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The Fourth International Conference on Law and Economics - Indian Association of Law and Economics - Gokhale Institute of ...
Indian Association of
                     Law and Economics

        The Fourth
        International Conference
        on Law and Economics
                Organised by

      In continuation with earlier conferences held by

IIM Ahmedabad         IIT Kanpur          GNLU Ahmedabad

15th -16th December 2018, Pune, India
The Fourth International Conference on Law and Economics - Indian Association of Law and Economics - Gokhale Institute of ...
About the Conference
Law and Economics - the field of economic analysis of
law has arguably emerged as one of the influential                                               Vision:
theories of jurisprudence since 1960s. The discipline                               The Association will work on
has been steadily making inroads into India as scholars                        socio-economic-legal and technological
and policy-makers note how comparative law lends                                      challenges relevant at the
itself to comparative economic analysis of law. While                             National and International levels.
the language and reasoning of economic analysis
started appearing in the Indian courts only recently,
the discipline can provide relevant and deeper insights
to a number of contemporary Indian legal issues.
                                                                     Objectives
With an aim to encourage the interdisciplinary study of
law and economics among Indian scholars and give                     1. To provide a common forum for scholars, professionals
them a platform to discuss their research with national                 for research, publications, exchange of knowledge
and international peer group and practicing                             information in the field of Law and Economics;
professionals, the Consortium of Indian Institute of                 2. To promote the interdisciplinary field of Law and
Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), Indian Institute of                        Economics in India and abroad;
Technology Kanpur (IITK) and Gujarat National Law
                                                                     3. To advise and educate the general public about the
University (GNLU), conceived to organize a series of
                                                                        fields of Law and Economics;
annual conferences on Law and Economics under the
auspices of Indian Association of Law and Economics                  4. To organize conferences, training programmes and
(IALE). The IALE has been formed at the International                   workshops in different parts of the country for the
Conference on Law and Economics, 3-4 September,                         advancement of knowledge in the field of Law and
2016 at IIT Kanpur. This association will attract                       Economics;
interested scholars from India and abroad.                           5. To publish journal or periodicals in the field of Law and
In 2015, GNLU organised the first edition of the                        Economics;
International Conference on Law & Economics, the                     6. To associate or to form joint projects with any other
second and thirds editions of the Conference were                       institutions, universities, NGOs or other organizations
held at IIT - Kanpur and IIM Ahmedabad in the years                     in India and abroad for promotion of research
2016 and 2017 respectively. In 2018, Gokhale                            knowledge in the fields of law and economics;
Institute of Politics & Economics (Deemed University),
Pune will be organizing International Conference on                  7. The Association will rely upon the registration fee
Law and Economics on December 15-16, 2018. This                         collected for the Conference on Law and Economics;
will the fourth conference in continuation and first                 8. To do so other things as may be considered necessary in
under the association of Law and Economics (IALE).                      the interest of and for the benefit of the Association
                                                                        and its members.

Management Board of the Association (IALE)
President          - Prof Rajas Parchure, Director, GIPE, Pune.
Vice-President - Prof. Errol D'Souza, Director, IIM, Ahmedabad
                 Dr. Panta Murali Prasad - Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Humanities and Social sciences, IIT, Kanpur
Secretary          - Prof Ranita Nagar, Professor of Economics & Dean, Research and publications, GNLU, Ahmedabad.
Treasurer          - Dr. Naresh Bodkhe, Associate Professor of Economics, GIPE, Pune.

About Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Pune
GIPE, Pune, India is one of the oldest research and training         establish a separate Department of Economics at its
institutes in economics in India. It was founded in June             campus, the Institute, as a Centre of Advanced Study in
1930 with an endowment offered by the late Rao Bahadur               Economics, was granted effective autonomy in 1986 in
R.R. Kale to the Servants of India Society which was                 designing courses, teaching and examination of the M.A.
founded by the late Shri Gopal Krishna Gokhale.                      degree in economics. The Government of India, on the
                                                                     recommendation by the University Grants Commission,
The Institute was initially affiliated to the University of
                                                                     has awarded a Deemed to be University status to the
Bombay, conducting the M.A. Programme in economics
                                                                     Institute in 1993. The National Assessment and Accre-
and supervising the work of students working towards
                                                                     ditation Council (NAAC) has reaccredited the Institute with
research degrees of that University. In 1949, with the
                                                                     grade A in 2016. Institute now awards M.Sc. (M.Sc.
establishment of the University of Poona, the Institute
                                                                     Economics, M.Sc. Financial Economics, M.Sc. Agribusiness
became a constituent recognised institute of the new
                                                                     Economics and M.Sc. International Business Economics
University. Till 1993 the Institute functioned, for all
                                                                     and Finance) and Ph.D. degrees in economics and its allied
academic purposes, as the Department of Economics of
                                                                     subjects including Law and Economics.
this University. With the decision of the University to
Call for Papers
The Fourth International Conference on Law and                  6. Economic Analysis of litigations: Causes of
Economics, jointly organized by the Gokhale Institute of           delays/pendency in judicial administration, costs of
Politics & Economics (GIPE), Pune in association with Indian       delays, out of court settlements, Judicial reforms, Legal
Institute of Management- Ahmedabad (IIMA), Indian                  Procedures, the legal system and illegal behaviour,
Institute of Management- Bangalore (IIMB) Indian Institute         Enforcement of law
of Technology- Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), and Gujarat National        7. International Law (public and private):International
Law University (GNLU) will be held on 15th-16th,                   Trade, Law and Development, Environmental Law,
December 2018 at Gokhale Institute of Politics &                   Human Rights Law
Economics, Pune, India.                                         8. Other Substantive Areas of Law and Economics Labor,
The Conference invites contributions in all areas of Law           Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety,
and Economics in the form of full length scholarly papers          International, Tax, Family and Personal, Immigration.
documenting original and substantial research work.             The above themes are only indicative, we invite papers
Contributions are invited on theoretical, methodological,       from other allied areas of Law and Economics. We invite
and empirical investigations with emphasis on novel             paper abstract/proposals that address one or several of the
economic analysis of law.                                       above mentioned topics. The proposals should consist of
The Conference encourages submission of papers                  an abstract of 1000 words that clearly outlines the research
focusing on the economic analysis of law. Papers may be in      questions, methodological approach, and relevance to the
any of the substantive areas of Law and Economics,              field of law and economics.
including but not limited to the following:                     Proposals should be sent to iclae2018@gipe.ac.in by 31st
1. Basic Areas of Law and Economics: Property, Contract,        July 2018 and will be reviewed by an international review
   Tort Law and Product Liability, Forensic Economics,          panel. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by
   Criminal Law, Civil Law, Common Law, Constitutional          20th August 2018. Full papers are to be submitted by 30th
   and Election Law.                                            October, 2018.
2. Regulation and Business Law: Antitrust, Business and
   Securities, Regulated Industries, Business and Cyber,          Guidelines for paper submission:
   Real Estate.                                                   The full papers should preferably be formatted in the
3. Economics of Legal Procedure: The Legal System                 APA Style. The full paper should be written in less than
   Litigation Process, Illegal Behavior and Law                   6000 words, including tables, exhibits, references and
   Enforcement                                                    appendices.
4. Law and Finance: Financial sector reforms in India
   formation of monetary policy, Cyber Crimes, Stock              The manuscript should begin with a separate title page
   Market Regulations, Sovereign, Corporate and                   containing: The Paper Title, Author(s)' affiliation and
   Banking Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy code, Tax Evasion,              email ID, Abstract (Max 300 words), and Five Keywords
   Black Money, Basel and Financial Stability Board norms,        with corresponding to JEL codes. The rest of the
   WTO and the Financial Services;                                manuscript should not contain any author identification
5. Market Regulators: IRDA, TRAI, SEBI, PFRDA, Antitrust;         information. The Abstract/ Paper submission will be
   Regulated Industries/ Competition law and working of           through email only. Please send your abstract and papers
   the commission, Consumer laws, Financial Sector Legal          to: iclae18@gipe.ac.in
   Reforms Commission.

