CALL FOR PAPERS: SPRINGER: AGING IN INDIA & JAPAN- SOCIO-LEGAL ISSUES AND MEASURES CONCERNING SENIOR CITIZENS, SUBMISSION DEADLINE- 12 OCTOBER 2025
ABOUT NLUD
National Law University, Delhi is one of the premier law universities in India, accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC and is ranked second (for the last five years) in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Ministry of HRD, Government of India. It aims to impart comprehensive and interdisciplinary legal education. The primary objective of the University is to evolve and impart legal education that is socially relevant. Its chief mandate is to promote legal and ethical values, objectives enshrined in the Constitution of India and to foster rule of law.
We invite original and unpublished chapters for the present volume that undertakes a comparative legal and policy analysis of issues concerning senior citizens in India and Japan. The book will be divided into two parts — Part I (India) and Part II (Japan) — and seeks to critically examine national laws, policies, institutional frameworks, and socio-legal issues and solutions thereon, towards aging populations in both countries. This volume aims to foster a deeper understanding of aging through a socio-legal framework, while also undertaking the inquiry with relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We encourage contributions that explicitly engage with one or more SDGs and map their research and analysis to specific targets within these Goals.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
- Abstract Submission (300–500 words): October 12, 2025
- Notification of Acceptance of Abstract: October 31, 2025
- Full Chapter Submission: January 24, 2026
- Notification of Acceptance: February 14, 2026
- All abstract should be in .doc or .docx format and submitted through the google form: https://forms.gle/62kB6svDu9rJ2tKZ7
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