CALL FOR PAPERS
Water and Power: Legacies and Innovations in Water Governance

The Natural Resources Journal (NRJ) at the University of New Mexico School of Law seeks academic articles for its Winter 2017 issue, Volume 57.1, on water governance.

Suggested topics include: institutional analysis and jurisprudence; collaborative approaches to water governance; drought planning and climate adaptation; water and equity; markets, water and economic development; interplay of human and natural systems; and politics and conflict in water governance.

About the Natural Resources Journal:

First published in 1961, the Natural Resources Journal is an international, interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of law and policy issues surrounding natural resources. The NRJ’s contributors come from various disciplines and provide diverse perspectives on the complex issues that accompany natural resources management. The NRJ does not endorse any particular viewpoint, but seeks to highlight the best scholarship from a wide range of perspectives on law and policy topics.

To Submit an Article:

Include in an email the following documents:
(1) A manuscript of your article with citations
(2) A link to or copy of your CV

Email your article to nrj@law.unm.edu.

Deadline:

Submissions should be received by July 1, 2016.

Timeline:

Authors which receive a commission will be notified by July 31, 2016.
Criteria

Finished articles will generally be under 25,000 words in length (approximately 80 double-spaced pages or 50 law review pages) with citations for all statements of fact. NRJ prefers articles with a clear thesis or argument that can materially advance the academic and policy-making discussion surrounding the topic. Additional information, including an archive of past issues, is available at http://lawschool.unm.edu/nrj/.