One Day Seminar On “Economic Implications of National Food Security Act” By GNLU, 2014 [9th August]

The GNLU Centre for Food Security and Agro Economy (GCFSAE) at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar has planned to organize One-day Conference on “Economic Implications of National Food Security Act”. 

Date:- August 9, 2014

Where:- GNLU Campus

When:- 10:00 am onwards. 

The Conference would spread out in three disparate themes sessions, namely;

> “Economic analysis of the WTO Bali round decision”, 

> “Economic implications of National Food Security Act”; and 

>“India’s tryst with WTO with special reference to agricultural subsidies”

 Brochure 

For More Details Contact:- 

Prabhansu Gupta

Contact No. +919714343576

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International Conference On Strengthening Climate Justice Initiatives: Livelihood Challenges At Local Level With A Focus On Farmers

Sub theme: Impact of climate change on farmers and sustainable livelihood/ Rules-regulation and laws related agriculture and environment & its implementation / International experiences/ Sharing of experiences of Justice and In-Justice related farmers and agriculture / Existing safety net provisions and its implementation / Existing Government Support Schemes / Climate Smart Agriculture

Abstract Submission: July 15, 2014 • Acceptance of Research Paper: August 01, 2014

Final Paper Submission: September 15, 2014

Contact Details: director.il@nirmauni.ac.in, drkiritshelat@gmail.com/ website: www.climatesmartagd.org

Registration Dates: last date 15. October, 2014 (Registration form available on website)

Conference Dates & Venue: November 8-9, 2014 / Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India

Organizers

National Council for Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Public Leadership (NCCSD),

Website: www.nccsdindia.orq / 

Nirma Institute of Law, Ahmedabad (NIRMA), 

Website: www.nirmauniv.ac.in.

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FOOD "OVER" SECURITY BY ISRAEL- A CRITIC.

On 19th March 2014, the Parliament of Israel passed the ‘ADVANCEMENT OF COMPETITION IN THE FOOD SECTOR LAW 2014’. The legislative history to this law can be traced to the mass protests that took place on the streets of Israel due to an excessively high cost of living borne by the citizens.

The objective of the Act was simple, increase competitiveness in the food sector so that the industry firms are forced to reduce their prices to capture a greater market share or earn higher revenue than their counterparts.

Out of all the provisions, most of which have been criticized by various commentators, the one that caught the authors attention the most was the commissioner’s wide powers pertaining to retailers’ operations in various geographic catchment areas.

The law provides that for each branch of a large retailer, the commissioner can attempt to increase competition. This will be achieved by defining a geographic catchment area and identifying the competitors in each catchment area. A notification, after such identification, will be sent to any of the retailers who have more than 30% or 50% share in a relevant catchment area. Now if this retailer chooses to expand by for example opening a new branch in that location, he will require the commissioner's approval. The ground, whether the expansion is likely to pose any danger to competition, upon which this approval be will be denied leads to an appraisal of the existing market scenario from the current players or firms market shares to their revenues and future established growth plans. But will this outcome they are planning to prejudge necessarily be what the retailer can deliver, considering that this expansion plan of the large retailer (the law aims to target large retailers) if not intervened or interfered with by the commissioner will definitely be countered by the other players and thereby lead to more competition and less prices.

The legislation through it’s over protective powers will rather bring the competition down. It will serve as a disincentive for prospective and existing large retailers & thereby suppliers. Fundamentally, if this was something enacted in India, it would be violative of one’s right to practice any trade or business, not that it stands Israel’s constitutionality either.

The above is just one of the ways in which the commissioner has been given powers to increase competition. Provisions stipulating recommendations such as ceasing of operations in a certain store or selling of that store to a third party can be made by the commissioner to the Antitrust Tribunal against retailers whose share in a catchment area are more than 50% and operates at least three stores in that area.

The idea of specifically regulating competition within a sector, in the present case being the food sector, is commendable and has been used by the government of UK too through Ofgem, Ofwat and Ofcom. A similar scheme of legislation can, according to me help in curbing inflation to some extent in India. The Indian law can along with the role, operations and M&A activities of the large retailers and suppliers can also make provisions pertaining to storage, distribution, hoarding etc. practices as a consolidated law dealing specifically with the food sector. The Indian Food Sector needs a re-look anyway.

About The Author:-

Gehna Banga is a 3rd year student pursuing BBA-LL.B (Hons.) at IBS, Hyderabad. She is always busy eyeing for something new and the recent area of interest has been economic policy matters.

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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 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. Each participant shall be permitted to submit only one individual entry. Joint entries shall not be permitted. There is no Registration Fee for the competition. To participate in the competition, participants must submit their essay along with the filled registration form by 30 May, 2014. The Essay should be submitted in MS WORD format only. 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. The essay must contain an abstract not exceeding 200 words mentioning the key issues and setting out the main conclusions reached. No part of the essay, except the cover page, should contain any form of identification of the participant. No hard-copy submission of the essay is to be made. Presentation Requirements 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 ' Submission must not exceed 3500 words (exclusive of footnotes). Violation of the word limit will result in a penalty of 1 mark per 50 words exceeded. 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.  All submissions must be original and bona fide work of the participants; plagiarism will result in automatic disqualifications. 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. 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. 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!

