About the Journal

Publication Policy

  • The Islamabad Law Review accepts submissions on all areas of law, but preference will be given to manuscripts on contemporary issues of Pakistani and Islamic Law.
  • The Islamabad Law  Review firmly  believes  in  the  importance  of  originality  of  ideas  and  therefore  any material  submitted  to the  Journal  should  not  have  been  published  elsewhere.  If the submission is under consideration elsewhere, the author should inform the Editorial Board. Co-authorship /multiple authorship is permitted.
  • The Islamabad Law Review is a peer-reviewed journal. All submissions will be blind reviewed by at least Two Reviewers.
  • Notification of acceptance, rejection, or need for revision will generally be given within a minimum period of 08 weeks of receipt of the manuscript, although exceptions to this time frame may occur.
  • The decision of the Board of Editors regarding publishing the piece is final and binding.
  • The Editorial Board shall not be responsible for any material that is libelous or scandalous.
  • The author shall be presumed  to have obtained  necessary  permissions  from cited  authors  in case a cited work is unpublished.
  • The Editorial Board will review the accuracy of citations. However the  final responsibility for accuracy of facts, quotations and citations in the submission rests with the author.
  • The author agrees that if accepted for publication, the Islamabad Law Review will have the right to publish/assign the right to publish whole or parts of the submission in future publications.  The author will retain all moral rights. 
  • The Islamabad Law Review believes in open access to knowledge and will strive to make the Law Reviewas widely accessible as possible.