Call for papers for law students-RSRR RGNUL on India’s Legal Potential of the Sports & Gaming Industry: Last Date to Submit- Jan 20, 2022

The RGNUL Student Research Review (RSRR) Publication is a biannual, student-run, blind peer-reviewed flagship journal based at Punjab’s Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law. It was established with the goal of encouraging black-and-white debates.

On the theme “Unboxing the Legal Potential of the Sports & Gaming Industry: Redesigning India’s Way of Playing,” the Editorial Board seeks comments from academics, practitioners, legal luminaries, and students.

India’s sports and gaming business is fiercely competitive, and it is rapidly expanding its global footprint. The sports and gaming industries have seen significant transformations in the previous few decades as a result of the cultural phenomena of conventional sports and the emergence of the internet and technology.

However, this has been accompanied with a slew of difficulties. In light of the Indian sports and gaming industry’s untapped potential, new problems and concerns, and the lack of a clear legal framework, RSRR intends to delve into the topic to assess and analyse the current policy framework in light of current events.

The main goal of this theme is to create a platform for legal research, intelligent commentary, and in-depth analysis that might bridge the gap between relevant legal developments in the sports and gaming sectors, and so improve the discourse around such stigmatised themes.

Sub-themes

RSRR invites submissions on the following sub-themes: 

• Archaic Laws & Unaddressed Concerns: The Need for Comprehensive Legal Reforms 
  • Need for a Standardized Regulatory Framework 
  • Analysis of Previous Legislative Initiative
• The Dark Underbelly of the Sports & Gaming Industry 
  • Prevalence of Corruption
  • Human Rights Violations and Exploitation
  • Substance Abuse in the Sports & Esports Industry 
• The Impact of Modernization on the Sports & Gaming Industry
  • Addressing Contemporary Concerns in the Esports Industry
  • Revamping Broadcasting & Advertising Regulations
  • Implications of Intellectual Property Rights
  • Role of Artificial Intelligence
• The Commercialization & Industrialization of the Sports Industry
  • Intersection between Competition Law & Sports Law
  • Industrialization of the Sports Sector: An Ambitious Exploration?
• Labour & Employment Law Concerns in the Sports Industry
  • Analysing the Legalities of Collaboration & Sponsorship Deals
  • Addressing Unionization, Fair Pay & Workplace Concerns
• The Socio-Legal Aspects of Online Gaming with a Special Emphasis on Children and Young-Adults
  • Physical & Mental Health Concerns
  • Legal Implications of Microtransactions & Loot Boxes: An Unchecked Threat?
  • Advertising Guidelines: The Necessity for Stringent Implementation
• The Grey Market of the Fantasy Sports Industry in India
• The Comparative Analysis of International Sports & Gaming Law

Note that the above-mentioned sub-themes and sub-points are intended to be illustrative rather than exhaustive, and authors are free to write about any other sub-theme as long as it falls within the wide scope of the journal’s theme.

Types of Submissions
The RSRR requests submissions in the following areas: –

Articles should be between 5,000 and 10,000 words long.
3,500 to 5,000 words for short notes
2,000 to 4,000 words for case comments
2,500 to 4,000 words for legislative comments
Articles on Normative Law: 3,000 to 5,000 words

Submission Guidelines for Authors

• All submissions must be in Garamond, font size 12, spacing 1.5. 
• All footnotes shall be in Garamond 10, single-spaced and should conform to the Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (20th Ed.).
• Margins: Left 1 Inch and Right 1 Inch, Top 1 Inch and Bottom 1 Inch (A4). 
• The word limit is exclusive of all the footnotes.
• Co-authorship is allowed up to 2 authors.   
• All submissions must include an abstract of a maximum of 250 words.
• All submissions must be accompanied with a cover letter in a separate document stating the details of the author(s).
• All entries should be submitted in .doc/ .docx format only. 
• The author(s) bear sole responsibility for the accuracy of facts, opinions or views stated in the submitted paper. In case of any plagiarism found in the contents of submitted paper, the Manuscript shall be subject to rejection.

Abstracts and papers should be sent to submissionsrslr@rgnul.ac.in with the subject line “Submission for Volume 8, Issue 2 – Type of Submission (Article/ Short Note/ Case Comment/ Normative Law Articles)“.

Abstracts and articles should be accompanied with a cover letter that includes the author’s name, designation, institute, phone number, and email address for future reference in the mail body.

Relevant Links and Contacts

Official Notification

For any further queries, contact the Editorial Board at submissionsrslr@rgnul.ac.in

Furthermore, the following people can be contacted: 

Editors-in-Chief

• Stuti Srivastava: stutisrivastav1898@gmail.com
• Aditya Vyas: adityavyas@rgnul.ac.in