Call for Chapters for law students: Edited Book on Cartels and Competition Law(NUJS) – Global Lessons during Crisis: Submit Abstract by Jan 18

• The goal of any competition law system is to eventually prevent anti-competitive agreements and activities that harm the economy of the country in question. Horizontal agreements in the form of cartels are seen as a threat in any competitive marketplace, and cartelization is a criminal offence in most legal systems around the world.
• Cartels are typically formed by secret agreements amongst competitors in order to engage in other anti-competitive behaviors like price fixing. Bid-rigging, market allocation, and so forth. Essentially, they diminish the level of competition in the market, reducing the number of options available to consumers.

Chapters are being sought.
The chapters must be related to any of the following jurisdictions and must correspond to the book’s main theme, crisis cartels:

• India
• UK
• EU
• USA
• South Africa
• Japan
• Australia
• New Zealand
• Singapore
• China

However, this is not an entire list, and studies of crisis cartels in other countries are requested as well. Original works from jurisdictions other than India, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the United States will be given preference in the selection process. Every chapter must begin with a basic overview of the legal regime that governs cartels in the jurisdiction in question, as well as the jurisprudential development surrounding its enforcement.

Relevant Dates

• January 18, 2022 is the deadline for submitting an abstract and a comprehensive outline.
• Acceptance notification: January 21, 2022
• The whole chapter must be submitted by March 31, 2022.
• November – December 2022: Publication with a reputable international publisher (Tentative)

Submission Rules

• Nujsccl@nujs.edu should receive all submissions and/or queries, with copies sent to shouvikkumarguha@nujs.edu, tilottama@nujs.edu, and kanchanyadav@nujs.edu.
• The full outline must include the paper’s headings, subheadings, and structure, as well as a list of instances, if applicable. The combined word limit for the abstract and the comprehensive outline is 1000 words. The author’s name, designation, and current institutional affiliation, as well as a brief bio-note, should all be included in the proposal (within 150 words).