Dissertation Guidelines

Dissertation Guidelines for the B.B.A. LL.B. Trimester XV

SEQUENCE OF PAGES

1. Cover Page

2. CERTIFICATE

3. Declaration

4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

5. PREFACE

6. ABBREVIATIONS

7. TABLE OF CASES

8. CONTENTS

9. MAIN TEXT

10. BIBLIOGRAPHY

11. APPENDIXES

NOTE --You are advised to refer to the samples but in no case it should limit your creativity in writing. All the sample pages are based on the minimum requirements of a standard dissertation as well as imaginary particulars.


TITLE

A dissertation submitted to College Name

In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of

B.B.A. LL.B.

MATS Logo

MATS University Raipur (full details of the University)

Submitted By: Supervised by:Name NameID Position of faculty


DeclarationI, .............., a student of B.B.A. LL.B. final year of College of .................University and enrollment no. , do hereby declare that this dissertation paper is an original work of mine and is result of my own intellectual efforts. I have quoted titles of all original sources i.e. original documents as this is a Doctrinal research and name of the authors whose work has helped me in writing this research paper have been placed at appropriate places and I have not infringed copy rights of any other author.

S/d xxxxxxxDate ------------- Student NamePlace – Raipur


CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that dissertation entitled .........Title which is being submitted by Student name for the award of the degree of BBA LLB is independent and originalresearch work carried out by her.The dissertation is worthy of consideration for the award of BBA LLB Degree of College n University name .Student name has worked under my guidance and supervision to fulfill all requirements for the submission of this dissertation.The conduct of research scholar remained excellent during the period of research.

S/d xxxxxxxxxFaculty name


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTI feel proud to acknowledge the able guidance of our esteemed.. I acknowledge with pleasure unparallel infrastructural support that I have received from Law College name . In fact this work is the outcome of outstanding support that I have received from the faculty members of the college, in particular……..I find this opportunity to thank the library staff of the Law College This research work bears testimony to the active encouragement and guidance of a host of friends and wellwishers.In particular mention must be made of………It would never have been possible to complete this study without an untiring support from my family…I am greatly indebted to the various writers, jurists and all others from whose writings and work I have taken help to complete this dissertation…..

Date…………. S/d xxxxxxxxPlace: Raipur Student name


ABBREVIATIONS

Please note- That abbreviations used by you are approved abbreviations whether by traditions,

Statute or otherwise. That you do not invent your own abbreviation. That abbreviation listed on this are in alphabetical order.

Table of CasesPlease note

That you should list out all the cases referred by you in your dissertation in strict alphabetical order.

That small ‘v’ is used to indicate versus and followed by full stop. That page numbers upon which the particular case is referred /discussed are

indicated in sequence against the name of the case.

CONTENTS (An Example)


Chapter Particulars Page No.

Certificate iDeclaration iiAcknowledgement iii-ivAbbreviations ix-xiiTable of Cases xiii-

xivCHAPTER – 1. INTRODUCTION 1-271.1 The Concept 11.2 Historical backgrounds 41.2.1 Ancient India 61.2.2 Medieval India 131.3 Legal Aid v. Legal Awareness

24CHAPTER – 2. SCOPE OF LEGAL AID IN INDIAN

25

BIBLIOGRAPHY 125-140Books 125Statutes 128Reports 132Articles, Papers and Transcripts 135Websites referred 137


News papers 139

APPENDIXES 140-160

MAIN TEXTThe first page of first chapter is the first page numbered in international numerals. That larger size may be used for chapter headings and sub headings. That your chapter headings, sub headings and sub subheadings should be clearly distinguishable from each other. That to distinguish chapter headings from sub headings and sub sub headings from sub to subheadings, chapter headings may be made both larger and bold whereas sub headings may be made larger but not bold. If there are sub subheadings they may be italicized without making them either large or bold.

General Instructions Paper sizeInternational standard paper size A4 (297 x 210 mm).

TypingOn one side of the paper only.

MarginsTop 1.0”, Bottom 1.0”, Left 1.5”, Right 1.0”.


Line spacing1.5

Character spacingNormal.

FontTimes New Roman or Bookman Old Style or any other non fancy font.

Font size12 for main text; 10 for foot notes

MODE OF CITATION FOR BOOKS

A. FOR AN AUTHORED BOOK(i) By a single author:

Name of the author, Title of the book p.no. (if referring to specific page or pages)(Publisher, Place of publication, edition/year of publication).

E.g. M.P.Jain, Indian Constitutional Law 98 (Kamal Law House, Calcutta, 5thedn., 1998).

(ii) By two authors:

Name of the authors, Title of the book p.no. (if referring to specific page or pages)(Publisher, Place of publication, edition/year of publication).

