Jindal Global Law Review Becomes India's First & Only Law School's Law Journal to Get Indexed In SCOPUS

The Jindal Global Law Review (JGLR) has become India's First and Only Law School's Law Journal to get indexed in SCOPUS, the abstract and citation database of Elsevier, which is widely used all over the world for research, citations, rankings and benchmarking. JGLR is the only law school run journal in India, from among 1650 law schools and over 200 law journals in the country, to have received this distinct honour. Speaking on the occasion, Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor, JGU, Dean, JGLS and the Editor-in-Chief of JGLR said, "This an incredible recognition for India and indeed for Jindal Global Law School. The flagship journal of JGLS, Jindal Global Law Review being included in the coveted and among a relatively small group of reputed international journals as a SCOPUS-Indexed journal is a testimonial to the extraordinary journey that the Law School and the Law Review has travelled in the last decade." Founded in 2009, JGLR is a faculty-edited flagship journal of the Jindal Global Law School. It is published twice a year, with each issue curated as a themed dossier on a specific area of both historical and contemporary significance to law. As per a press note issued by JGLS, "JGLR publishes peer-reviewed interdisciplinary and critical legal scholarship— with a focus on the Global South— by academics in law and cognate disciplines that take the conventional and the creative seriously. JGLR is especially interested publishing works that expand and reimagine the boundaries of the legal discipline through innovations in method and form. JGLR expansively understands 'law' as an assemblage of ideas, theories, methods, concepts, norms, traditions, politics, moralities, aesthetics, doctrines, policies, pluralities, and life practices. As a space for fostering collaborative legal scholarship, alongside the standard journal article, case comments and book reviews, JGLR has published long form interviews and photo-essays." From this year, JGLR has introduced three new occasional sections: Book Forum (conversations about a book between readers and authors)Teaching Texts (pedagogical experiences of engaging with key texts in a classroom)Review Essays (argument based analyses of a collection of books/ works) Recognising the significance of the publication of this journal in India, which was released on 8th August 2009, Professor (Dr.) Upendra Baxi endorsed the publication. In the Inaugural Issue of the Jindal Global Law Review, Professor Baxi observed, "Never before in India, and perhaps in the wider world of legal education, has a new Law School commenced its existence with the publication of a learned journal; the Jindal Global Law Review marks thus an inaugural break in the history of Indian legal education. I wish the Review all success, which is already ensured by the eminent content of the Commemorative Issue." In appreciation of the establishment of JGU and JGLS, Honourable Mr. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, former Judge, Supreme Court of India in his message to the Editor-in-Chief of JGLR in March 2008 observed that, "The O.P. Jindal Global University and the Jindal Global Law School are an institutional twin of terrestrial glory, sky-high and sea deep in jurisdiction and jurisprudence, a cosmic wonder of learning and wisdom in every dimension and an expanding universe of erudition embracing in its rich plurality, the art of living and the science of being. Entire humanity is its comprehensive constituency; search for truth in its limitless infinity and exalted excellence are its supreme ambition. May this tryst with divine noesis be fulfilled in the sublime century of ever-escalating achievements. Law and life will reach their finest hour when this great goal gains profound locomotion through this unique university." Salient Features of JGLR: Each issue serves as a themed dossier offering interdisciplinary engagement with areas of both historical and contemporary significance to lawPublishes critical legal scholarship by academics in law and cognate disciplinesSpecial focus on the Global South—as a location and a methodological orientationEncourages collaborative scholarshipProvides rigorous editorial support to emerging scholars As per the press note, "Since its founding, JGLR has been publishing on a range of conventional and critical themes, including, access to justice, Indian public law, queer politics, law and development from the BRICS perspective, environmental law and governance, comparative family law, corporate and financial law, competition law, law and feminism, and hate crimes law through the writings of some of the world's leading scholars, jurists, and social theorists, including, Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, Professors Madhava Menon, Upendra Baxi, Jasbir Puar, Dianne Otto, Ratna Kapur, Brenda Cossman, Vikramaditya Khanna, and Marc Galanter, to name...

Jindal Global Law Review Becomes India's First & Only Law School's Law Journal to Get Indexed In SCOPUS

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