Legal Startups and GNLU Gandhinagar are inviting submissions through a call for chapters for a book to be published by Thomson and Reuters.
About GNLU
The Gujarat National Law University is a public law school and a National Law University established under the Gujarat National Law University Act, 2003 in the state of Gujarat.
About Thomson and Reuters
Thomson Reuters Corporation is a Canadian multinational media conglomerate. The company was founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where it is headquartered at the Bay Adelaide Centre.
About the Book
Indian Legal System going through tough times because of the pendency of cases and other legal complexities for many years. Many efforts have been made to cope with this situation. We need a radical change in the present legal system and innovation is the answer to this.
Western countries have come up with several innovative platforms i.e. legal startups to address various legal affairs. We also need Legal Startups in India dealing with various aspects to make the system efficient and effective which is not that appealing at present.
A handful of people know about legal startups and there is an urgent need to start a movement in this regard. To address this issue, Dr Kalpeshkumar L Gupta, the Editor of the present book launched Legal startups in the year 2018 which is India’s first-of-its-kind platform, so that students, law teachers, and professionals can come up with some unique ideas in the legal field.
Legal Startups have been incubated at GNLU Legal Incubation Council (India’s first Legal Incubation Center) and initiated by Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, India. The present edited book is being brought out by Legal Startups and Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar.
This book will provide a distinctive overview of the evolutions and impacts in the pattern of legal entrepreneurship, and legal startups at national and international levels. This book will serve as a useful resource and reference for practitioners, researchers, academicians, trainers, policymakers, students of law & entrepreneurship and other professionals.
Eligibility
Researchers and academicians.
Themes
- Legal Entrepreneurship
- Legal Startups and Online Courses
- Socio-Legal Startups
- Legal Startups and Legal Services
- Legal Startups and Legal Documentations
- Legal Startups and Legal Compliances
- Legal Startups and Technology
- Legal Startups and Incubation
- Legal Startups and Information Dissemination
- Legal Startups and Legal Aid, Legal Awareness
- LegalTech Startups
- International perspective of Legal Startups
- The comparative perspective of Legal Startups in India with other leading countries
- Note: The above list is just illustrative and not exhaustive. Researchers are welcomed for papers on any topic which is related to the core theme.
Editors
- Prof. (Dr.) S. Shanthakumar, Vice Chancellor, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
- Dr Kalpeshkumar L Gupta, Associate Professor of Law, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, Founder – Legal Startups, ProBono India, Chief Administrator – Law Teachers India
Submission Guidelines
- Submitted proposals will be reviewed and feedback will be provided for selected proposals. Authors of selected proposals are then will be required to submit the Full Chapter.
- The Full Chapters will be peer-reviewed by reviewers and selected Chapters will be published in the book on Legal Startups, Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
- The proposal should be of 3-4 pages (excluding the cover page and author details).
- The suggestive structure of the proposal would be:
- a) Rationale of the Study,
- b) Research Gap,
- c) Tentative Research Methodology,
- d) Possible Future Results and Outcomes,
- e) Contributions in Policymaking/Theory building.
How to Submit?
Proposal to be sent to Dr Kalpeshkumar L Gupta, advocatekgupta[at]gmail.com.
Publication Details
The edited book will be published by Thomson and Reuters. There would be no publication charges.
Important Dates
- Abstract Submission – January 10, 2023
- Notification of Acceptance of Abstract – January 25, 2023
- Full Chapter Submission – February 28, 2023
- Communication of Review – March 15, 2023
- Submission of Revised Chapter – March 30, 2023
- Communication of Final Acceptance – April 20, 2023
Contact Information
In case of any queries, please contact advocatekgupta[at]gmail.com.
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