Title

Research Dissertation submitted to

Amity Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Amity University Uttar Pradesh

In Part Fulfilment of Requirements for the Degree of

Master of Laws (LLM)

Student’s Name
LLM (__________)
Enrolment No.__________
Batch: 2020 -21
 Amity University

Institute Advanced Legal Studies

Instructions for LLM Dissertations

[notified under Chairman’s instructions]

1. Dissertations, to be prepared by all LLM students as research work,

have to be in the form of legal monographs whose preparation spreads
over one full year in regular consultation with the allotted Faculty
Guides. Length of a Dissertation should be about a 65-70 pages [20,000
- 25,000 words].

2. Every dissertation should have a title page bearing the student’s name,
roll no., course, semester and the allotted topic [and nothing else]. It
should be followed by a List of Contents only [don’t include any
preface or acknowledgements]. Begin your Dissertation with an
Introduction and end with a List of Cases and Bibliography [both in
alphabetical order].

3. Dissertations are to be computer-typed in 12 pts Times Roman, printed

on both sides of A-4 size plain paper, and submitted in soft-bound
copies before the notified deadline at the end of the final semesters.
 References

1. References are to be provided in Dissertations at the end of each

chapter [not on every page in either]. All references have to be as per
patterns illustrated below.

2. Please note that all Dissertations, when submitted, have to first

pass an electronic plagiarism detection test and are liable to be
rejected if they contain copied materials.

Pattern of References

[please note & follow italics in the titles of books, journals and cases]

(a) Constitution & Acts

Constitution of India 1950, Article 25 (2), Explanation

Indian Penal Code 1860, Section 120, Illustration

(b) Books

Bowett, WD : Law of International Institutions (4th ed 2003) p 11

Bakhshi, PM : Commentaries on Constitution of India (7 th ed 2003) p 23

(c) Articles

Pandey, Ramesh : ‘Murder of Democracy’ Hindustan Times, 7 August 2013

Wadhwa, GC : ‘Latest Trends in International Law’ Delhi Law Review (1987 : 2)
p 223

(d) Reports

Amnesty International, Bi-annual Report (2007) p 13

National Human Rights Commission, Annual Report (1996-97} p 212

(e) Cases

Abdur Rahim v Padma AlR 1982 Born 112

Rashmi Chawla v Union of India (2005) 6 SCC 14

(f) Any other material

[In consultation with the Research Guide]