Call for Papers: National Seminar on Constituent Assembly Debates | Department of Law, University of Kerala

University of Kerala invites submissions through the call for papers for a National Seminar on Constituent Assembly Debates to be held on November 25-26, 2024.

About the Organizer

The Department of Law, of University of Kerala, established in 1988, is actively engaged in post-graduate teaching and research.

About the Seminar

The Department of Law is organizing a Two day National Seminar on the “Constituent Assembly Debates” on 25th and 26th of November, 2024(offline) as a part of the Constitution Day celebration which has been followed every year on November 26 to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India.

Eligibility

The organizers of the Seminar call upon legal professionals, academicians from other social science disciplines, administrators, university students, young and upcoming research scholars, social activists and representatives of governmental and non – governmental organizations.

About Call for Papers

The eligible candidates are invited to submit papers on the title above-mentioned and they can preferably concentrate on these themes mentioned below:

• History and Importance of Constituent Assembly Debates(CAD)
• Relevance of CAD in the present scenario.
• Constitutional Morality
• Judicial Review
• Fundamental Rights
• Directive Principles of State Policy
• Central State Relations
• Local Self Governments
• Law Making Power
• Administrative Tribunals
• Election matters
• Finance Commission & taxing power
• Amending Power

Note: Presenters need to compare the topics you have taken with CAD.

Submission Guidelines

• An extended abstract not exceeding 600 words shall be submitted in .doc or .docx format for consideration on or before 12th, November, 2024 to eventslawdepartmentuok@gmail.com. Co-authorship up to 2 persons is permitted.
• The abstract shall contain:
• Title of paper
• A brief idea of the paper
• At least 5 key words.
• Conclusion indicating the author’s perspective
• The abstract shall indicate the name, designation, Institution details, e-mail address and Telephone numbers of all contributors. In the case of co-authorship, each author will have to register separately in the event of participation in the seminar.
• Length of the paper should be between 2500 to 3000 words (including footnotes).
• Format: MS Word, Font Type: Times New Roman, Font Size: 12 Point, Line Spacing: 1.5 (in case of footnotes, font size is 10 point & line spacing is 1), justified text and 1-inch margins on all sides.
• All submissions should be sent with a covering letter indicating the Name of the Author, Designation, Official address, e-mail ID and Contact details, Topic of the Paper and a Disclaimer statement of affirming no prior publication.
• Full papers shall undergo Blind peer review and Plagiarism check. Plagiarized papers shall be rejected.
• The citations must be in uniform format throughout the paper.

Registration Fees and Payment

• There is a registration fee of INR 300 per Presenter. In case of co-authorship, the fee will be INR 500.
• Fee should be paid at the time of registration by the selected participants on the day of the paper presentation

Important Dates

• Last date for abstract submission: November 12, 2024.
• Communication of acceptance: November 15, 2024
• Submission of full paper of accepted abstracts: November 20, 2024
• Dates of Seminar: November 25-26, 2024.

Awards

• The best paper presenter will be awarded a prize. Top 10 paper presenters will be appreciated separately by giving special certificate mentioning the same.
• All the Participants registered for Presentation will be awarded with a respective certificate.

Contact

In case of any queries, please contact eventslawdepartmentuok@gmail.com.

Faculty Coordinator

• Dr.Rakendu C.K (Assistant Professor): 9497850014

General Programme Coordinators

• Dr.Aruna B.K (PDF Scholar): 9447889407
• Neethu S.T (Research Scholar): 9037243284
• Aravind.S (Research Scholar): 9495627939

Managing Committee for Paper Presentations

• Nair Swathy Balasaraswathi (Research Scholar): 9061566925
• Zorah Susan Abraham (Research Scholar): 98479 23222

Registration & Certificate Committee

• Anju R V (Research Scholar): 99955 16384
• Akhila S T (Research Scholar): 82812 11393

Public Affair Committee

• Jyothi Vijayakumar (Research Scholar): 96453 63239
• Abhirami S M (Research Scholar): 80780 51601

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