GNLU Centre for Law and Society is organizing the 4th GNLU essay Competition on Law and Society, 2019.
Theme: "Algorithms, Law And Democracy"
Sub-Themes:
- In the wake of a Big Brother State: Surveillance and Privacy vis-à-vis section 69 of the Information Technology Act
- Algorithmic Bias and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
- Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Rights: Challenges new technology poses to the existing legal framework
- The Emergence of Big Data and Surveillance: How has Data-driven Policing changed law enforcement?
- The Internet of Things: How should the Law keep pace?
- Issues of Responsibility and Liability in Artificial Intelligence and Algorithmic Platforms
- The changing contours of Citizenship through Artificial Intelligence
- The politics and power in Algorithmic Infrastructures
Who can apply?
- The competition is open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled in any discipline in a recognized University/ College/ Institute in India.
Prizes
Category: Law Students
- 1st Prize: INR 10, 000
Internship at Luthra & Luthra Law Offices
Publication in the Law & Society Review
- 2nd Prize: INR 5,000
Internship at Software Freedom Law Centre
Publication in the Law & Society Review
Category: Non-law Students
- 1st Prize: INR 10, 000
Internship at Tandem Research
Publication in the Law & Society Review
- 2nd Prize: INR 5,000
Internship at Centre for Social Justice
Publication in the Law & Society Review
- Certificates will be issued to all participants and winners
Submission Guidelines
- The essays must be submitted in English only.
- The essays should be the original work of the authors. Any kind of plagiarism will lead to disqualification.
- The essays published elsewhere or selected/ submitted for publication elsewhere shall be disqualified.
- The name(s) of the author(s) should not be mentioned anywhere in the essay.
- The word limit for the essay is 4500 – 6000 words, not including footnotes.
- The essays must be sent by email to gcls@gnlu.ac.in with the subject '4th GNLU Essay Competition on Law and Society, 2019'.
- The body of the e-mail must specify the name(s) of the author(s).
- The essay may be attached in '.doc' or '.docx' format.
- The participants are required to send the following details in a separate word document attached to the e-mail, and also fill them in the Google form: Submission & Author Details
- Sub-theme Chosen
- Title of the Essay
- Name of the author(s), College/Institute/University of author(s), programme enrolled, and year of study of the author(s)
- E-mail address and contact no. of the author(s)
- Only one submission per author shall be entertained.
- Co-authorship by a maximum of 2 students is permitted.
Important Dates
- The essays must be submitted on or before Monday, August 12th, 2019.
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