Hon Justice Innocent Umezulike Foundation Journal (HJIUFJ) is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to fostering analytical discourse and exploration of contemporary legal and social justice matters. Emphasizing originality and research quality, it seeks high-impact contributions addressing topics such as land and property law, human rights law, climate change, and energy.
Legal practitioners, judicial officers, and law students are invited to submit scholarly articles, essays, legal briefs, case comments, and book reviews pertaining to emerging legal and social justice issues.
AUTHOR GUIDELINES
1. Language
The language of the manuscript must be English (British standards).
2. Originality
Articles must be original and must not have been submitted for consideration and publication elsewhere. It is the responsibility of authors to ensure that the material submitted does not infringe copyright.
3. Length of paper
The length of the paper should not exceed 6000 words including tables, figures, references and appendices (if any). Articles should be typed in 1.5 line spacing (footnotes and references should appear in single line spacing) on one side of A4 paper only with wide margins. Authors are urged to write as concisely as possible, but not at the expense of clarity.
4. Title Page
The title page should include:
(i) The name(s) of the author(s)
(ii) A concise and informative title
(iii) The affiliation(s) and address (es) of the author(s)
(iv) The e-mail address, and telephone numbers of the corresponding author.
5. Abstract
Please provide an abstract of 150 to 200 words which must include the objectives of the study, methodology, findings/results, method of data collection and summary of recommendations. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.
6. Keywords
Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.
7. Subdivision of the article
Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1, 2. (then 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2), 1.2, etc). The abstract is not included in section numbering.
8. References and Documentation
Author(s) should adhere strictly to Nigerian Association of Law Teachers Uniform Citation and Documentation Standards accessible at www.naltng.org.
9. Names of authors cited in the footnotes should start with initials and end with the surname.
10. Online sources should indicate the site and date of visit.
11. All submissions will undergo double blind peer review and plagiarism check.
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Interested contributors are to submit their manuscripts/papers to submissions.hjiufoundation@gmail.com and copy to admin@umezulikefoundation.org
Deadline For Submission: August 15th 2024
