SOUTH ASIAN POSTGRADUATE LAW CONFERENCE 2022 (SAPLawC’22) 25th and 26th November 2022

Organised by Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Faculty of Law, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University, New Delhi, India, Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai Jindal Global Law School, OPJGU, Sonipat

We are pleased to announce the first SAPLawC’22, which is to be held virtually on 25th and 26th November 2022. The SAPLawC’22 aims to bring together research scholars working in the area of legal issues that are of concern within the South Asian countries. The purpose of the Conference is to encourage the young research scholars to present their research before a panel of academic experts and to receive valuable feedback for further research. Furthermore, this Conference seeks to build fruitful research collaborations among legal institutions across South Asia.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Conference welcomes submissions by postgraduate law students, who currently follow LL.M., M.Phil. and Ph.D. research degree programmes affiliated to institutions within South Asia. The thematic areas of the Conference will be centered around legal issues of relevance to South Asia. The acceptance of abstracts will depend on the relevance of the issues raised by the conference panels and the originality of research after being screened by a panel of reviewers. The abstracts selected by the reviewers will be invited for a full paper presentation at the Conference. The selected authors at the Conference will be offered the possibility to publish their paper in a special issue of the Sri Lanka Journal of International Law, subject to a careful selection following editorial and peer reviews.

THEMATIC AREAS FOR SUBMISSIONS

1. Commercial, Trade and Intellectual Property Law

2. Constitutional and Administrative Law

3. Environmental Law and Governance

4. Family and Tort Law

5. Human rights and Humanitarian Law

6. Private International Law

7. Public International Law

8. Any legal topic concerning the South Asian countries

RELEVANT DATES

Last date for the submission of abstract : 30th January 2022

Announcement of accepted abstracts : 28th February 2022

Last date for the submission of full paper : 30th August 2022

Final Conference date : 25th and 26th November 2022

Registration:

Website: http://www.saplawc.com