Amity Centre for Comparative Legal Studies under the aegis of Amity Law School, Noida [Amity University, Uttar Pradesh (India)] in collaboration with the School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University (Western Australia), is delighted to host the 4th Annual International Conference on Comparative Law on February 10 - 11, 2023 in a hybrid format.
The ICCL 2022 was held on February 18 - 19, ICCL – 2022, in the online mode. The conference was conducted in partnership with the School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. It attracted participation from sixteen nations and fourteen Universities spread across five major continents, namely, Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa and North America. Three National Law Universities joined forces as academic collaborators, including Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law [RGNUL], Patiala, Punjab; Gujarat National Law University [GNLU], Ahmedabad, Gujarat; and Himachal Pradesh National Law University [HPNLU], Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Besides the industry partners were the Council of Australian Law Deans and the International Association of Law Schools [IALS], a global association that is working towards improving legal education. Selected papers from the Conference will be published in an Edited Book titled “Comparative Approaches in Law and Policy”, published by international publisher. The Book shall be unveiled in ICCL – 2023.
Launched on February 19-20, ICCL - 2021 was magnificent in its design and execution. Partnered with the School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia, it
welcomed participation from twelve Universities spread across four continents, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. Four National Law Universities collaborated as academic partners, including Dr Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University [RMNLU], Lucknow; Gujarat National Law University [GNLU], Ahmedabad, Gujarat; Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh; and Himachal Pradesh National Law University [HPNLU], Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Besides, the International Association of Law Schools [IALS], a global association working toward improving legal education, was the industry partner. ICCL – 2021 was further fortunate to have a representation from the prestigious Council of Australian Law Deans, a peak body of Australian Law Schools. Selected papers from the Conference were published in an Edited Book titled “Comparative Law: Its Facets, Nuances and Intricacies”, published by Newgen [Thomson Reuters Group] [ISBN: 978-93-93702]. This book was released in May 2022 and is available for purchase.
The inaugural edition of the conference, organized in February 2019, was an intellectual deliberation on various sub-themes within the broad umbrella theme of “Comparative Constitutional Law”. Titled “Comparing and Contrasting the Constitutional Models of India and Australia”, it was an academic collaboration with the prestigious Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide, Australia. ICCCL - 2019 further partnered with the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad; National Law University, Jodhpur; Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow (RMLNLU); the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab (RGNUL); Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla (HPNLU); South Asian University, New Delhi; and the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi.
Selected papers from the Conference were published in an Edited Book titled “Comparative Reflections on the Constitutional Models of India and Australia” by Bloomsbury [ISBN- 13:9789389867183]. It got released in March 2020 and is on sale.
Other quality submissions which did not become part of the book were published in our in-house refereed, peer-reviewed Journal “Amity International Journal of Juridical Sciences” (AIJJS), ISSN: 2395-4019.
An Esteemed Stage of Legal Luminaries
All the past three conferences were attended by legal luminaries of the highest stature from the Bench, Bar and Academia in India and overseas. To name a few, Hon’ble Ms Justice Indira Banerjee, Judge, Supreme Court of India; Hon’ble Mr Justice Deepak Gupta, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India; Hon’ble Mr Justice A.K. Sikri, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India; Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court; Chairperson, News Broadcasting Standards Authority; Hon’ble Ms Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India, Hon’ble Mr Justice Chandrashekhar, Judge, High Court of Delhi; Hon’ble Mr Justice Prateek Jalan, Judge, High Court of Delhi; Hon’ble Mr Justice Saleem Marsoof, Former Judge, Supreme Court of Sri Lanka & Non-Resident Justice of Appeal, Supreme Court of Fiji, Hon’ble Ms Justice Lyubka Petrova, Judge at Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria, Prof. (Dr.) Faizan Mustafa, Vice Chancellor, NALSAR; Prof. Subir K. Bhatnagar, Vice Chancellor, RMLNLU; Prof. Nishtha Jaswal, Vice Chancellor, HPNLU; Prof. S. Shanthakumar, Director, Gujarat National Law University, Gujarat, India; Prof. Manoj Kumar Sinha, Director, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi; Prof. Melissa de Zwart, Dean of Law and Head of School, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide, Australia & President of the Council of Australian Law Deans; Prof. Michael Peil, Associate Professor of Law and Vice Dean, JSW School of Law, Bhutan, Prof. Richard Albert, ; Prof. Rosalind Dixon, Professor of Law, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney, Australia, Prof. Mark Graber, Regents Professor at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law, USA, Prof. Richard Albert, Professor of World Constitutions and Director of Constitutional Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, USA, Dr. Subhajit Basu, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Leeds, UK, Mr. Vikrant Rana, Managing Partner, S.S. Rana & Co.; Senior Advocate Ms. Geeta Luthra, etc.