DSNLU

VISAKHA LAW REVIEW

About DSNLU:

With growing importance for quality legal education, various national law schools
acquired lot of importance. To meet the requirements of students of this State, the Government
of Andhra Pradesh decided to establish a new Law University and as per the decision of the
Council of Ministers meeting held on 30-06-2008 the Governor of Andhra Pradesh promulgated
the Andhra Pradesh University of Law Ordinance, 2008 on 8th July 2008. Subsequently the
cabinet on 04-08-2008 approved Andhra Pradesh University of Law Bill, 2008, replacing the
Ordinance and this Bill was passed by the State Legislature on 28th August 2008 and became an
Act after the same was assented to by the Governor on 23rd September 2008. Thus A.P.
University of Law came into existence with Visakhapatnam as Main Campus and two branches
at Kadapa and Nizamabad.

Further Andhra Pradesh University of Law” name changed as “Damodaram Sanjivayya

National Law University” vide Andhra Pradesh University of Law (Amendment) Act, 2012 (Act
No. 15 of 2012) published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary dated 14th May
2012. The Government of Andhra Pradesh has notified vide G.O. Ms. No. 63 dated 22-5-2012
that the 22nd Day of May 2012 is the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall come
into force.

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 About the DSNLU VISAKHA LAW REVIEW:

We are pleased to announce that Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University,

Visakhapatnam invited submissions on contemporary legal issues for publication in the inaugural
volume of DSNLU VISAKHA LAW REVIEW and aspires to carve out a niche in legal
journalism and to serve as a research arm for practitioners, academicians and the broader
intellectual community.

It is a bi-annual, double bind peer-reviewed Journal which aims to provide the students,
Researchers, Members of the academia and other eminent persons with an opportunity to explore
the arena of legal research and writing, and seeks to instill in them, the ability to critique. The
Journal aims to render top quality publications on topics related to law.

MAIN THEME OF FIRST ISSUE:

Constitutional Law has and will for a long time be a highly relevant document, the
Magna Carta; governing and guiding nations through the institutions, it creates. While
Constitutions and Constitutional Law have been around for a long time, its relevance has never
been more than now.

With the rapid growth of technology, inclusivity has not remained just a dream; it is fast
becoming a reality. This reality though is waking us up to different problems of constitutional
importance. Problems of re-conceptualizing fundamental substantive and procedural practices of
our institutions so that they are well equipped to handle this new technology infrastructure.

Visakha Law Journal, the flagship journal of Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law
University endeavors to go in search of these latest issues in Constitutional Law and Policy and
in its first issue calls for academic papers on the issues of central constitutional importance.

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 CALL FOR PAPERS:
The DSNLU VISAKHA LAW REVIEW is inviting Articles, Essays, Case Notes and
Comments from a wide range of legal sub-disciplines and a variety of topics of legal and
contemporary relevance from law universities in India and abroad. Our aim is to broaden the
horizons and ensure increased communication and better understanding between various
members of our legal community.

Articles (5000-10000 words)

Essays (3000-6000 words)

Case Notes & Comments (2000-5000 words)

Book Review (1000-2000 words)

IMPORTANT POLICY:
1. The submission must be an original unpublished work and it should not be
simultaneously considered at any other place.
2. Plagiarism will be viewed with zero tolerance.
3. Upon submission, the manuscript shall be the property of the DSNLU Visakha Law
Review for any subsequent publication/reprint/derivative work.
4. DSNLU Visakha Law Review possesses the right to reject entries, which do not conform
to the Guidelines for Submission.
5. The author shall be presumed to have obtained necessary permission from cited authors
in case a cited work is unpublished
6. DSNLU Visakha Law Review reserves the absolute rights to cancel, differ, or postpone
indefinitely, the publication in the event of the accruing of any incident, natural or man-
made.
7. In case of any dispute, the decision of the DSNLU Visakha Law Review shall be
final and binding.
8. The Editorial Board shall not be responsible for any material that is libelous or
scandalous.
9. The Editorial Board may review the accuracy of the citation but the responsibility rests
with the author.

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 Deadline for submission of manuscripts is 25-06-2019

Following email Id: vlr@dsnlu.ac.in.

FORMATTING GUIDELINES:
 All submissions must be made in Word Format (.doc)/(.docx).
 The body of the manuscript should be in Times New Roman, size 12 with 1.5 spacing.
 The Bluebook (20th ed.) is to be followed for the citation format.
 Footnotes should also be in Times New Roman, 10 font size and single spacing.

Topics:

1. Constitutionalism as higher law

2. Constitutionalism and Judicial activism
3. Changing contours of reservation policy in India
4. Changing Dimensions of Rule of Law
5. Predominance of legal spirit under Indian Constitution
6. Media trial with reference to good governance
7. Judicial Restraints
8. GST: Is it in accordance with the Federal Structure or Unitary feature of Constitution
9. Collegium and its transparency
10. Constitutionalisation
11. Centre indifferent attitude towards State : Affecting Federal Structure
12. Co-operative Federalism
13. Judicial comity
14. Administrative Legislation and it’s control
15. Judicial Review of Administrative, Legislative and Judicial Decisions
16. Administrative adjudication
17. Independence of Judiciary
18. Role of Administrative function of CJI
19. RTI and its applicability for good governance
20. Role of Administrative Law in poverty alleviation
21. Citizen’s charter (Time bound delivery of administration serving)
22. Ombudsman
23. Privatization of Administrative functions

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 CONTACT:

Prof..Dr.P.Sri Devi,
Dean, Academic Affairs and Research
Mobile No: 9948362477, 8247535318

Mr.Zain Mohammed Saleh,

Assistant Professor,
Mobile No:727476688

Dr.N.Bhagya Lakshmi,
Teaching Associate,
Mobile No: 9849528129