5th Government Law College International Law Summit 2014
It gives us great pleasure to present to you the 5th Government Law College International Law Summit, organized by the Students for the Promotion of International Law (SPIL), Mumbai. The Summit will be amalgamation of lectures, panel discussion, two novel competitions and the call for papers competition.
Date: 31st January - 2nd February, 2014
Students for the Promotion of International Law, Mumbai (SPIL) of the Government Law College, Mumbai has undertaken the task of promoting International Law and facilitating an empirical study, which rises beyond the realm of mere textual knowledge.
Theme:
The theme for this edition is International Investment Law.
Call for Papers:
All members of the legal fraternity, practitioners, professors and students are invited to present original academic works at the 5th Government Law College International Law Summit.
Guidelines:
Papers shall be of a minimum length of 2000 words, the afore-mentioned not inclusive of footnotes.
- All papers must be typed and reproduced on a standard A4 paper (21 x 29 3/4 centimetres). The font and size of the text must be the same and must be in Times New Roman 12-point.
- The text of the Paper must have one and a half spacing. However, text of footnotes and headings may be single-spaced.
- Quotations of 50 words or more shall be block quoted (i.e. right and left indented) and may be single-spaced.
- All pages shall have margins of at least one inch, or two point six (2.6) centimetres, on all sides, excluding page numbers.
- All Citations must be in accordance with the Blue Book system of Citation (19th Edition).
Note: The Submitted paper shall also be taken for the consideration for publication in the SPIL International Law Review 2014.
Registration:
Registrations are permitted individually or in a team of two (2), three (3) or four (4). In case of the paper being authored by more than one individual, the names of the authors and the order of appearance must be specified.
Deadline:
The last date for submission of Final Paper is 1st October, 2013,
Awards:
- Best Paper: Rs. 10,000
- 2nd Best Paper: Rs. 7,000
Winning authors will be given the opportunity to present their papers during the course of the summit. All such winning authors must register for the Summit once they have been informed of their achievement. Teams and individuals whose papers are chosen for presentation must register online for the Summit at www.spilmumbai.com or alternatively send an e-mail containing the registration form to registrations@spilmumbai.com. A demand draft for the amount of INR 1000, drawn in favour of "SPIL Government Law College Mumbai" must be sent to the address given below before the 15th January, 2014. Please contact us for any further queries.
Mr. Utkarsh Srivastava
President, Students for the Promotion of International Law, Mumbai
Government Law College, 'A' Road, Churchgate,
Mumbai 400020 Maharshtra, India
Phone: +91 9833277221
Accommodation:
Accommodation for the duration of the Summit shall be provided only to individuals or teams whose papers have been thus chosen. Accommodation will be provided for a maximum of two (2) members, in case of a team registration.
International Law Annual:
In an attempt to facilitate legal studies, Students for the Promotion of International Law (SPIL), Mumbai publishes a legal magazine called the 'International Law Annual', its yearly publication.
The International Law Annual comprises literature on the myriad aspects of International Law through an engaging confluence of short articles, analytic works on landmark cases, interviews with legal luminaries on contemporary issues, discussions and analysis on international legislation, and book reviews.
Accordingly, SPIL, Mumbai calls for short articles and essays from the student and legal fraternity, professors, practitioners and scholars across the wide spectrum of Public International Law.
SPIL welcomes original academic work on contemporary developments in Public International Law in keeping with the following guidelines for publication in the International Law Annual, 2014.
Submission Guidelines:
- Font size -10
- Font-Times New Roman
- Both footnotes and endnotes are permitted.
- All Citations must be in accordance with the Blue Book system of Citation (19th Edition).
- A maximum of two authors are permitted to collaborate on a particular submission
- Last date for submissions is 15th November, 2013.
- Submissions are to be mailed at spilmumbai@gmail.com with the subject as "Submissions for the International Law Annual 2014"
Contact:
Mr. Utkarsh Srivastava
Phone: +91-9833277221
Ms. Anvita Mishra
Phone: +91-9819014493
Mr. Amal Sethi
Phone +91-9820087093
Email: spilmumbai@gmail.com, spil@glcmumbai.com
Website: http://spilmumbai.com/
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