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Aboutthe Conference

The Indian Society of Criminology is a pioneer organization in the field of crime research and criminology in the nation. It was established in the year 1970, with the objective that the study and application of Criminology as a scientific discipline should be implemented in a broad scale in the society. The society boasts a membership of hundreds of members, both from India and abroad, comprising of criminologists, sociologists, psychologists, politicians, advocates, judges, social workers, and academicians. By organising the various annual conferences, lectures, and other such events, the Society aims to further its objectives of effective detection and prevention of crime while engaging the society in implementing the criminological approach. The previous annual conferences had been conducted at various Universities/ Institutes of national importance, where contemporary issues in the field of criminology have been discussed by the participants with a view to bring about measurable social change. The ultimate goal of the conferences is to ensure that the legislators, policy makers, and enforcement officials can benefit from the contemporary developments of criminology, both at the state and the national levels.

The Centre works on the digitization of Ancient Indian legal sources, such as relevant portions of the Vedas, the Dharmasastra, the Arthasastra, the Puranas, the Mimansha School of Hindu Law and even plays such as the Mrichchakatika. It is currently engaged in the publication of a volume compiling legal principles gleaned from Ancient Indian Texts to provide a holistic view of the legal systems prevalent in Ancient India. It also aims to digitize relevant High Court judgments and other sources for the use of legal researchers and honourable members of the Bar and the Bench. In December 2023, the Centre collaborated with the GGSIPU to hold the 4th All India Legal History Congress at the University School of Law there. On behalf of this centre, Professor Rupendra Kumar Chattopadhyay presented a paper on Ancient Indian Legal Systems at the Legal History Congress. The Centre also aims to hold regular seminars, conferences and workshops on issues related to the origin and development of Indian legal systems.

About The Centre for Studies in Legal History

The Centre works on the digitization of Ancient Indian legal sources, such as relevant portions of the Vedas, the Dharmasastra, the Arthasastra, the Puranas, the Mimansha School of Hindu Law and even plays such as the Mrichchakatika. It is currently engaged in the publication of a volume compiling legal principles gleaned from Ancient Indian Texts to provide a holistic view of the legal systems prevalent in Ancient India. It also aims to digitize relevant High Court judgments and other sources for the use of legal researchers and honourable members of the Bar and the Bench. In December 2023, the Centre collaborated with the GGSIPU to hold the 4th All India Legal History Congress at the University School of Law there. On behalf of this centre, Professor Rupendra Kumar Chattopadhyay presented a paper on Ancient Indian Legal Systems at the Legal History Congress. The Centre also aims to hold regular seminars, conferences and workshops on issues related to the origin and development of Indian legal systems.

CONFERENCE BROAD THEMES

  1. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Law and History
  2. Rethinking Law and Legal History
  3. Law, Community and Sustainability
  4. Law and the Issue of Representation
  1. Intellectual History of the Indian Legal System
  2. Decolonizing the Indian legal system
  3. Towards a Bharatiya Legal System: Rethinking Laws for a Civilizational Nation
  4. Contribution of heterodox/nastika traditions of Indian philosophy, with special
  5. reference to Buddhism and Jainism, in the growth and development of Indian legal heritage.
  1. Relationship between dharma, law, and ethics
  2. Vulnerable tribes and laws
  3. Law and Sustainable Development in India
  4. From Reactive to Proactive Laws
  5. Legal System for a Vikshit Bharat
  6. Customary laws in India: Issues and challenges
  7. Law and Education: Revisiting and rethinking legal pedagogy
  8. Law and the women’s question
  9. Marginal communities and legal systems: Representation and reforms
  10. Legal reforms in the agrarian sector: Taxation and revenue systems
  11. Public perceptions of law and legal institutions
  12. Law, Media, and Popular Culture
  13. Law, literature, textuality, and history
  14. New research in juridical sciences and legal historiography
  15. Psychology, language, society, and law
  16. Legal technology and history
  17. Superheroes and legal justice
  18. Law and censorship: A historical appraisal

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACT:

  • The participants are required to submit their abstracts, adhering to the Submission Guidelines, no later than 15th January 2025 to the following email address: 5thlegalhistorycongress@nujs.edu with their names, designation, permanent/corresponding address, contact details, and email ID.
  • The abstract/proposal should contain 300 to 500 words with 3-5 keywords in doc. format, clearly summarizing the arguments and should be titled as: Abstract (Name of the Article). Selected abstracts will be notified through email by 25th January 2025.

