Call for Papers

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SPIL, Mumbai, in an attempt to encourage legal research and learning within the sphere of International Law, calls for papers from across the spectrum of the student and legal fraternity, professors, practitioners and scholars.

About Call for Papers

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Each year the Call for Papers examines an aspect of International Law and provides a platform for an evaluation of the various aspects that comprise the theme. This process facilitates the utilization of legal research methodologies, develops an independent thought process and broadens perspectives.

Structure of the Competition

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The Theme for each year is ''International Investment Law'. Participating teams must register themselves as per the Rules of the competition.

Guidelines

Papers shall be of a minimum length of 2000 words, the a fore mentioned figure not inclusive of footnotes.

Format for the Paper

1. All papers must be typed and reproduced on a standard A4 paper (21 x 29 ¾ centimetres). The font and size of the text must be the same and must be in Times New Roman 12-point.

2. The text of the Paper must have one and a half spacing. However, text of footnotes and headings may be single-spaced.

3. Quotations of 50 words or more shall be block quoted (i.e. right and left indented) and may be single-spaced.

4. All pages shall have margins of at least one inch, or two point six (2.6) centimetres, on all sides, excluding page numbers.

5. All Citations must be in accordance with the Blue Book system of Citation (19th Edition).

Note:

The Submitted paper shall also be taken for the consideration for publication in the SPIL International Law Review 2014.

Team Requirements

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Participants may register individually or in a team of two (2), three (3) or four (4). In case of the paper being co-authored, the names of the two authors and the order of appearance must be provided.

This competition is not restricted in its participation to law schools alone. Students pursuing other related courses of study may also participate.

Awards

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BEST RESEARCH PAPER

2nd BEST RESEARCH PAPER

NOTE

Authors who would like to submit their entries for publication in the journal published by SPIL, Mumbai, distinct from the competition are requested to mail their final papers to [email protected] on or before 1st October 2013.

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