Arguendo

Arguendo is the Core Project in the Lex Coterie Group of Organizations.

Friday, 25 April 2014

6th ENSAYO Essay Writing Competition, 2014



We are pleased to announce the launch of the 6th South Asian Essay Writing competition, Ensayo 2014. The theme of this year's competition is International Humanitarian Law in South Asia : Prospects and Challenges.

Participation Criterion

  1. Ensayo 2014: 6th South Asian Essay Writing Competition on International Humanitarian Law is open to students from the disciplines of Law, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Defense Studies, International Relations, Medical Sciences, Mass Media and Journalism from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Iran, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
  2. Each participant shall be permitted to submit only one individual entry.
  3. Joint entries shall not be permitted.
  4. There is no Registration Fee for the competition.
  5. To participate in the competition, participants must submit their essay along with the filled registration form by 30 May, 2014.
  6. The Essay should be submitted in MS WORD format only.
  7. The last date of submission is 30 May, 2014 latest by 23:59 hours Indian Standard Time. Submissions will however be accepted till two days after the last date of submission, with a penalty of 1 mark per day.
  8. The essay must contain an abstract not exceeding 200 words mentioning the key issues and setting out the main conclusions reached.
  9. No part of the essay, except the cover page, should contain any form of identification of the participant.
  10. No hard-copy submission of the essay is to be made.

Presentation Requirements

  1. The participants may choose to write on any topic within the ambit of the broader theme of the competition i.e.'International Humanitarian Law in South Asia: Prospects & Challenges '
  2. Submission must not exceed 3500 words (exclusive of footnotes).
  3. Violation of the word limit will result in a penalty of 1 mark per 50 words exceeded.
  4. The essay must include references in the form of footnotes. The Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) should be followed for the citations. 
  5. All submissions must be original and bona fide work of the participants; plagiarism will result in automatic disqualifications.
  6. The contestants by entering in the competition agree to indemnify the organizers from and against all claims, suits, and damages based on any claim of copyright infringement or plagiarism or unauthorized use.
  7. All entries shall be considered to be the property of the Center for Advanced Study in International Humanitarian Law (CASH)at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab (India) which reserves the right of publication of the same in any book, journal, or in any other manner as it may deem appropriate, without providing any royalty or compensation.
  8. The essay should not have been submitted in any other competition and/or for publication whatsoever.

Important Dates


30 May 2014 : Last Date for Submission of Entries

30 June 2014  Results of Ensayo 2013

 For any queries, please visit our website :
WEBSITE  :- HERE 
Flyer :- HERE
BROCHURE:- HERE 
We encourage all students from the South Asian Countries to participate and make the event as hard to judge as possible!

Saturday, 19 April 2014

Call For Articles, Faculty of Law, IFHE, Hyderabad, Monthly Journal

"The Student" is a monthly peer reviewed journal which is run by the students of Faculty of Law, IFHE, Hyderabad.


On the occasion of its next issue the Editorial Committee welcomes articles from Law students from India.

Eligibility:- Currently enrolled in any 3 year or 5 year law degree in any recognized University in India.

Topic:-  Any current Legal Issue.

Word Limit:- 1,000-2,000 words.

All Plagiarized Articles Would Be Immediately Disqualified.

Last Date of Submission:- 24th of April.
[Articles received after that would be considered for the next issue]

All articles to be mailed to :- facultyoflaw@ifheindia.org

Call For Papers, Law Mantra Journal [May 30, 2014]

