Jindal Global Law Review calls for submissions for Volume 5 Issue 1 Last date of submission is October 15 2012

The Jindal Global Law Review (JGLR) is seeking submissions for the 2013 issue of JGLR, Volume 5 Issue 1. The theme of the issue is “Role of International Economic Law in the Age of Global Economic Crisis” and will explore the effect and role of international economic law in the current global economy. The range of possible topics is wide and could include international trade, investment, climate change, competition policy and development related aspects. Submissions can be in the form of articles, essays, book reviews and comments/notes. The last date of submission is October 15, 2012..As per the website, some of the questions which could be considered for the upcoming issue include:.– Do the International Economic Law (ILE) institutions face legitimacy and accountability crisis?.– How effective are the rules and decision making processes and governance structures of the IEL institutions? Again, do the IEL rules and principles constrain the ability of governments to effectively respond to the global economic crisis?.– To what extent did national regulatory bodies and domestic agencies implementing IEL treaties and transnational economic rules observe adherence to IEL’s bedrock principles? Has the IEL system succeeded in establishing a set of ‘universal economic values’ that transcend economic crises or governance failures?.– Has IEL fulfilled its functions? If yes, what led to the current crisis in international trade, finance, development and environment systems?.– How did the international business community—the private actors of IEL– respond to the crisis? Is it possible to discern any emerging norms outside the traditional settings?.– How can IEL bring about resurgence in the global economy?.All submission in the form of articles, essays, book reviews and comments/notes and should be emailed to jglr@jgu.edu.in. One may also write to the issue editors at pkishore@jgu.edu.in or jnedumpara@jgu.edu.in . Submissions are to be made in MS Word *.doc format (Times New Roman, font size 12, double spacing) format..Articles and essays should be of 8,000 to 10,000 words and comments and notes should be of 4,000 to 5,000 words (including footnotes). The Bluebook style for citations is required. Contributors should email a 500 word abstract of their submission by 31 August 2012. The deadline for accepting final submissions is 15 October 2012..The JGLR recently published the latest issue – Volume 4 Issue 1, themed ‘Law, Culture and Queer Politics in Neoliberal Times’. As per the press release, this issue offers a more complicated reading of legal proscriptions and judicial reforms associated with sexuality, by bringing together the works of authors who break out of the doctrinal reading of the law, and engage in analyses that does not consider the law as the most powerful tool for fighting discrimination based on sexuality. The editors note that over the last ten years (what they have called “The Decade of Sex Rights”) there have been unprecedented legal developments that have marked the recognition of the human rights of sexually marginalized people internationally. But they add: “…these celebratory moments of the Queer movement have also been accompanied by the brutal rise of crony capitalism, the perverse consequences of the war on terror, the institutionalization of the industry-military complex, and the birth of a ‘new’ civil society, in this context the “Gay International”.”.Interested parties may visit this page for more information..The press release has been prepared by Shreyas Gupta, student at JGLS.