ELSA Law Review is a student-led law journal with the goal of giving young scholars a platform to share their unique ideas and contributions to the academic discourse.
We are accepting submissions that are well-researched, well-written and discuss contemporary issues in international and European law. Submissions from young academics at all stages of their career (both Bachelor's and Master's students) are welcome.
The Review will be ‘e-published’ by ELSA Groningen. Each volume will be dedicated to one or more specific field of law pre-determined each time by the Editorial Board
How to submit
Submission Rules
This period for submissions will run until 1 April 2026 (01/04/2026). Before submitting your paper, make sure to read first the following guidelines.
General
Submission topic: Environmental law and its intersection with Health law
Within ELSA International’s Annual Human Rights Campaign, this year’s focus is on the topic of human rights and climate justice. In line with the campaign, as the editorial board, we believe that an important aspect of climate justice are conversations around health in general, and health law.
The submission topic for this year's edition, therefore, is Environmental law and its intersection with Health law.
Within this scope, there are many interconnected issues covering other areas of law including, for example, energy law, consumer protection, or even international armed conflicts.
How would an environmental law based national export ban on internationally crucial raw minerals hold up against international trade law scrutiny? How can we legally rationalize the necessity of AI assistants when every 100 word response from ChatGPT-4 requires approximately 520ML of water? We invite you to submit any articles that fall within the scope drafted above. However, any piece of academic writing will still be accepted for submission.
Word count: up to 8,000 words (excluding footnotes and bibliography).
Miscellaneous: articles should be written in English, any foreign words used should be in italic; literal citations are only allowed in quotation marks; case law should always be in italic.
Formatting
Font: Georgia 11 or Times New Roman 12.
Draft submission format: a Word document with a cover page mentioning author's name, study program, and title of the article.
Structure: your draft should include: (a) clearly articulated introduction and conclusion; (b) a thorough bibliography including all sources used and consulted; and (c) a number of sections making up your article's body.
Reference style: OSCOLA.
Structure
Your draft should include:
1. a short abstract outlining your paper;
2. a clearly articulated introduction;
3. a number of sections making up your article's body;
4. a clearly articulated conclusion; and
5. a thorough bibliography including all sources used and consulted
The process of publication
01
Submission
The call for submissions is announced at the beginning of every academic semester. We welcome applications from all law students, irrespective of their study progress.
02
Review
The board will then assess contributions as to their compliance with the journal’s ethnical, thematic, and technical guidelines. A special emphasis is placed on ensuring high standards of future publications in terms of their content.
03
Publication
The new edition of the journal will be published once all received submissions are reviewed, edited, and the authors have agreed with the final versions of their papers. Afterwards, the new edition will be downloadable in the PDF format and automatically sent via e-mail to those who had signer up to our newsletter.
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VOL II
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VOL III
How would an environmental law based national export ban on internationally crucial raw minerals hold up against international trade law scrutiny? How can we legally rationalize the necessity of AI assistants when every 100 word response from ChatGPT-4 requires approximately 520ML of water?
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