, safeguards against excessive influence of financial interests in politics;
  • Challenges to rule of law and judicial reforms; Independence, accountability and impartiality of the judiciary.

The submitted academic article may offer legal and/or political analysis of the above-listed topics assessed in the context of national, regional and international trends.

Terms for submission of an academic paper and technical requirements:

  • Articles will be accepted directly from authors;
  • Articles could be presented in Georgian or English languages;
  • An article must be original (except for re-publication and translation of articles);
  • An article shall include an abstract of 150-200 words and an author’s resume;
  • While editing, it is possible to adjust the size and content of the article;
  • The final decision on the publishing of articles is upon the Editorial Board;
  • The articles submitted for consideration must be completed;
  • The presented material should be in electronic format (Microsoft Word) not exceeding 6,000 words; Font Sylfaen (in Georgian) and Times New Roman (in English). Font size: 12, line spacing 1.5 cm.
  •  The final decision on the selection and publishing of the article is based on the quality and relevance of the presented material.  

Citation and plagiarism:

Please see the guidelines for citing in the journal at the following link: http://iliauni.edu.ge/uploads/other/2/2588.pdf

Editorial:

You can contact the Journal's editorial board and send your articles at clr@iliauni.edu.ge no later than the 30 October, 2024.

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