In order to understand how federalism works on the ground, NALSAR undertook a pilot project studying the legislative output of 16 Indian states in the year 2020. The Survey examined the legislations enacted and the ordinances promulgated in the survey year. It also looked at the other instruments issued by the states to execute their law and policy obligations. The Introduction to the volume examined the legislative activity of the 16 states together and marked out patterns and exceptions. Since the project was prompted by the need to understand federal practice, the barriers faced by the states in exercising their law-making powers were foregrounded. Going forward, the University intends to expand the scope of the Survey to include all states and union territories.
We are issuing this open call to legal scholars in the country to ensure that the opportunity to write for the Survey is not restricted to scholars in the know of the University, and to build a caste/region/religion/ disability-inclusive cohort of contributors. We are looking for contributions to the Annual Survey of State Laws, 2023 for the following states and union territories:
Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Should you be interested in writing for the Survey, please email [email protected](link sends e-mail) with the subject title ‘Annual Survey – Expression of Interest’ by April 15, 2023. Your email must tell us why you are choosing to survey the State you have selected and how you are specially equipped to undertake a survey of that particular State. Please also attach a recent sample of your writing to the application.
Contributors selected by the University shall be informed by May 31. A preparatory workshop of all selected contributors has been scheduled tentatively for June 23 and 24, in Hyderabad. The University would pay an honorarium of INR 25,000 to all contributors to the survey. It will also try to assist the contributors with the collection of the primary data.
In order to give you an idea of the work expected you can access the pilot survey here(link is external).