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Law Mantra Trust is a registered charitable trust with the Government of India under the India Trusts Act 1882 (Registration No 150 in Book No.4 Vol No 3, 603 of 2018). Law Mantra is exempted under Section 80 G and 12A. For corporate donations, partnering with Law Mantra qualifies under Schedule VII, Item 2, of the Companies Act, 2013. Law Mantra has grown from mere a sapling to an ark marked the completion of its 7 glorious years of existence and academic excellence in the arena of legal education. Recently, we have celebrated the 7 Year and commemorated the journey of Law Mantra by rejoicing the illustrious path of academic and intellectual triumph.

The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) calls for the formulation of one law for India, which would be applicable to all religious communities in matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, succession and adoption. The code comes under Article 44 of the Constitution, which lays down that the state shall endeavor to secure a Uniform Civil Code for the citizens throughout the territory of India.

What Are The Details Of The Opportunity?

  • Theme: Uniform Civil Code For India: Proposed Blueprint For One Nation One Law
  • Objective: This Book aims to highlight the importance of the Rights and the Uniform Civil Code as well as the distinct and complex affiliations between them.It intends to form a sustained probe and illumination of one of the most decorated themes of political, cultural, social, and economic public discourse.
  • Co-authorship: It is allowed. The maximum number of co-authors for a submission shall only be one.
  • Submission Deadline: 30th August 2023. All submissions are to be made through the following email  address:  researcheditedbooks@gmail.com
  • Sub-Themes: The below-mentioned sub-themes are not exhaustive but only illustrative.- Authors are open to research on any topic related to the above-mentioned themes introspecting their own scholarly interests in this igniting area.
    • The Constitutional mandate for Uniform Civil Code
    • Dismantling legal pluralism in India
    • Learning from the Uniform Civil Code of USA and European Nations
    • The Experience of Goa as the only State in India having Uniform Civil Code
    • Judicial Decisions that paved the way for Uniform Civil Code in India
    • Social Resistance to a Uniform Civil Code
    • The Future of UCC: Promoting Nationalism and deflating personal differences Any other Relevant Topics
    • Uniform Divorce Mechanism
    • Jurisprudence on Uniform Civil Code
    • Uniform Civil Code and Human Rights
    • Uniform Civil Code and Gender Justice
    • Uniform Civil Code and Conflict of Personal Laws
    • Legal Jurists and Social Reformers on Uniform Civil Code
    • Tracing the Historical development of the Uniform Civil Code in India
    • Dissecting Law Commission Report on Uniform Civil Code
    • Uniform Civil Code and Reformation of  Family Law
    • Advocating the Rule of Law through Uniform Civil Code
  • Submission Guidelines:
    • The themes are broadly suggestive. The author may write on any topic relevant to the theme of the book.
    • All the contributions should be the original work of the contributors. All submissions will undergo the plagiarism test.
    • The contributions should be ideally above 3500 words.
    • All articles, notes and comments should provide a brief abstract of 250-300 words.
    • Submissions should be in:
    • Times New Roman, 12 fonts with 1.5 line spacing, justified text and 1-inch margins on all sides of an A4 sheet.
    • Footnotes should be in Times New Roman, 10-font size with 1.0 line spacing.
    • Endnotes and/or Bibliography and in-text citations are not allowed.
    • Headings should follow the following standard:
      • TITLE OF THE SUBMISSION: Upper-case, bold, font size 14 b. HEADINGS: Upper-case, bold, font size 14
      • Sub-Headings: Title-case, bold, font size 12
      • Sub-Sub-Heading: Title-case, italics, font size 12
    • The submission must be the original work of the author and must not have been submitted elsewhere or pending review.
    • Kindly use footnotes only,  Footnotes should confirm to the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi Citation Style of Footnoting.
    • All submitted papers will go through a peer review process.
    • The Law Mantra Trust retain all copyright.
    • The manuscript should be accompanied with the author’s name, designation, name of institute, contact number and e-mail for future reference and correspondence.
    • There is no registration fee, and a soft copy of the book will be provided to all authors free of cost, however, if they wish to purchase a hard copy they need to pay a charge as decided by the publisher.
    • The book will be published by Reputed Publisher with ISBN.
  • Editors:
    • Prof. (Dr.) Naresh Kumar Vats, Professor of Law & Dean Academics, RGNLU, Punjab
    • Dr. Banvna Batra, Associate Professor of Law, Amity Law School, Noida.
    • Mr. Aditya Mishra, Managing Trustee, Law Matra Trust.

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