Call For Papers – Nigerian Business Law Journal

The Nigerian Business Law Journal is a policy-oriented journal published by the Global Centre for Law, Business and Economy, a research institute and think-tank that provides research, consultancy and educational services in the law and development space. Started in March 2017, the journal is now calling for articles to be published in its February 2022 issue. Contributions are expected to fall within the broad disciplinary area of Business Law. In addition to being relevant to issues in Business Law, articles must be policy-oriented, meaning that they should involve critique, propose reforms, and shed light on future developments as regards laws, policies and institutions. The editors will employ a double-blind peer review process in selecting articles for publication. Accepted articles will be published both in hard copy and on the journal’s website.

 

Submissions

Contributors should send an abstract not exceeding 300 words, with 4 – 5 keywords and including an author profile (not exceeding 250 words) to any of the following email addresses: nbljournal@gclbe.org, and editor@convexpublishers.com. Authors should upload their brief profiles as attachments in the same email containing their abstracts.

Author Guidelines

(i) All submissions should be in Microsoft Word format and written in British English.
(ii) Authors whose abstracts are accepted should submit two separate MS Word documents as
follows:
(a) A title page with the names of the author(s) and their brief profile(s) attached as a footnote.
(b) The main manuscript without the name(s) and profile(s) of the author(s).
(iii) Abstracts should cover the background of research, problem statement, objective, question(s),
methodology, the relevance of the study, and conclusion.
(iv) The length of articles should be between 8000 – 10,000 words.
(v) Nigerian Business Law Journal makes use of the Oxford University Standard for the Citation
of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) and authors are accordingly required to adhere to it. Authors
may find the OSCOLA referencing guide at
www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxlaw/oscola_4th_edn_hart_2012.pdf.
(vi) Authors should note that submitted papers shall be checked for plagiarism, making it
necessary that authors properly acknowledge resources used.

Important Dates

Submission of Abstracts and Brief
Profiles – December 30, 2021
Submission of Papers – January 30, 2022
Publication – March 1, 2022