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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

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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

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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

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Legal Desire Is Hiring.

Opportunity for Law Students and Professionals: Legal Desire hiring in various Position:-

a) Campus Associate;b) Content Designer;c) Executive Assistant;d) Legal Assistant;e) Editorial Board member for Legal Desire Quarterly Journal;f) Student Editor for Legal Desire Quarterly Journal;g) Marketing Executive


To Know More and Apply, Visit: www.legaldesire.com/hiring

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The Lucknow Conclave:- Be Part Of The Organizing Committee.

GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE PART OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF INDIA'S MOST DIVERSIFIED CONFERENCE OF THE YEAR.!!



The Lucknow Conclave is a platform, where leaders of tomorrow discuss and further develop their ideas into reality. It aims to foster leadership qualities amongst students and young professionals by opening a cross-cultural dialogue on issues of global relevance.
See More About The Lucknow Conclave HERE.

If you are interested in working for The Lucknow Conclave - India's most diversified Conference of the year, then mail us at mradul@alexis.org.in.


Working Areas:-
#Finance - Securing Sponsorships and Negotiations with Vendors
#HR - Managing the Team and Partnering with Colleges and Corporates
#Marketing - Social Media Management, Publicity and Promotions
#Creative - Designing Posters, Banners and Covers
#Operations - Programming, Speaker Selection, Invitation and Follow-up


Website: www.lucknowconclave.com

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The Lucknow Conclave: India's Most Diversified Youth Conference Of The Year [27th June, 2014]

The Lucknow Conclave 

| India's most diversified youth conference of the year!

The Lucknow Conclave is a platform, where leaders of tomorrow discuss and further develop their ideas into reality. It aims to foster leadership qualities amongst students and young professionals by opening a cross-cultural dialogue on issues of global relevance. 


Participants will be inspired by – and learn from – speakers who are eminent public figures in politics, business, academia, entertainment, journalism, sports and the NGO sphere. 
The Conclave will equip young leaders of tomorrow as responsive, conscious, altruistic and efficacious global citizens empowered to make positive changes in our society. 


It is an event for students and young professionals to understand more clearly complex global issues like education, entrepreneurship, governance, healthcare and management, think critically about their responses, and discuss ways in which they can contribute meaningfully to a more secure, just and sustainable future.

Apply Now!

Register HERE
For More Details Check HERE


Facebook Page HERE

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LAW- Law for Aid & Welfare Invites Applications For The Post of Chairperson [Age- 18-24]

LAW CENTRE FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

About the Centre:- Considering the apathy of the fair sex in the country, ‘Law for Aid and Welfare’ has established a Centre for Women Empowerment vide resolution LAW/EBR/2014/01 for working on the empowerment of women.The Centre shall carry out consultation on various bills and legislations of Indian government and United Nations Organizations besides conducting awareness programmes on various social, environmental and economic issues facing the women and girl child.The Centre plans to have its own Publication on Women Empowerment and Public Policy in respect of women. It shall provide information on all International Statutes and documents related to Women Empowerment. Various events shall also be organized on issues facing the women to gather new ideas for inculcation in this noble effort.

Eligibility:- Age between 18 – 24 years. Excellent Communication Skills. Proficiency in using Microsoft Office, Facebook, Skype, YouTube and Twitter.

Desired Skills and Abilities:- Strong communication skills, including public speaking and writing. Excellent organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple projects. Excellent analytical and abstract reasoning skills. Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Ability to think strategically, creatively problem solve, exercise good judgment and lead change. Ability to work in a dynamic team and build strong working relationships. Ability to flexibly share leadership and build consensus. Ability to take initiative and take difficult decisions when necessary.

Recruitment Policy:- We are an Equal Opportunity Organization. We firmly believe in Diversity. Female Candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Short listing of candidates is done on basis of CV/Resume. Every selection is done purely on merit basis. Law Students from reputed colleges are encouraged to apply.

Terms and Conditions:- This is a part-time, work from home/place of residence job.This position is tenured, part-time, voluntary and unpaid (* However, the society may choose to pay you if your performance is exceptionally good). We are looking for at least one year commitment from you. You will be required to devote at least 5 hours per week. You will be put on probation for 3 months from date of selection. A Performance review will be conducted after completion of 3 months.

What We Look For? We recruit exceptional people with outstanding capabilities and great potential. Some of the qualities we look for in our people:Accountability Creativity Curiosity Discipline Empathy Integrity Leadership Professionalism Technological Awareness

Why You Should Join Us?:- Leadership Training Networking Opportunities Personality Development Professional Growth Recognition Respect Satisfaction Social Impact Work Experience

Benefits:- Exposure of working in a youth-led organization. A platform to nurture your ideas and create positive impact.

Professional Growth through Networking and Skill Development.

Recommendation or Work Experience Certificate is provided on successful completion of your tenure or on demand, when required.

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