About Centre for Law and Economics
The Centre for Law and Economics (CLE), is a centre for research and training in the discipline of law and economics (also referred to as the economic analysis of law). The centre seeks to explain the relevance, uses and applications of the interdisciplinary approach of law and economics among students and academicians in dealing with contemporary socio-economic-legal issues more logically and scientifically.
CLE aims to increase awareness about the interface between law and economics useful for policy formulation for the academic community, government, corporations and society. The Centre further strives to provide a forum where leading practitioners and academicians, scholars, and students, can discuss and exchange views on contemporary issues of law and economics.
About the Competition
The CLE-CNLU Intra Essay Writing Competition serves as a platform for participants to showcase their research and writing skills while engaging in scholarly discourse on contemporary legal issues relating to Law and Economics. The event aims to foster intellectual growth, promote research, and encourage critical thinking among the participants in the field of Law and Economics.
Topic
The study of “Law and Economics” blends the two mutually relevant subjects into one which enables lawyers, economists, academicians, and law students, to rely on economic reasoning to resolve legal disputes. Economic reasoning has always been one of the most important or central ideas behind legal arguments and judicial decisions in the fields of competition law, torts, property law, tax law, law of insolvency, corporate law, environmental law, and security law. In recent years, pioneers in law and economics have also endeavoured to establish economic analysis in hitherto unconventional areas such as constitutional law and criminal law.
In the 21st century, the scope of economic reasoning has widened and is providing beneficial insights for evaluating policies related to law and economics. Also, in many other seemingly non-economic fields like health law, and gender justice, the economic analysis can help in better understanding the issues, evaluating their performance and recommending alternative solutions for optimum social outcomes.
The Centre encourages the submission of original essays on the economic analysis of varying issues under the law. Manuscripts may relate to any allied areas of interplay of law and economics, including but not limited to the following:
- Interface between Law and Economics: Economic analysis of various laws like property law, contract law, tort law, criminal law, civil law, common law, constitutional, election law etc.
- Economic analysis of Regulation and Business Law: Role of regulation, effectiveness of regulation, regulatory governance, antitrust, business and securities, regulated industries, cyber, real estate, insolvency, competition.
- Macroeconomics and Law: Interplay of economic tools in public policy analysis, reforms in India formation of monetary policy, cyber-crimes, stock market regulations, sovereign bonds, corporate and banking bankruptcy, demonetization, tax evasion, black money, Basel and financial stability board norms, WTO, IRDA, TRAI, SEBI, PFRDA, and cryptocurrency their economic significance etc.
- Technology, AI and Economics: Economic policy and big data, AI and Growth and Development.
- International Law (Public and Private): International trade, environmental law, human rights law, intellectual property rights etc.
Who is it for?
The event is open to all the Under-Graduate students of Chanakya National Law University, providing them an opportunity to contribute to the discipline of law and economics by engaging in the interdisciplinary discourse and gaining visibility for their work. The program aims to introduce aspiring young scholars to the dynamic intersection of law and economics, foster curiosity among students, gain valuable insights into the intricacies of legal research and writing and actively engage them in this multifaceted field.
Submission Guidelines
- The language/ medium of the essay shall be English language.
- Co-authorship up to two authors is allowed. The name of the file should be the name of the author/ authors.
- One person can submit only one essay. Soft copies of manuscripts are to be uploaded in MS Word and PDF format through the Google form provided below this post.
- Manuscript word limit: 2000-2500 (excluding footnotes)
- The body of the manuscript should be in Times New Roman, size 12 and line spacing 1.5. Headings should be size 14. All text should be justified, with a margin spacing of 1” on all sides.
- The footnotes should be in Times New Roman, size 10 and line spacing 1. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (20th ed.) should be followed for footnoting.
- The authors may include tables and diagrams, which should be numbered consecutively and included in the text. The source must be mentioned below the table.
- The manuscript should be error-free and original, with not more than ten per cent (10%) plagiarism.
Important Dates
- Release of Brochure & Commencement of Registration 17-01-2024
- Last Date for Submission 10-02-2024
- Date for Declaration of Results 15-03-2024
Prizes
- First Prize: Book worth 1,500 (INR) + CERTIFICATE
- Second Prize: Book worth 1,200 (INR) + CERTIFICATE
- Third Prize: Book worth 1,000 (INR) + CERTIFICATE The best three essays will receive a Certificate of Merit.
- All participants will get a participation certificate.
For any queries, please contact:
Dr. Shivani Mohan at shivanimohan@cnlu.ac.in, 90066 46816. Raju Kumar 2141@cnlu.ac.in, 90606 56888. Kiran Singh 2331@cnlu.ac.in, 90268 81025. or Suprit Raj 2370@cnlu.ac.in, 85398 86708.
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