About the Editors
Professor (Dr.) Kavita Singh: Dr. Kavita Singh has more than 11 years of teaching experience, before joining NUJS she has taught at the Dept. of Law, University of North Bengal, and S.K. Acharaya Institute of Law, Kalyani University as lecturer
among other places. Her research interests include Criminal Law, Criminology & Victimology, and Family Law.
Dr. Shailendra Kumar: Dr. Shailendra Kumar is Presently working as Assistant Professor at Symbiosis Law School Hyderabad. He is an alumnus of the West Bengal University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, and School of Law, Banaras Hindu University. An erudite scholar of International Law, Shailendra has authored a book on Space Legislation in India: Emerging Issues and has co-edited seven books.
Call for Chapters
First Edition of Book titled “Indian Immigration Law and Its Implications-Theory & Practice” was published by Satyam Law International, ISBN:- 9789387839014 in 2018 by Dr. Kavita Singh, Associate Professor of Law, West Bengal National University of Juridical Science, Kolkata.
Second Edition of Call for Edited Book will provide a detailed discussion on the Immigration, Citizenship, and Indian Laws: Domestic & International Prospective. Renowned scholars would be joining the Call for Papers that aims to garner a strong academic response addressing the recent and imminent changes in the legal framework in conjunction with artificial intelligence and allied areas.
The aim of the proposed book is to come out with a clear understanding of Nationality law and the implications of current legal changes on common citizens or illegal immigrants. Further, what are legal and constitutional remedies for people affected by the NRC process and determination by the officials?
Topics
The jurisprudential aspect of State and Citizenship.
Responsibility of the State towards its Citizen under Law.
Citizenship under the Indian Constitution and Documents for Citizenship.
Legal Basis for National Register for Citizens.
Social challenges for Completion of NRC.
National Register of Citizens In Assam – Historical Prospective.
National Register of Citizen In Assam: process and Outcome of NRC.
Citizenship Amendment Act 2019: Judicial validity.
Citizenship Law – and Role of States under the Federal system of Governance.
Relationship of National Register of Citizen and National Population register.
Legal obstacles in implementations of NRP and NRC Processes throughout the territory of India.
The legal consequence of Implementation of NRC and NPR Process.
Legal challenges of doubtful residents/ citizens.
Legal assistance to the doubtful resident/citizen.
Legal Status of Foreigners Determination tribunal/agency.
Rehabilitation/deportation of foreigners.
The principal of Non-refoulement and Supreme court of India.
India’s obligation under international law and NRC/NRP.
India’s relationship with international organizations, neighboring countries.
Legal rights, duties, obligations of the foreigner/alien/illegal immigrant after the determination.
Rehabilitation, settlements, and legal rights of newly accepted citizens under the 2019 Amendment Act.
Financial/resource burden-sharing between Centre and State.
Role of the Supreme Court and NRC process.
Lesion learned from the ASSAM NRC process.
Note: The above-mentioned themes are not exhaustive; the Authors are open to working on any topic related to the above-mentioned theme(s).
Submission Guidelines
Chapter: Chapter should be in Times New Roman 12 point font and double spaced. Main Title should be in full capitals, bold and centered with a 12 point font. Sub-titles should be in sentence case, bold, and 12 point font. Author’s names should be in small capitals and centered 12 point font Footnotes should be in Times New Roman 12 point font.
Citation Format: Please use footnotes rather than endnotes. Footnotes should conform to ILI Style, which is attached with this notification
Submission of the abstract: A cover letter with the name(s) of the author(s) and address, designation, institution/affiliation, the title of the manuscript, and contact information (email, phone, etc.) is compulsory to submit. All submissions must contain an abstract of not more than 300 words.
The originality of Manuscripts: All the contributions should be the original work of the contributors and should not have been submitted for consideration in any other Publication. Any plagiarized work will be out-rightly rejected.
Copyright: The contributions presented to and accepted for publication and the copyrights therein shall be the intellectual property of the Publisher.
How to Submit?
All submissions are to be made via e-mail as word documents (preferably Microsoft Word 2007 or 2010). Authors can submit their manuscripts to Editors at researcheditedbooks[@]gmail.com.
NOTE - The deadline for submission is 15th August 2020.
Contact Details
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