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About the Society for Advancement of Criminal Justice

The Society for Advancement of Criminal Justice (SACJ) at the National University of Juridical Sciences is a premier academic society working in the field of Criminal Law and its allied disciplines.

Since its inception in the year 2005, the Society has focused on fostering a conducive environment to promote discourse in the field of Criminal Law. This discourse is aimed to be promoted through talks, lectures and panel discussions by dignitaries related to this field, as well as by organising various academic competitions and focusing upon academic writing.

About the Blog

The SACJ runs a blog that contains notes, articles, news updates and case briefs on contemporary issues in the fields of Criminal Law, Criminal Justice and allied themes. The blog is comprehensive and is updated regularly. The blog can be accessed here.

Call for Blogs

The Society for Advancement of Criminal Justice (SACJ) at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata, is now accepting submissions for its blog. The submissions can be centred around any theme relating to Criminal Law, Criminal Justice and its allied avenues and can cover both domestic or international perspectives. However, the piece submitted should not be a mere reiteration of the existing literature or framework, and the author(s) should try to be novel in their ideas.

Co-authorship

Co-authorship is allowed for up to 2 authors.

Plagiarism Policy

The work submitted must be original, unpublished and not under review on any other platform. Any form of plagiarism will result in an automatic disqualification. Before submitting any piece, it is requested to refer to our ‘Conditions for Publication’ dealing with our submission policies regarding plagiarism, copyright infringement and ownership provided on the website which can be found here.

Publication Fee

There is no publication fee for the approved works.

How to Submit?

All the submissions must be mailed to sacjblog@nujs.edu and must be in word format (‘.doc’s or ‘.docx’).

Guidelines for Publication 

• The word limit of the blogs submitted shall ideally be within 2000 words (excluding footnotes). However, we shall be flexible with the word limit if the submission quality is up to the mark.
• Case Comments must ordinarily range between 1500 – 3000 words.
• Essays  can  be  submitted  on  specific  themes  related  to  contemporary  issues. The word limit shall be restricted  to 6000 words
• Articles can range anywhere between 3000 – 6000 words. 

Formatting Guidelines

For more details regarding formatting and submissions guidelines, please visit this page.

Timeline for Review

The authors will get feedback maximum within 10-15 days post the submission of their piece. The author(s) can request for an expedited review if they feel the topic is of pertinent contemporary importance and might lose its relevance if the review is delayed. The editorial board might accept/reject such requests of expedited review depending upon the feasibility.

Contact Us

In case of any other queries, you can reach out to us at sacjblog@nujs.edu.

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