UNIFORM CIVIL CODE FOR INDIA: PROPOSED BLUEPRINT FOR ONE NATION ONE LAW
SUBMIT BY 30TH AUGUST, 2023
EDITORS:
- PROF. (DR.) NARESH KUMAR VATS, PROFESSOR OF LAW & DEAN ACADEMICS, RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAW, PUNJAB.
- DR. BHAVNA BATRA, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW, AMITY LAW SCHOOL, NOIDA
- MR. ADITYA MISHRA, MANAGING TRUSTEE, LAW MANTRA TRUST.
All submissions are to be made through the following email address: [email protected]
ABOUT THE LAW MANTRA TRUST
Law Mantra is a registered charitable trust with the Government of India under the India Trusts Act 1882 (Registration No 150 in Book No.4 Vol No 3, 603 of 2018). Law Mantra is exempted under Sections 80 G and 12A. For corporate donations, partnering with Law Mantra qualifies under Schedule VII, Item 2, of the Companies Act, 2013.
Law Mantra has grown from mere a sapling to an ark marked the completion of its 7 glorious years of existence and academic excellence in the arena of legal education. Recently, we have celebrated the 7 Year and commemorated the journey of Law Mantra by rejoicing the illustrious path of academic and intellectual triumph.
ABOUT BOOK: UNIFORM CIVIL CODE OF INDIA: PROPOSED BLUEPRINT FOR ONE NATION ONE LAW
POTENTIAL TITLE 1-
BREAKING RELIGIOUS BOUNDATIONS AND PROMOTING THE RULE OF LAW THROUGH UNIFORM CIVIL CODE IN INDIA
POTENTIAL TITLE –
PURSUING UNITY, EQUALITY AND GENDER JUSTICE IN SOCIETY THROUGH A UNIFORM CIVIL CODE
The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) calls for the formulation of one law for India, which would apply to all religious communities in matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, and adoption. The code comes under Article 44 of the Constitution, which lays down that the state shall endeavour to secure a Uniform Civil Code for the citizens throughout the territory of India.
This Book aims to highlight the importance of Rights and the Uniform Civil Code as well as the distinct, complex affiliations between them. It aims to form a sustained probe and illumination of one of the most decorated themes of political, cultural, social and economic public discourse.
SUB-THEME
- The Constitutional mandate for Uniform Civil Code
- Dismantling Legal Pluralism in India
- Learning from the Uniform Civil Code of the USA and European Nations
- The Experience of Goa as the only State in India to have a Uniform Civil Code
- Judicial Decisions that paved the way for Uniform Civil Code in India
- Social Resistance to a Uniform Civil Code
- The Future of UCC: Promoting Nationalism and Deflating personal differences
- Uniform Divorce Mechanism
- Jurisprudence on Uniform Civil Code
- Uniform Civil Code and Human Rights
- Uniform Civil Code and Gender Justice
- Uniform Civil Code and Conflict of Personal Laws
- Legal Jurists and Social Reformers on Uniform Civil Code
- Tracing the Historical development of the Uniform Civil Code in India
- Dissecting Law Commission Report on Uniform Civil Code
- Uniform Civil Code and Reformation of Family Law
- Advocating the Rule of Law through Uniform Civil Code
The above mention – themes are not exhaustive- Authors are open to work on any topic related to the above-mentioned theme.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINE
- The themes are broadly suggestive. The author may write on any topic relevant to the theme of the book.
- All the contributions should be the original work of the contributors. All submissions will undergo the plagiarism test.
- The contributions should be ideally above 3500 words.
- All articles, notes and comments should provide a brief abstract of 250-300 words.
- Submissions should be in
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- Footnotes should be in Times New Roman, 10-font size with 1.0 line spacing.
- Endnotes and/or Bibliography and in-text citations are not allowed.
- Headings should follow the following standard:
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- The submission must be the original work of the author and must not have been submitted elsewhere or pending review.
- Co-authorship is allowed. The maximum number of co-authors for a submission shall only be one.
- Kindly use footnotes only,Footnotes should conform to the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi Citation Style of Footnoting.
- All submitted papers will go through a peer review process.
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- The manuscript should be accompanied by the author’s name, designation, name of institute, contact number and e-mail for future reference and correspondence.
- There is no registration fee, and a soft copy of the book will be provided to all authors free of cost, however, if they wish to purchase a hard copy they need to pay a charge as decided by the publisher.
- All submissions are to be made through the following emailaddress: [email protected]
- Submission Deadline: 30th August 2023
- The book will be published by Reputed Publisher with ISBN.
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