National University of Juridical Sciences, the Society of International Law and Practice (SILP: a student-run academic society within the university) and the NUJS-ILSA Chapter (the network of NUJS students who are also a part of the International Law Students’ Association) are set to organize The 1st Subrata Roy Chowdhury Memorial Essay Writing Competition, together with the Indian Yearbook of International Law and Policy. The competition professes the aim to promote research and writing in the discipline of international law and also seeks, inter alia, to encourage creative thinking. In pursuance of such goals, the themes chosen focus on issues of contemporary relevance to the field of international law and related legal policy matters.
Details about the competition are available here. All undergraduate and post-graduate law students enrolled in any Indian institution are eligible to participate in this competition.
Following are the themes for the competition:
- Is India ready for Sovereign Wealth Funds?
- Exo-politics and the emergence of a New World Order
- Non state actors, transnational armed groups and the regulation of hostilities in India: Should International Humanitarian Law recognize a hybrid category of armed conflict?
- Does Climate Change have an impact on National Security? An Indian perspective.
- Can the principles of Insurance Law be applied to the Law of Outer Space?
The panel of judges for the competition include names such as Prof. (Dr.) Manoj Kr. Sinha (Professor of Law at NUJS and the former Director of the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi), Professor Vivek Kanwar (Assistant Professor of Law at Jindal Global Law School (J.G.L.S.) and the Assistant Director of the Centre on Public Law and Jurisprudence (CPLJ), J.G.L.S.) and Mr. Nikhil K. Dutta, (Editor-in-Chief of the N.Y.U. Journal of International Law and Politics).
Following are the submission guidelines for the entries for the competition:
- The essays must be between 4500-6500 words inclusive of all footnotes.
- The entries should be accompanied by a 200 word abstract (The abstract is not counted towards the word limit).
- All entries should be in Times New Roman, size 12, 1.5 line spacing.
- The footnotes used should be in Times New Roman, size 10, single line spacing. Substantive footnoting is not encouraged. The use of endnotes or other citation methods is not permitted.
- Plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.
- The footnotes used should follow a uniform and complete system of citation.
- The use of the Harvard Blue Book (18th edition) system of citation is encouraged.
- The entries must be submitted in the Microsoft Word (.doc) format.
- All identifying information should be removed from the text of the entries and the file properties and another document containing the name, e-mail address, postal address, institution, course and year of study of the author must be submitted along with the entry.
- The entries must be submitted via e-mail to [email protected] and [email protected].
- The deadline for the submission of entries is 11:59 P.M., February 10, 2010.
- The organizers will check all entries to ensure that they conform to the submission guidelines. The organizers reserve the right to reject entries that do not conform to these guidelines.
First Prize: Rs. 8000 [In addition, the winning entry will also be considered for publication in the forthcoming issue of the Indian Yearbook of International Law and Policy, in accordance with the Editorial Policy of the Yearbook.] Second Prize: Rs. 6500
Third Prize: Rs. 5000
For any queries regarding the competition, please send an e-mail to [email protected] or [email protected].
Third Prize: Rs. 5000
For any queries regarding the competition, please send an e-mail to [email protected] or [email protected].
