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The Journal of Law and Public Policy (JLPP) is now accepting submissions for its 2027 issue. We welcome interdisciplinary research on law and public policy.
Details: repository.nls.ac.in/jlpp/gen_gui... Deadline: 31 Oct 2026
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The Journal of Law and Public Policy (JLPP) invites submissions for a special issue on New Urbanism and its Contours of Inclusion, examining how law and policy shape inclusive, sustainable urban futures in India.
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Marking #WorldCommonsWeek with JLPP's special issue on Social Accountability for Commons (repository.nls.ac.in/jlpp/), edited by Prof Philippe Cullet. Rigorous scholarship on the governance of collective resources.
#grievanceredressalmechanisms #pastoralism #coastalmapping #datacommons #sacredgroves
The full volume 9(1) of Journal of Law and Public Policy (JLPP) is now up! Founded in 2014, JLPP is published by
NLSIU, Bengaluru. The latest addition to the journal is a special issue on Social Accountability for Commons. We hope you enjoy it!
Link to the volume: repository.nls.ac.in/jlpp/
Describing Land Conflict Watch's report ‘[Un]Common Laws’, Lianne D’Souza writes: ‘Sharp, timely, and grounded in meticulous research, this report exposes the systemic contradictions that define India’s legal approach to common lands.’
Read the full review here: repository.nls.ac.in/jlpp/vol9/is...
Gayathri D. Naik's case comment on T.N. Godavarman v UoI examines one of the major challenges courts face: balancing the need to ensure environmental protection with promoting the country’s developmental needs.
Read the full case comment here: repository.nls.ac.in/jlpp/vol9/is...
Anushka Sachan's latest legislative brief looks at the DPDP Act 2023 to explore the conceptual and practical tensions between centralised data sovereignty, participatory, and decentralised models of data stewardship.
Read the full brief here: repository.nls.ac.in/jlpp/vol9/is...
Nayana Udayashankar and Aarthi Sridhar’s paper examines the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification 2019 as a site of jurisprudence—where judicial orders, management plans, and zonation maps become tools to encode accountability.
Read the full article here: repository.nls.ac.in/jlpp/vol9/is...
Yak rearing and shared pasturelands are the backbone of the Monpa community's cultural and economic life. Pijush Kumar Dutta’s study explores why fewer Monpas are engaging in grazing and what this means for the future of the commons.
Read the article here: repository.nls.ac.in/jlpp/vol9/is...
Encroachment on common lands continues to disproportionately affect the marginalised. Pooja Chandran’s latest article, published in JLPP, examines how Rajasthan’s Public Land Protection Cells (PLPCs) address such disputes.
Read the article here: repository.nls.ac.in/jlpp/vol9/is...
Introducing JLPP’s Special Issue, guest editor Philippe Cullet writes: “The contributions in this special issue confirm the central role that the commons have played and will play from the local to the global level.”
To read his full note, see: repository.nls.ac.in/jlpp/vol9/is...
JLPP is being relaunched with a Special Issue on Social Accountability for Commons. The editorial reads: “Interdisciplinarity between law and public policy is a window through which fresh air enters into stifled echo chambers.” See full editorial here: repository.nls.ac.in/jlpp/vol9/is...
Volume 9(1) of the Journal of Law and Public Policy (JLPP) is now up! The guest editor of this special issue on Social Accountability for Commons is Prof Philippe Cullet from SOAS. To view this issue's editorials and the article below by Pooja Chandran, please visit: repository.nls.ac.in/jlpp/