Conference Proceedings and Publication
We will publish all the abstract of papers shortlisted for presentation in a conference proceeding. In addition, authors are
encouraged to submit their papers for publication in 'Artha Vijnana' the journal of the GIPE, Pune. We are also planning to
publish selected papers as an edited book with reputed publishers.

Registration & Payment
Visit www.gipe.ac.in/iclae2018 for online registration.
Conference Registration fee:
                                                                      Notes:
                          Indian         SAARC           Other        1. The registration fee includes:
                         Delegates       Country        Foreign          a. Conference kit, access to all sessions.
                                        Delegates      Delegates         b. Lunch, dinner and refreshments during the conference.
                                                                      2. The rates are inclusive of applicable Goods and Services Tax.
 Delegates with           INR 3000        USD 70        USD 100          Original payment receipt shall be provided at the conference venue.
 Paper                                                                3. Accommodation and travel is not included in the registration fee.
                                                                      4. SAARC countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
 Delegates without        INR 5000       USD 100        USD 150          Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
 paper                                                                5. Students must submit a student their ID or letter of supervisor/ HOD,
                                                                         stating that the student is currently enrolled in a college or
 Student Delegate         INR 1500        USD 50         USD 50          university. While registering online students must upload the ID or
 (Both Presenting                                                        the letter and the copy of the same should be presented at the
 and Non-presenting)                                                     conference reception desk at the conference venue.
Accommodation                                                 Cancellation Policy
Limited number of accommodations (double occupancy)           Cancellations received and postmarked before Oct
at the GIPE Guest House can be reserved on first come first   31st2018 will receive a 70 percent refund to be transferred
serve basis on payment while registering for the              after the Conference. Cancellations are not possible after
conference. The following options are available for on        Oct 31st2018. Please send cancellation requests to:
campus accommodation:                                         iclae18@gipe.ac.in
1. The on-campus double occupancy rooms are available
                                                              Non-liability Clause
   at the rate of INR 750.00 per person per day inclusive
   of GST.                                                    The organisers are not liable for the consequences of any
2. We will provide you the list of the nearby hotels having   unpredictable event that might disrupt the conference
   tie-up with GIPE at then existing rate.                    schedule.
3. Delegates who wish to avail single occupancy in the
   guest house rooms are required to pay Rs. 1500/-
   per day.

                                                IMPORTANT DATES

                                    Abstract Submission deadline - 31st July, 2018
                                    Acceptance notification - 20th August, 2018
                                    Full Paper submission - 31st October, 2018
                                    Conference - 15th and 16th December 2018.

  Local Organising Committee:                                 Conference Managers and contact persons:
  1. Convenor - Prof. Rajas Parchure                          Mr. Vilas Mankar- 9881351145
  2. Organising Secretary - Dr. Naresh Bodkhe,                Mrs. Prajakta Kulkarni- 9970966596
  3. Joint Organising Secretary - Dr. K. S. Hari
  4. Members- Prof. Jayanti Kajale
              Prof. Kailas Thaware
              Dr. P. N. Rath
              Dr. K. Shiva Reddy
              Mr. Pramod Joshi
              Adv. Ms. Sayali Ganu

                                              The Fourth
                                              International Conference
                                              on Law and Economics

                        BMCC Road, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune - 411004 Maharashtra India
                         Landline: +91-20-25650287, 25654288, 25654289, 25675008
                                          Email : iclae18@gipe.ac.in
                                     Website: www.gipe.ac.in/iclae2018
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