2nd ALL INDIA ESSAY COMPETITION ON ‘LAW AND ECONOMICS’

ABOUT THE CENTRE:

Over the past few decades “Law and Economics” has grown as a niche area dealing with interface of
the two subjects, wherein economic tools are used to better understand the efficiency and working of
Law. “The GNLU Centre for Law and Economics continuously strives to develop understanding in this
niche area to move towards the efficient law-making process.”- Professor Ranita Nagar.

The Centre in the past has successfully undertaken research on the analysis of policies from an economic
point of view and collaborated with multiple universities and institutes from across the world to conduct
seminars and certificate courses in pursuance of this goal. The mission of the GNLU Law and
Economics Center (GLEC) is to create awareness among the general public at large about this nascent
field of study which can play a crucial role in making the Indian Legal System more efficient. In
furtherance of this objective, this year, the Centre is organising the 2nd All India Essay Competition on
‘Law and Economics’.

This comes out as a great opportunity for the students to research as per their interests in Law and make
an economic analysis of the same and get it published with the one of its kind Journal in India. The
deadline for the same is June 15th, 2019, 11:59.

Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejTWJpQJVrfX-

Uo6nkhPcgjrILNAirZ5EnRqJPXUvetk-Hhg/viewform

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

 The essay should be written in English only.

 Students who are currently pursuing graduation or post graduation in any bonafide
university can participate.
 Only one essay per participant may be submitted. Multiple Submissions will lead to
disqualification.
 Co-authorship to a maximum of 2 authors is permitted. In case of co-authorship,
registration form should be filled for each other.
 The students can’t enter as solo author and co-author. It will lead to multiple
submissions and therefore disqualification.
 Only original essays will be considered for the competition. No part of it should be
published earlier nor should it be under consideration for publication or a contest
elsewhere. Moreover, any form of plagiarism will result in disqualification. Neither

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 GNLU nor CLE will be responsible for any act of plagiarism. Any identification mark in
the essay will also lead to disqualification.
 Registration form is to be filled online only. The registration link
is: https://goo.gl/forms/EmiYkRGme9R3VrFQ2
 Submissions will be made at cle@gnlu.ac.in with subject ‘Law and Economics
Essay- Author’s Name’ latest by June 15th, 2019, 11:59 P.M. No late submission will be
accepted.
FORMATTING GUIDELINES

 Length of the essay should be between 3500-6000 words, excluding footnotes.

 Submissions must be made in Microsoft office (doc,/docx.) formats only.
 The paper should be free from all grammatical and spelling errors.
 The body of the manuscript must be in the font “Garamond” font size 12, line
spacing 1.5 and alignment “justify”.
 All footnotes must be in font “Times New Roman” , font size 10, line spacing 1. All
submission must follow the “The Bluebook : A Uniform System of Citation
(20th Edition)”.

There are three categories of prizes:

1. FIRST PRIZE:
 Rs. 15,000/- cash prize
 A publication in GNLU Journal of Law and Economics

2. SECOND PRIZE:
 Rs. 10,000/- cash prize
 A publication in GNLU Journal of Law and Economics

3. THIRD PRIZE:
 Rs. 5,000/- cash prize
 A publication in GNLU Journal of Law and Economics

Please find attached Brochures for further information.