Call for Papers: Special Issue on Palestine and International Law

Posted on 2024-10-12

Submit your Articles, Case Commentaries, and Reviews to Juris Gentium Law Review’s Special Issue on Palestine and International Law

 

Scope of Submission

In relation to this Special Issue, we will only accept submissions pertaining to these topics, or a combination thereof:

  • The sociological interplay between international law and the Palestine condition;
  • Analysis of policies taken by the international community (or any of its individual members) in relation to the Palestinian condition
  • A historiography of international law and the birth and/or the development of the Palestinian condition;
  • The state of the academic treatment of the Palestinian condition in the legal academia;
  • Legal policies in relation to freedom of expression in the Palestinian discourse; and
  • Philosophical reflections on the Palestinian legal discourse.

 

In memory of Dr. Saeed Al-Dahshan, a distinguished Palestinian international law scholar, we are honored to establish the Dr. Saeed Al-Dahshan Prize for this Special Issue. An award of USD 200 in books of the recipient’s choosing, will be awarded to the author whose contribution to scholarship is deemed most deserving.

 

Eligibility

Any current undergraduate (S1/ Bachelor’s) or graduate students (S2/ Master’s and S3/ Doctorate) from any major and university. Each article, case commentary, or book or article review may have up to 4 (four) contributors.

Submission Deadline: 15 January 2025

Manuscript Format

  • Font: Garamond
  • Title: 20 words maximum
  • Abstract: 150 - 250 words
  • Word Count including footnotes but excluding title, sub-title, abstract, bibliography, insider notes, and if any “about the author”:
    1. Research articles: 5,000 - 10,000 words
    2. Reviews: 2,000 - 5,000 words
    3. Case commentaries and article reviews: 2,000 - 4,000 words
  • Submissions must be written in proper academic English, which must adhere to the American style of spelling
  • Any citations shall be written in the form of footnotes, the style of which shall be modeled after the examples as laid down in the Chicago 17th edition citation guidelines