Nyayarth Call for Articles September 2026 by CSLT, DNLU Jabalpur | Submit by 25 October 2026
The Centre for Studies in Legal Theory (CSLT), Dharmashastra National Law University (DNLU), Jabalpur, invites submissions for the September 2026 issue of Nyayarth, its newsletter. The Nyayarth Call for Articles September 2026 invites authors to explore the theme “The Afterlife of Law: What Survives When a Legal Rule Changes?”
Authors can submit original articles that examine how laws, legal principles, and practices continue to influence society after formal legal changes. The submission deadline is 25 October 2026.
About the Organiser
The Centre for Studies in Legal Theory (CSLT) operates at Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur. Through this call, CSLT invites contributions that engage with questions of legal theory and the continuing influence of law beyond formal changes to legal rules.
About Nyayarth Call for Articles September 2026
The September 2026 issue of Nyayarth, the CSLT Newsletter, focuses on the theme “The Afterlife of Law: What Survives When a Legal Rule Changes?”
The theme examines what remains after a legal rule changes, including the persistence of legal norms, institutional practices, customs, and ideas of legal authority. Accordingly, contributors may explore the relationship between formal legal change and the continued influence of earlier rules.
Theme: The Afterlife of Law — What Survives When a Legal Rule Changes?
The theme invites submissions on several aspects of legal change and continuity, including:
- Normative residue and desuetude: The persistence or decline of legal norms over time.
- Temporal jurisprudence and transitional justice: The relationship between legal change, time, and transitions in justice.
- Institutional memory and executive habit: How institutions and executive practices retain the influence of earlier legal rules.
- Theoretical paradigms of legal change: Different approaches to understanding how law changes.
- Repeal and validity: Questions concerning the status and validity of law following repeal.
- Law and morality: The relationship between legal rules and moral principles after a change in law.
- Rights and duties after rule changes: The position of rights and obligations when legal rules change.
- Legal fictions and obedience: The role of legal fictions and obedience in the operation of law.
- Custom and living law beyond formal authority: The continuation of customs and living law beyond formal legal recognition or authority.
Authors should connect their submissions to the central theme and develop a focused argument within the prescribed word limit.
Submission Guidelines
Authors must follow the requirements below when preparing their articles.
| Particulars | Details |
|---|---|
| Word limit | 1,000–1,200 words |
| Co-authorship | Up to 2 authors |
| File format | .doc or .docx |
| Similarity index | Not exceeding 10% |
| Referencing style | Hyperlinks; where unavailable, Bluebook 21st Edition endnotes |
| Originality | Submissions must be original and unpublished |
| Submission deadline | 25 October 2026 |
| Submission email | cslt@mpdnlu.ac.in |
Additionally, authors should ensure that their submissions meet the originality and referencing requirements before sending their articles.
How to Submit
Eligible authors should email their original, unpublished articles to the Centre for Studies in Legal Theory at the following email address:
Email: cslt@mpdnlu.ac.in
The article must be submitted in .doc or .docx format and should contain between 1,000 and 1,200 words. Furthermore, the similarity index must not exceed 10%. Authors should use hyperlinks for references wherever possible and use Bluebook 21st Edition endnotes when hyperlinks are unavailable.
Submission deadline: 25 October 2026
Important Links
Submission email: cslt@mpdnlu.ac.in
