Call for Papers

The Law and Society in Transition publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed articles that examine the dynamic interplay between law and society amid profound global, technological, social, and political transformations. The journal welcomes submissions across all areas of law and legal theory, with a particular emphasis on how legal frameworks evolve, adapt, and respond to these shifts - whether through institutional reforms, normative reorientations, or innovative approaches to justice in transitional contexts.

Submissions are invited on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:

  • Core Legal Disciplines in Transition: Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Corporate Law, Company Law, Labour Law, Family Law, Property Law, Administrative Law, Banking Law (including the Negotiable Instruments Act), Civil Procedure Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Law of Evidence, Law of Torts, Consumer Protection Act, Law of Contract, Interpretation of Statutes, Law of Taxation, Investment and Securities Law, Land Laws (including Ceiling Acts and local laws), and Co-operative Law, as they intersect with contemporary global, technological, social, and political changes.
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, Conciliation, and other mechanisms, particularly in resolving disputes arising from societal transitions and cross-border transformations.
  • Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence: Jurisprudence (including Natural Law, Analytic, Normative, Sociological, Historical, Feminist, Political, French, Indian, Cautelary, Virtue, Postmodernist, and Therapeutic jurisprudence), with attention to how these traditions inform legal responses to global, technological, social, and political flux.
  • Specialised and Emerging Fields: Human Rights & International Law, Environmental Law, Comparative Law, Conflict of Laws, Criminology, Intellectual Property Law, Law of Insurance, International Economic Law, Social Justice, Distributive Justice, Poetic Justice, Open Justice, Organisational Justice, Injustice, Spatial Justice, Occupational Injustice, and related areas, explored through the lens of ongoing global, technological, social, and political transitions.
  • Interdisciplinary Topics: Legal Writing, Professional Ethics, Legal Aid, Women & Law, Contract & Trust Law, examined in the context of broader societal transformations.
  • Legal Innovation and Technology: AI & the law, blockchain & smart contracts, digital privacy, cybersecurity law, and algorithmic justice, focusing on technological disruptions and their implications for legal systems worldwide.
  • Transitional and Post-Conflict Justice: Legal systems in post-conflict states, constitutional transitions, and justice in transitional societies, addressing political and global shifts that reshape governance and accountability.
  • Climate and Environmental Law in Flux: Legal frameworks for climate migration, energy transition, environmental justice, and ecological rights, responding to global environmental and political imperatives.
  • Changing Norms in International Law: Sovereignty, migration, trade law, and the reshaping of international legal institutions amid global and political realignments.
  • Social Change and Law: Feminist legal theory, LGBTQ+ rights, indigenous legal systems, race and the law, and disability justice, as they navigate and influence social transformations.
  • Democratic Backsliding and Rule of Law: Legal responses to authoritarianism, erosion of democratic norms, and constitutional crises, with a focus on political change and institutional resilience.
  • Future-Oriented Jurisprudence: Speculative legal futures, law in science fiction, legal philosophy of emerging realities, anticipating the long-term impacts of global, technological, social, and political change.

The journal invites submissions from legal scholars, practitioners, academicians, researchers, and students. Manuscripts will be evaluated based on originality, relevance, and scholarly merit, without regard to the author's academic or professional background.