Contemporalis 2012, 1st Legal Writing Competition on Contemporary Legal Issues organised by IJCL and ICJ

International Journal of Contemporary Laws and International Council of Jurists with an intention to develop research writing instincts among the future generation of legal professionals is organising Contemporalis 2012, 1st Legal Writing Competition on Contemporary Legal Issues. It will be an annual effort from the side of International Journal of Contemporary Laws to promote the research writing culture on the contemporary legal issues among the students. We wish that this opportunity being provided by us will produce a new range of scholars worldwide.

INTRODUCTION TO THE ORGANISERS

International Journal of Contemporary Laws

International Journal of Contemporary Laws (IJCL) is a quarterly e-journal working with the noble purpose of knowledge dissemination pertaining to the legal and regulatory challenges in the contemporary world.  IJCL aims to provide the readers with the challenges that lie before the society at large, in the event of the ever changing social, economic and technological scenario. IJCL provides a platform to judges, jurists, parliamentarians, lawyers and other members of the legal fraternity to discuss several issues pertaining to contemporary laws across the globe.

Advisory Panel of IJCL

It's a matter of great pride for us to have the able guidance of the following persons in the advisory panel:

·  Justice S.C. Gangele, Administrative Judge, Madhya Pradesh High Court, Gwalior Bench, India

·  Dr. Adish C. Aggarwala, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

·  Prof. (Dr.) G.S. Bajpai, Professor of Law, National Law University, Delhi, India

·  Prof. (Dr.) Gurjeet Singh, Director General (Vice Chancellor), National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam, India

·  Mr. Hardeep Sachdeva, Partner, AZB & Partners, Noida, India

·  Dr. Jeeva Niriella, Senior Lecturer, Department of Public and International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

·  Mr. M. P.Singh Raghuvanshi, Additional Advocate General for Madhya Pradesh, India

·  Mr. N Seelvakumaran, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

·  Prof. R. Venkata Rao, Vice Chancellor, National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India

·  Prof. Satvinder Singh Juss, Professor of Law, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

·  Dr. Tania Voon, Associate Professor of Law, Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, Australia

Editorial Panel of IJCL

The Journal presently has following eminent persons in the editorial panel:-

·  Dr. Anand Pawar, Associate Professor of Law, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala, India

·  Dr. Andrew Mitchell, Professor of Law, Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, Australia

·  Prof. Ghayur Alam, Chair Professor, Ministry of HRD, National Law Institute University, Bhopal, India

·  Mr. Puneet Shukla, Legal Consultant, Organising Committee, Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi, India

·  Dr. Ritumbra Manuvie, Commonwealth Ph.D Scholar, School of Law, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

·  Prof. S. Shantakumar, Director, ITM Law School, ITM University, Gurgaon, India

·  Dr. Uday Shankar, Assistant Professor of Law, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

Management Board of IJCL

·  Mr. Gaurav G. Arora, Founder, International Journal of Contemporary Laws

·  Mr. Vinayak Gupta, Founder, International Journal of Contemporary Laws

·  Mr. Arjun Kumar, Head cum Adviser, Technical Department, International Journal of Contemporary Laws 

International Council of Jurists

International Council of Jurists is collaborating with us for this noble initiative. The International Council of Jurists is a body of jurists from different countries working together to establish a healthy development of justice and equality around the world. The Organisation is actively involved in organising campaigns for legal awareness. Besides that, International Council of Jurists have a unique mandate from the international community to promote and protect the rule of law and the social justice by making provision of free legal aid and by the maintenance of an efficient system.

Presidents of International Council of Jurists

·  Dr. Adish C. Aggarwala, Sr. Advocate, Supreme Court of India

·  Hon’ble Mr.Justice Awn S. Al–Khasawneh, Ex-Vice President, International Court of Justice

Vice-Presidents of International Council of Jurists

·  Hon’ble Mr. Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Chief Justice of Pakistan

·  Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.B.M. Muzzamel Hossain, Chief Justice of Bangladesh

·  Hon'ble Sir James R. Mancham, KBE-Ph.D, Founding President of Republic of Seychelles

·  Rt. Hon’ble Lord Navnit Dholakia, House of Lords, London (UK)

·  Hon'ble Sir Justice Gavin Lightman, Retired Judge, High Court of England

·  Hon'ble Prof. (Dr). Holger Matt, Chairman, European Criminal Bar Association

General Secretaries of International Council of Jurists

·        Hon'ble Mr. Justice Augustino Ramadhani, Ex-Chief Justice of Tanzania

·        Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ahmad Faiz Hussain, Chief Justice of Maldives

Secretaries of International Council of Jurists

·  Hon'ble Mr. Justice Lovemore G. Munlo, Chief Justice of Malawi

·  Hon’ble Mr. Justice Alnashir Visram, Judge of the Court of Appeal of Kenya

·  Hon'ble Mr. Justice James M. Farley, Ex. Judge, Supreme Court of Ontario (Canada)

·  Hon'ble Mr. Pham Quoc Anh, MP, President, Vietnam Lawyers Association

·  Hon’ble Mr. Joseph Bodurin Daudu, SAN, President, Nigerian Bar Association

For rules, schedule and regular updates, please visit http://www.ijcl.co.in/contemporalis.html