FILLING THE REGISTRATION FORM:

After the selection of the abstract, the authors/co-authors will be required to fulfil the registration process by filling Google Form with necessary details by 20th February 2025 available on the university website and paying the registration fees.

ELIGIBILITY

The Conference invites research papers from historians, academicians, legal practitioners, independent researchers and researchers from all disciplines of humanities and social sciences, specifically law students pursuing B.A, LL.B. /LL.M./Ph.D. from any recognized university.

REGISTRATION FEES*

  • Faculty and Research Scholars: INR 4000/-
  • Students: INR 1500/-

* Registration Fees include GST.
**Any fees paid are Non-Refundable.

SUBMISSION OF REGISTRATION FEES

  • In order to complete the payment process, the applicants will have to pay it through SBI Collect link.
  • All participants are requested to follow the following instructions for making the payment:
  • Access https://www.onlinesbi.sbi/sbicollect/icollecthome.htm
    • Select Type of Category as ‘Educational Institutions’
    • Select the Institutions Name as ‘The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences’
    • Select the Payment Category as ‘All India Legal History Congress’.

NOTE :

  • The above link will be live as per details mentioned below:
    01-09-2024 to 20-02-2025
  • Please don’t use any special character during filling the information, kindly note the SBI Collect Reference Number.
  • After paying the registration fees, each applicant must upload a screenshot of the Transaction ID or the Reference Number on the Google Form link for registration.

The last date of registering online and payment of registration fees is 20th February 2025.

FULL PAPER SUBMISSION

  1. After the acceptance of the abstract, a full paper of length 5,000-6,000 words (excluding footnotes) in 12-15 pages should be sent to the following email address: 5thlegalhistorycongress@nujs.edu. Adherence to primary sources of data for writing the papers will be encouraged.
  2. The last date of submission of full paper is 1st March 2025.

FORMAT
The paper must be written in British English, typed using Times New Roman (Normal style, Font size 12) and in MS-Word. Page size should be A4, single column with 2.5 cm (1 inch) margin on all sides with single line spacing. All pages of the manuscript (including Tables and Figures) must be numbered. Name of the author, designation, permanent/corresponding address, contact details, and email id should be written under the title of the paper.
CITATION STYLE
OSCOLA (Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities) is the prescribed citation style. Citation of sources should appear in both the body of the text (as in-text citation) and at the end of the work (as a reference
list).
CO-AUTHORSHIP
The option of co-authorship is available for up to two authors. The submission must be the original work of the authors. Any form of plagiarism will lead to direct rejection. The decision of the organizers in case of conflict of interest shall be final.

Name of the Hotel Distance from University Approximate Tariff
ITC Sonar, Near Science City
1.5 km
Rs. 10,000-12,000/night
Hyatt Regency
1 km
Rs. 10,000-12,000/night
JW Marriott
0.5 km
Rs. 10,000-12,000/night
De Sovrani, Near City Centre 1, Salt lake
3 km
Rs. 5,000-6,000/night
The Sonnet, Near City Centre 1, Salt lake
3 km
Rs. 6,000-7,000/night
Golden Tulip, Near City Centre 1, Saltlake
3 km
Rs. 5,000-6,000/night
The Pearl Hotel Opposite of Salt Lake Stadium
0.5 km
Rs. 2,500-3,000/night

ACCOMMODATION

The university will be unable to provide accommodation to all participants due to space constraints at the campus. However, free accommodation (university hostel) will be provided to the student and/or scholar as author and/or coauthor (maximum 10 in number) whose papers are selected for presentation.

DATES

LAST DATE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: 15TH JANUARY 2025
ACCEPTANCE OF ABSTRACT: 25TH JANUARY 2025
LAST DATE OF REGISTRATION: 20TH FEBRUARY 2025
LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION OF FULL PAPER: 1ST MARCH 2025
DATES OF THE CONFERENCE: 22ND, 23RD AND 24TH MARCH, 2025

All queries may be addressed to this email:
5thlegalhistorycongress@nujs.edu

 

Dr. Bikramjit De :- 8697907565
Working President

 

Dr. Farheena Rahman :- 9434876324
Organizing Secretary

 

Mr. Rebanta Gupta :- 8697199431
Joint Secretary