About GNLU
The Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) is a pre-eminent public law school and a National Law University established under the Gujarat National Law University Act, 2003 in the state of Gujarat.
About Probono India
Founded in October 2016 with an aim to integrate legal aid and awareness initiatives – ProBono India has ventured into different avenues viz. legal aid, legal awareness, legal intervention, legal journalism, legal activism etc. – all with the underlying objective of contributing to the positive development of the society with a strong socio-legal approach.
About the Call for Papers
There are various issues and challenges with regards to legal aid system in India to be dealt with. To deliberate upon the various aspects along with possible recommendations related to legal aid, present project on edited book has been initiated.
Themes
Part 1- Sub-themes:
- Legal Service Authorities Act, 1987 needs revamp
- Role of Government in Effective Legal Aid in India
- Budgetary issues for Legal Aid in India
- Legal Aid provided by Law School Based Legal Aid Clinics
- Legal Aid provided by NGOs, Civil Society Organization
- Legal Aid for Undertrial Prisoners in India
- Legal Aid for Woman and Child in India
- Legal Aid for SC & ST Citizen
- Role of Indian Judiciary in Legal Aid
- Critical Appraisal of Legal Aid Counsels in India
- Clinical Legal Education and Legal Aid
- Usage of Technology and Access to Justice with special reference toLegal Aid
- Best Practices in Legal Aid and Awareness
- Case Studies on Legal Aid Clinic, Legal Services Clinics, Govt.Initiative
Part 2 – State Initiatives:
- Legal Aid in Gujarat – Past, Present and Future
- Legal Aid in Maharashtra – Past, Present and Future
- Critical Analysis of Legal Aid in State of Maharashtra
- Critical Analysis of Legal Aid in State of Gujarat
- Other States and UTs in India
- Proposals for scholarly book chapters (covering, empirical papers, theory testing, theory building, systematic literature review etc.) are invited on above themes from researchers and academicians.
- Submitted proposals will be reviewed and feedback will be provided to selected proposals. Authors of selected proposal will be required to submit the Full Chapter in given format once the proposal is accepted.
- The Full Chapters will be peer-reviewed by reviewers and selected Chapters will be published in the edited book on Legal Aid in India – Past, Present and The Way Forward.
- The proposal should be of 2-3 pages (excluding cover page and author details). The suggestive structure of the proposal would be; a). Rational of the Study, b). Research Gap, c). Tentative Research Methodology, d). Possible Future Results and Outcomes, e). Contributions in Policy making/Theory building.
- The edited book will be published by Thomson Reuters.
- There would be no publication charges
- Proposal Submission: August 15, 2023
- Notification of Acceptance of Proposal: September 10, 2023
- Full Chapter Submission: November 30, 2023
- Communication of Review: December 10, 2023
- Submission of Revised Chapter: December 20, 2023
- Communication of Final Acceptance: December 31, 2023
Submission Guidelines
How to Submit?
Proposal to be sent to Dr. Kalpeshkumar L Gupta at advocatekgupta@gmail.com
Important Dates
Contact Info
In case of any query, please contact:
Dr. Kalpeshkumar L Gupta at Mob. +91 99248 97691, 76005 41069 or E-mail :- probono.in@gmail.com
