E-Conference on Contemporary Legal Issues & Reflections Amidst the Pandemic by Christ University; Submit by 20 November

About the University

School of Law, Christ University (SLCU), Bangalore, is a part of Christ University, Bangalore, which was founded and is administered by Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI). SLCU holds a vision to become a globally recognized centre for excellence in legal education in a manner that caters to the needs of all stakeholders, with a mission to create and proactively generate an in-depth legal knowledge in the student community so that they can transfer their acquired knowledge to the larger benefit of the society, in accordance with professional ethics and values.

About the E-Conference

The world has been caught in the grip of various virulent diseases throughout the history of humanity, however the ongoing global pandemic is distinct due to its enormity both in terms of scale and effect. The pandemic, termed as COVID-19 by the World Health Organisation, is a highly infectious disease that is caused by the novel coronavirus. Being one of the most destructive crisis mankind has faced collectively since the World Wars, this pandemic is not solely limited as a health crisis, but has also taken over the socio-economic spectrum where it is causing rampant mayhem. In each and every country it has touched so far, a sense of fear and uncertainty has been instilled in the minds of people, making it extremely difficult for a return to normalcy. In the light of this predicament, School of Law, CHRIST proposes its 11th National Conference which aims at addressing some of the most crucial and imperative concerns that the world is grappling with.

Human rights have always played a pivotal role in legal administration and are an indispensable parameter on which innumerable issues are analyzed. Especially in these unprecedented times, human rights violations have been on the rise, posing a challenge on the justice delivery mechanism. The upcoming lateral shift to an unconventional resort to online alternate dispute resolution has created an arena that requires comprehensive regulation. There exists a compelling need to draw a parity between human rights and issues such as prison overcrowding and absence of access to open court. Addressing such concerns is of foremost priority to human rights organisations, international forums as well as governing bodies of various countries.

Themes and Sub Themes

Theme I: Challenges to Justice Administration vis-a-vis Human Rights  

1. The Rising Gender Based Violence during Lockdown

2. Impact of COVID-19 on the Criminal Trial Procedure

3. Resort to ODR in Resolving Commercial Disputes

4. Balancing between Parole and Prison during COVID 19

Theme II: Impending Constitutional Debates and Discussions  

1. E-Pharmacies, Clinical Trials – Contravention of Health Rights?

2. Centralised Control of COVID 19 and Federalism

3. PM CARES Fund : Transparency and Accountability Analysis

4. Imposition of Contact Tracing Apps : A Privacy Perspective

Theme III: Environmental Law and Policy Framework  

1. Control and Management of Bio-Medical Waste

2. Regulation of Contagious Virus Genome Editing : An International Perspective

3. Obviating Inhumane Treatment of Animals: A Necessity

4. COVID 19 and the International State Responsibility

Theme IV: Contemporary Legal Predicaments and Developments 

1. Farm Acts: A Strike on Socialistic Ideals?

2. Permissibility of “Act of God” excuse to reduce GST Compensation

3. Right to Dissent v. National Security: Freedom of Speech and Expression

 4. Examining the impact of Dilution in Labour Laws

Submission Guidelines

The abstract should not exceed 300 words, and must be accompanied with a  cover page stating:-

  1. Sub-theme
  2. Title of the Paper
  3. Name of the Author(s)
  4. Name of the Institution
  5. E-mail Address
  6. Postal Address
  7. Contact number

The abstract file shall be named as: <Theme number>_<full name of the author(s)>.

For eg: i) Single Authorship:Theme1_RajeevShankar

ii) Co-Authorship:Theme1_RajeevShankar&RahulMohan

All submissions of the abstracts for the E-Conference must be electronically submitted using the following google form link: https://forms.gle/CQLUP4TEKB9iw7wK9

The word limit of the full paper shall be 3000 – 4000 words and must be accompanied with the following:

  1. A cover letter mentioning the Name of the Author(s), Course, Year of Study (if applicable), Name of the College/University (if applicable), Professional Position (if applicable), Title and Theme of the  Paper, with Postal Address, Email Address and Contact Number.
  2. Registration form & Payment – The details of the same shall be intimated to the participants whose abstracts get selected

Formatting Requirements

  1. The main text of the full paper and the abstract should be in Times New Roman with font size 12  and line spacing of 1.5.
  2. The footnotes should be in Times New Roman, font size 10 with spacing of 1.0 (Endnotes are not permitted)
  3. One inch margins should be maintained on all four sides of the pages.
  4. Citation Style: Bluebook, 20th edition.
  5. The word limit of the paper shall be 3000 – 4000 words (excluding footnotes/annexure/reports etc.)
  6. The abstract and full paper have to mandatorily be submitted in .pdf format only.

Note:

  1. Co-authorship is permitted to a maximum of two authors and at least one author must attend the E-Conference to present the paper.
  2. No Proxy presentations are allowed.
  3. School of Law, CHRIST in keeping with its mandate of publishing original works only,  adopts a stringent anti-plagiarism policy. Any paper containing any unattributed work is thus  liable to be rejected.

Who Can Attend?  

Academicians, practitioners, research scholars, and students are invited to submit research  abstracts on the subjects related to the above topic on selection of which the authors shall be  required to submit full papers and be privileged to present the same to the E-Conference.

Important dates

Abstract Submission November 20, 2020
Communication of Acceptance of Abstract November 25, 2020
Last date for Registration and Payment December 10, 2020
Submission of Full Papers December 27, 2020
Date of the E – Conference January 22 – 23, 2021

Platform  

CISCO WebEx shall be used for paper presentation and conduct of National E-Conference. Further, details on the usage and registration to the platform will be shared to the participants at a later stage.

Rewards 

  1. All participants will be provided an electronic certificate of participation
  2. One best paper presenter from each sub – theme will be given a certificate of merit and cash award
  3. The best paper presenters will also be provided with an internship opportunity and allied perks by Libertatem Magazine.
  4. Selected full papers will be published in an E-Journal with ISBN no. subject to the quality of the papers received.

Registration fee and Payment details 

For Students: INR 700/- for single authorship and INR 1000/- for co-authorship.

For Professionals and Academicians: INR 900/- for single authorship and INR 1200/- for co-authorship.

Details about mode of payment will be informed after communication of selected abstracts.

Contact  Details

Should you require any further clarifications regarding the E-Conference or assistance in  submission, please mail us at [email protected]

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