NATIONAL LAW CONCLAVEON

LAW AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION: ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND EMERGING TRENDS

th st30 November, 2019 & 1 December, 2019

Organised By:Department of Law

University of North BengalRaja Rammohanpur. P.O. NBUDist.: Darjeeling, PIN: 734013

West Bengal, India

ENLIGHTENMENT TO PERFECTION

University of North BengalAccredited by NAAC with Grade A

LAW AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION:

ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND EMERGING TRENDS

For decades now legal fraternity has been preoccupied with attempts

to explain the relationship between legal and social change in the context

of development and society. They viewed the law both as an independent

and dependent and variable (cause and effect) in society and emphasized

the interdependence of the law with other social systems. In its most

concrete sense, social transformation means the change the society

envisages in keeping with the demands of social, economic, political and

historical factors. Social change brings about a change in the thought

process of the people living in the society. Social change also has an impact

upon the governance of a country. Such changes impact upon the rights of

the people and also subaltern thoughts. Law is the reflection of the will and wish of the society. It is

responsible for the social transformations. The relationship between law

and society works in a circular motion. On one hand the law changes the

society and compels the society to be changed according to it. And on the

other hand society changes the law as per its demands and needs.

Legislated law, judicial interpretations, and custom and usages having the

force of law play an important role in bringing about social change. When

law changes the society it is the sign of beginning of the development of the

society. When society changes law it is the sign of maturity of the society.

The Shah Bano case, Vishakha case, transgender case, the Nirbhaya case,

Sabarimala case, Triple Talaque case environmental cases were some of

the areas where the commonest of the common man was able to raise a

voice and say how the law must be, what must be the punishment etc. The

change required in the society can be initiated by a single person also and

this has been proved in India right from Raja Ram Mohan Roy; Eishwar

Chandra Vidyasagar, Dayanand Saraswati to Mahatma Phule, Mahatma

Baseswar, and Mahatma Gandhi up to Mother Teresa, Baba Amte, Anna

Hazare! Thus the demand takes root and compels the government to either

reform the existing laws or make new or even delete the existing unworthy

laws. Education too is a very important instrument of social change. Social

change refers to an alteration in the social order of a society. As a result of

rapid industrialization, growing urbanization and changes in the

human intellect society needs to change in order to cope with the

gradual changes. Education can initiate social change by bringing about

changes in the outlook and attitude of people. Present education system is

totally mechanised and homogenising which curbs the individual thinking

and self-learning. Education is the root cause of social and cultural changes that takes

place within the society. Education has been and is being played as an

agent of socialization of the youth so as to reach the expectations of the

society. Technology is another instrument of social change and

development. With the introduction of technology in all walks of life,

minimal knowledge of technology is the need of the hour. Keeping the current developments and the emerging trends in mind the

national law conclave is organised to obtain the bird's eye view of the

changes that have occurred in the is occurring now and to ascertain how the

jurists interpret the phenomenon of change. Papers may be submitted on any

of the following sub themes or related subjects.

1. Constitution and Social Change2. People's Movement and Social Change3. Education and Social Change4. Technology and social change

· Abstracts of not more than 300 words, for original research papers on

the above-mentioned themes are invited, submitted as Word

documents, with a covering letter containing the name and

designation of the author(s).

· There can be maximum of two Authors only for each Abstract/Paper.

· Authors of shortlisted abstracts shall be required to send their full-

length papers who would have the privilege of presenting their paper

at this seminar.

· Full-length research papers in the form of articles within 5000- 10000

words (inclusive of foot notes), should be sent.

· Both the Abstracts and the Final Papers should mandatorily have

COVER PAGE, which clearly indicates the following:

i. Name of the Author/Co-author

ii. Designation of the Author/Co-author

iii. Contact Details of the Author/Co-author

iv. Email id(s) of the Author/Co-author

SUB-THEMES OF THE CONCLAVE:

SUBMISSIONS - DETAILS AND GUIDELINES:

· Potential contributors are required to adhere to a uniform mode of

citation (ILI mode of Citation).

· All Abstracts to be sent via e-mail to Dr. Sangeeta Mandal and Dr.