The Law Mantra Law journal (ISSN 2321 6417) is a monthly academic journal, published online, that seeks to provide an interactive forum for the publication of articles in the field of Law. The Journal is currently soliciting submissions for Volume I, Issue 10, which will be published in June 2014. 
The submission deadline for Volume I, Issue 10 is May 30, 2014. 
We welcome submissions from academicians, practitioners, students, researchers and experts from within the legal community. We have a strong preference for articles that assert and defend a well-reasoned position.
It is aimed at institutionalizing and channelling the analytical and incisive articles of students towards value addition and developing inherent potentials of legal fraternity.
The Themes for Call for Paper is “Consumer Protection Law”
About The Competition: The competition basically has the purpose to bring out original and concrete views of themass- to the mass. In an essay, we look forward to a detail analysis of the status quo and putting forward suggestions that would serve as an instrument for change to the problems that persist.
The Paper submitted will be used to create modules for free awareness campaigns.
Theme:“Consumer Protection Law”
The submissions may be in the form of articles, notes, comments, book reviews on the issues raised.
All submissions must be made in accordance with the submission guidelines of the editorial board given below:
We welcome submissions under the following categories, with word limits:
Submission Guidelines:
TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS
• Articles are lengthy publications that provide sustained treatment of important topics and ideas in the law.
Word Count – 4000 words (including footnotes).
• Essays are long write-ups and explore new arenas in the field of the topic that the author wishes to deal with.
Word Count – 3000 words (including footnotes).
• Book Reviews tackle new publications or neglected topics in the law. These are relatively short pieces of work that tend to analyse, comment and evaluate any law related book published recently.
Word Count – 1500 words (including footnotes).
• Case/Legislative Comments are short pieces which succinctly tackle interesting issues and puzzles in the law, often a critique on recent judicial pronouncements.
Word Count – 3000 words (including footnotes).
WRITING GUIDELINES:
All Entries must be typewritten in the font Times New Roman, font size 12, 1.5 line spacing and justified alignment.
The Citations must be typewritten in the font Times New Roman, font size 10, 1 line spacing and justified alignment.
Citation style must adhere to one uniform system of citation. References must be footnoted in Blue book 19th edition. All references must be cited in simple text. No formatting is required for the citations.
Submissions received to the Law Mantra Journal reviewed for following reasons
Scope and relevance for article: The article must be based on contemporary legal issues. Content of article must be suitable for readers-Students, Legal Professions, Academicians.
Language and Quality: Language must be formal and clear, adhering the submissions guidelines of journal.
Copyright Violation: To ensure that, the submissions are not in violation of copyrights laws. Authors are required to obtain written permission for the use of any copyrighted material in the manuscript and must communicate the same journal.
PLAGIARISM CHECK:
The authors are required to take special care in citing all the sources that they will refer to in their submissions.
The submission shouldn’t have been published somewhere else or submitted for consideration for publication somewhere else.
All the submissions will be subjected to strict plagiarism checks.
MODE OF SUBMISSION:
Submissions should be in electronic form (.doc, .docx).
The submissions are to be addressed to The Editorial Board, Law Mantra Journal at journal@lawmantra.co.in
Note:-Selected papers will be published with I.S.S.N and publication certificate will be issued to only Top 20 participants.
Selected full paper should reach the convener, on or before 30th May, 2014.
For further details or any query you may contact:- Suresh Khadav @ +918474818031 or Aditya:- @ 08255090897 or info@lawmantra.co.in
Chief Editor:- Prof.Aman Mishra
For Brochure Click HERE
For Copy Right Registration Form Click HERE

Lucknow Conclave: Call For Papers [15th May, 2014.]

The Lucknow Conclave invites submissions for paper presentation during the event.

THEMES FOR PAPER SUBMISSION

The authors are free to chose a relevant sub-theme under the provided broad themes:

  • Education
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Governance
  • Healthcare
  • Management

ELIGIBILITY

1. The dialogue is open to all students, research scholars, teachers and professionals around the world.
2.  Joint entries shall be permitted however, all authors must register separately as delegates for presentation.

SUBMISSION POLICY

1. 
The research paper should be original, and must not be previously published or must not be in the stage of submission/consideration anywhere else. The word length can be between 2500-5000 words.
2.  The  Editorial  Board  will  follow  the  Anonymous  Peer-Review  policy  for  judging  the submissions.
3. The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject or edit any paper whose content is offensive or defamatory, explicitly unethical or if it supports racism, sexual or religious discrimination, illegal activities or terrorism; similarly an article may be refused if the Board deems that it might harm the political or religious sensitivity of interested readers in any manner.
4. The Editorial Board reserves the right to disqualify the paper on account of plagiarism.
5. The research paper should not infringe the copyright or any other right of a third party, if so, the Foundation disclaims any responsibility for copyright violation or any other liability.
6.  The research paper  shall be considered the property of the Adhrit Foundation which reserves the  right  of  publication  of  the  same  in  any  book  or  in  any  other  manner  as  it  may  deem appropriate, without providing any royalty or compensation.
7. The Editorial Board  reserve the right to vary, repeal, alter any of the rules if so required, as they deem appropriate.
8.  If the paper is selected and the author(s)  wants to present it at the conclave,  they  must register as a delegate.
9. A soft copy of the research paper must be sent to lucknow.conclave@gmail.com by 15th May, 2014.

STYLE AND FORMAT

1. Submissions should be made in MS Word format. 

Main Text – Times New Roman, font size 12, double spacing, justified, with a margin of an inch on all sides. 
Footnotes – Times New Roman, font size 10. Substantive footnotes are accepted. 
Citation Mode – Any uniform method of citation is allowed.
2. An abstract should be written at the beginning, explaining the aims and motives of the paper.
3. Bibliographies or reference lists are welcome but not required.

PUBLICATION IN THE BOOK

The selected papers will be published in a book having an ISBN number.

PRESENTATION AT THE CONCLAVE

1.  Power point presentations are encouraged.
2.  Each speaker shall get a maximum of 10 minutes for the presentation.


For More Details Check HERE