E.g. M.P.Jain and S.N. Jain, Principles of Administrative Law 38 (Wadhawa,Nagpur, 2001)

(iii)By multiple authors (more than two):

Name of the first two authors, et.al., Title of the book p.no. (if referring to specificpage or pages) (Publisher, Place of publication, edition/year of publication).

E.g. Jerry L. Mashaw, Richard A. Merrill, et.al., The American Public Law System– Cases and Materials 50 (West Group, St. Paul, MN, 1992).


MODE OF CITATION FOR ARTICLES/ESSAYS(i) Citation of a paper published in a journal/periodical:

Name of author of the article, title of the essay within inverted commas, volume number of journal, Name of the journal in abbreviation & page number (year).E.g. K. Madhusudana Rao, “Authority to Recommend President’s Rule under Article 356 of the Constitution”, 46 JILI 125 (2004).

(ii) Citation of a paper published in a case reporter:P.K. Thakur, “Permissibility of Probation in Offences Punishable with Minimum Imprisonment” 2 SCJ 26-38 (2002).

(iii) Citation of an essay published in a book edited:

Name of author of the essay, title of the essay within inverted commas, in Name of the editor(s), title of the edited book page number (publisher, edition/year).

E.g. R.K. Nayak, “Evolving Global Drugs Law for the 21st Century” in D.C. Jayasuriya, R.K. Nayak et.at.(eds.), Global Drugs Law 70 (1997).

(iv) Citation of an essay published as a part of a Survey of Law (e.g. Annual Survey of Indian Law – [an annual publication of the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi]:

Name of author of the essay, title of the essay within inverted commas, volume number name of the survey, page number (year).

E.g.: P.S. Jaswal, “Constitutional Law-I” XXXVIII ASIL 115- 150(2002).

WEBSITESIf the websites gives information as to when it was last modified, the must be cited, if not one must cite the date of visiting the website.

(i) Information Technology Act 2000, India, available at:http://www.mit.gov.in/it-bill.asp (Last Modified July 29, 2003).

(ii) Information Technology Act 2000, India, available at:http://www.mit.gov.in/it- bill.asp (Visited on July 29, 2003).


MODE OF CITATION OF CASE LAW

(a)All India Reporter (AIR)

(i) If the case name and citation together are to be written in the text of the article itself [Note: This format is not allowed in JILI):Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (AIR 1962 SC 933).

(ii) If the name and citation are to be written in the footnote itself:Kesavnanda Bharati v. State of Kerala, AIR 1962 SC 933.

(iii) Where the case title is written in the body of the text, only the name of the case shall be in the texte.g. Kesavananda Bharathi v. State of Kerala and the citation is written in the footnote asAIR 1973 SC 1461

Use of ibid.

Ibid. – This expression commonly refers to ‘same work at same place’.

For example, if footnote number 7 is:

7. Avtar Singh, Company Law, Eastern Book Company, 2004, p.23. and in immediately succeeding footnote, i.e. number 8, same page of same book is referred again, then there is no need to repeat the whole footnote. Writing ibid. in footnote number 8 shall suffice.Thus, footnote sequence shall appear as-

7. Avtar Singh, Company Law, Eastern Book Company, 2004, p.23.8. Ibid.

Id. – This expression is commonly used when in consecutive footnotes referred work remains the same but its page number changes.

For example if footnote number 7 is:7. Avtar Singh, Company Law, Eastern Book Company, 2004, p.23. and in immediately succeeding footnote, i.e. number 8, page 79 of the same book is referred, then there is no need to write the whole footnote again. Writing id. with the changed page number shall suffice.

Thus, footnote sequence shall appear as-


7. Avtar Singh, Company Law, Eastern Book Company, 2004, p.23.8. Id. at p.79.

Use of supraExpression ‘supra’ refers to an earlier but not immediately preceding footnote.For example if footnote number 7 is:7. Avtar Singh, Company Law, Eastern Book Company, 2004, p.23. and footnote number 8 is:8. David Gower, “Rights of the Shareholders”, 27 JILI, 2004, p.39. Now, if in footnote number 9 the same page of the same book as referred in footnote number 7 is required to be referred, the expression ibid. cannot be used. Instead, expression ‘supra’ shall be used.Thus, footnote sequence shall appear as-7. Avtar Singh, Company Law, Eastern Book Company, 2004, p.23.8. David Gower, “Rights of the Shareholders”, 27 JILI, 2004, p.39. 9. Supra 7.

Please ensure-• That before submitting to the supervisor all the spellings, grammar, punctuation etc. are checked thoroughly.• That at least such no. copies (please confirm from the director sir) of the work are prepared.• That you are carrying the dissertation with you on the day of viva voce examination. (If any)• That your work is original in all respects.

Thanks & Regards,Bhuvaneshwar Rai

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