Soma Dey Sarkar at nbulawdepartment@gmail.com or

deysarkarsoma@nbu.ac.in within the deadlines mentioned below.Selected papers may be considered for publication in our journal, Indian

Journal of Law and Justice or in the edited volume without incurring

any extra cost by the registered paper presenters.

th1. Submission of abstract – 27 September, 20192. Communication of acceptance of abstract from Organisers' side

st– 1 Octoberber, 2019

st3. Submission of full paper – 21 October, 2019

th4. Communication of acceptance of Full Paper – 27 October, 20195. Last Date of Registration Confirmation and Sending of

ndRegistration Form –02 November, 2019th st

6. National Law Conclave – 30 November, 2019 and 1 December,

2019

The Department of Law is prominently situated on National Highway 31

between Bagdogra and Siliguri in the District of Darjeeling. The distance

from Bagdogra is six kilometers and from Siliguri is seven kilometers. The

Department has its own campus in the south Block of the North Bengal

University. The sprawling campus of the University enjoys the pristine

beauty of the eastern Himalayas and is the intellectual hub of North

Bengal. Siliguri is an important subdivision of the district and commercial

capital of North Bengal. Located at the foot hills of eastern Himalayas,

Siliguri is the gate way to North eastern India and land locked countries

like Bhutan and Nepal. It shares a huge and porous international border

with Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. It is well connected with all

metropolis and major cities by air and rail.The Department of Law was formerly known as the University College of

Law and was established as such in the year 1974. It was upgraded as the

Department of Law in the year 2000.Presently the Department offers a .B.

IMPORTANT DATES:

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW:

B.A. LL.B. [Honours] 5 year integrated course, LL.M. course and Ph.D.

The intake at the LL.B. level is eighty, and the LL.M. course which was

started in 1993has twenty five seats. The criteria of admission both at B.A.

LL.B.[Honours] under CBCS mode and LL.M. under CBCS mode are on

merit. The Department has a rich Ph.D. programme. It was started in 1999

and since then more than 44 Ph.D. degrees have been awarded. Presently

there are about twenty five scholars engaged in doctoral research under

various faculty members under the UGC Regulation, 2009. The Department

attracts scholars and students from all over India and especially from

Sikkim, Assam, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Orissa. It

also attracts students from Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh. The Department

was jointly selected by the British Council, Delhi, University of Warwick,U.K. and the National Law School of India University to carry out the

'Human Rights Outreach Project'. It was also a partner institution with

CEERA, National Law School of India University for carrying out

environment education for forest personnel, Tea Garden personnel and

judicial officers. The Department has published Booklets in Human Rights,

Environment Legislations in Bengali and Nepali. It has a Legal Aid Clinic in

collaboration with the State Legal Services Authorities. It runs a very

successful NSS programme. The recently formed Centre for Child Rights at

the behest of the UNICEF in collaboration with the Legal Aid Committee

shall also conduct outreach programmes in relation to child rights and child

welfare. Last but not the least the Department has been organizing

Regional, National and International Seminar / Conference / workshop

/Symposium etc. at regular intervals (30 programmes in last 14 years. The

Department also undertakes a number of Research Projects sponsored by

different National and International bodies on regular basis. Moreover, it

has close collaboration with renowned national and international

institutions. The publication cell of the Department is very active. It brings

out the Indian Journal of Law and Justice on regular basis during March and

September each year. More over the cell brings out an edited book on the

topic of that year's Seminar. The Cell has presently undertaken a venture to

publish the research projects undertaken by the Department and outstanding

research work done by the students.

·Lawyers, Academicians, Officials from NGOs and INGOs

·Research Scholars and Students

WHO MAY ATTEND THE SEMINAR:

CLIMATE:In the concerned period of December, the weather will be cold in Siliguri, the temperature varying between 15 degrees Celsius to 20 degrees Celsius

CALL FOR PAPERS:Papers on various sub-themes, along with an abstract of not more than 200 words are invited which may kindly be sent in advance to any of the members of the organizing committee. Papers, if selected, will feature in Indian Journal of Law and Justice [IJLJ; ISSN 0976-3570], a peer reviewed refereed journal brought out by the Department of Law, University of North Bengal.

CONTACT DETAILS OF THE ORGANISERS:

1. Department of Law: Ph. +91353-2776307, 8637579743(M), email: nbulawdepartment@gmail.com (Perferred email address)

2. Prof.(Dr.) Rathin Bandyopadhyay: Ph. +919434328537, email: rathinbanerjee@gmail.com

3. Prof.(Dr.) Gangotri Chakraborty : Ph. +919434037671, email: gangotrichakraborty@gmail.com

4. Dr. Sujit Kumar Biswas: Ph. +919434427710, email: sujitkbiswas@yahoo.com

ORGANISING COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Chairperson Prof. (Dr.) Rathin Bandyopadhyay

DirectorProf. (Dr.) Gangotri Chakraborty

Member SecretaryDr. Sujit Kumar Biswas

Ms. Prerna LepchaMs. Neelam Lama

MembersDr. Sangeeta MandalMs. Sanyukta MoitraDr. Soma Dey Sarkar

Dr. Chandrani ChatterjeeDr. Priya Roy

Mr. Biresh PrasadDr. Dipankar Debnath

Mr. Sanjay DuttaMs. Taniya BasuMajumdar

NATIONAL LAW CONCLAVE ON

LAW AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION: ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND EMERGING TRENDS

Department of Law, University of North Bengal

30th November, 2019 & 1st December (Saturday & Sunday), 2019

REGISTRATION FORM

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