Call For Papers: Festschrift Honouring Prof. (Dr.) K.C. Sunny On “New Horizons Of Law And Justice” By Department Of Law, Central University Of Kerala: Submit Abstract By 15th August 2023

Call For Papers: Festschrift Honouring Prof. (Dr.) K.C. Sunny On “New Horizons Of Law And Justice” By Department Of Law, Central University Of Kerala: Submit Abstract By 15th August 2023

About The Author:

Prof. (Dr.) K.C. Sunny, the former Vice Chancellor of NUALS, Kochi is currently the Professor of Law at Central University of Kerala. Prof. Sunny has 37 years of teaching experience; of which 33 years he served as a University teacher. To honour the remarkable contributions of Prof. Dr. K.C. Sunny, the Department of Law, Central University of Kerala intends to publish an edited book with ISBN as a festschrift. The organizers call for research papers from in the below-mentioned themes.

What Are The Details Of The Opportunity?

• Theme: New Horizons of Law and Justice
• Eligibility: legal professionals, academicians, administrators, University students, young and upcoming research scholars, social activists and the representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations
• Sub Themes: The below sub-themes are not exhaustive. The authors may focus on emerging principles in traditional laws or new legal domains
  1. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW,
     • New Dimensions of Constitution of India,
     • Contribution of Indian Judiciary,
     • Relevance of the Constitution in the digital world,
     • Constitution and gender equality,
     • Constitution and one India
  2. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW,
     • Right to Information and Services,
     • Good Governance and E-governance,
     • New approaches in regulating arbitrary administrative powers,
     • Good Governance in the digital world,
     • Use of technology in ensuring transparency and accountability
  3. DISPUTE RESOLUTION LAWS,
     • Trends in Alternative Dispute Resolution Laws,
     • Use of technology in Dispute Resolution,
     • Transparency in judicial process,
     • AI in judicial and quasi-judicial decision-making process,
     • Reforms in civil and criminal procedure for speedy justice
  4. EMPLOYMENT LAWS,
     • Online aggregators and labour regulations,
     • Gig economy and labour regulations,
     • Changing standards of labour regulations in India,
     • Disruptive technologies and the need for labour reforms,
     • Gender equity in the workplace
  5. COMMERCIAL LAWS,
     • Foreign exchange management laws,
     • Competition laws and policies,
     • Benami transactions and real estate regulations,
     • White Collar Crimes, Banking and Insolvency laws
  6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS,
     • Digital World and IP rights,
     • Dispute resolution and international approach,
     • Legal protection in India for IP rights,
     • AI and IP regulations,
     • Role of State and Technology Transfer
  7. TECHNOLOGY LAWS,
     • Information technology and regulatory standards,
     • Cyber laws and regulations,
     • Standards for biotechnological developments,
     • Data protection and right to privacy,
     • Emerging technologies and comparative legal approaches
  8. HEALTH LAWS,
     1. Recognising the right to health and new approaches,
     2. International Health Regulations and Role of State,
     3. Pre and Post-COVID regulatory changes,
     4. Food safety and standards in the global world,
     5. Digital health and legal regulations
  9. SPACE AND OUTER SPACE LAWS,
     1. Aviation and related issues,
     2. Aerial terrorism and other crimes,
     3. Space exploration and space tourism,
     4. Environmental issues in space and outer space,
     5. Liability for the incidents in space, outer space
  10. ENERGY LAWS,
      • Electricity sector,
      • Oil and Gas sector,
      • Nuclear and Atomic energy,
      • Regulatory framework of energy laws,
      • Cross-border energy agreements,
      • Renewable energy and policy frameworks,
      • Law and sustainable energy goals
• Important Dates:
  • Last date for Abstract: August 15, 2023
  • Communication of status of abstract: August 25, 2023
  • Submission of Full-length papers: October 15, 2023
  • Communication of status of Full-length papers: October 25, 2023
• Submission Guidelines For Abstract:
  • An abstract not exceeding 500 words shall be submitted in .dox or .docx format for consideration on or before August 15, 2023.
  • Co-authorship of up to two persons is permitted.
  • The abstract shall contain:
    • Title of paper
    • Conclusion indicating the author’s perspective.
    • Keywords of the paper.
    • The abstract shall indicate the name, designation, e-mail address and mobile phone number of the author/s.
  • Abstract and Full Paper shall be submitted to cukpublication@gmail.com
• Submission Guidelines For Full Paper:
  • Word Limit: 3500 – 5500 words including footnotes
  • Format: MS Word, Font Type: Times New Roman, Font Size: 12 Point, Line Spacing: 1.5
  • The name and Designation of the author/authors shall be mentioned below the title of the paper
  • Footnotes Citation: ILI Citation Style
  • Full papers shall undergo Blind peer review and Plagiarism check.
  • Plagiarised papers shall be rejected.
  • Revision (if any) suggested by the reviewer of the paper shall be included. Revised papers finally approved by the reviewer only be published.
  • Abstracts and full papers mailed to cukpublication@gmail.com will only be considered.
  • The status of the acceptance of full papers shall be communicated after blind peer review and plagiarism check.
  • There is no processing fee for the publication.
  • To get a copy of the book, contributors have to pay the price of the book. The same shall be communicated later.

For More Information:

For any query contact the following:

• Faculty Co-ordinators
  • Dr. Gireesh Kumar J., (Head, Department of Law): Mob: 9968313515
  • Prof. (Dr.) Jayasankar K.I. (Dean, School of Legal Studies): Mob: 8547275314
  • Dr. Liji Samuel (Co-ordinator-Associate Professor, Department of Law): Mob: 9497195387
  • Dr. Meera S. (Co-ordinator-Assistant Professor, Department of Law):Mob: 6380490750
• Student Co-ordinators:
  • Nirun R.N. (Research Scholar): Mob:8547913171
  • Vishnu Sreedhar (Research Scholar): Mob: 8075507282
  • Reshma T.R (Research Scholar): Mob: 9526409654
  • Arya G. (Research Scholar): Mob:9995924523
  • Aiswarya A. (2nd Semester LLM): Mob: 7592978383
  • Ganga J.Darsan ( 2nd Semester LLM): Mob: 8593822859