[Reader-list] The Indian Journal of Law and Technology - Information and Call for Submissions 2008-09

[Raman Chima]

The Indian Journal of Law and Technology, published by the Law and
Technology Committee of the Student Bar Association of the National
Law School of India University, Bangalore, is India's first and only
journal devoted to the field of law and technology. Articles are
selected for publication after being peer reviewed by an external
Article Review Board consisting of eminent academicians and
practitioners in the field of technology law. The Journal is managed
and edited by an Editorial Board comprising of students from the
National Law School of India University, selected annually on the
basis of editing skill and expertise in technology law.

The Journal accepts submissions in the form of articles, notes,
comments, and book reviews on a host of legal issues regarding the
interface between law and technology, including e-commerce, cyber
crime, biotechnology, bioethics, competition law, outsourcing,
intellectual property, relevant public policy, and law and society
issues posed by technology, communications and evidentiary technology,
with particular emphasis on issues affecting developing nations.

Past issues of the Journal have featured articles by distinguished
authors such as Yochai Benkler, Donald S. Chisum, Raymond T. Nimmer,
John Frow, Lawrence Liang, and Shamnad Basheer, among others. The
forthcoming 2008 issue of the Journal features:

• A special comment entitled 'Saving the Internet' by Jonathan
Zittrain, Harvard Professor of Internet Law and Co-Director of the
Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
• An article on Data Protection Efforts in India by Latha R. Nair,
Partner, KNS Partners, New Delhi.
• A review of Thomas Schultz's 'Information Technology and
Arbitration: A Practitioner's Guide' by Promod Nair, an Associate with
Herbert Smith LLP's International Arbitration Group.
• An article on a way forward with respect to Database Rights by Deepu
Jacob Thomas and Prasan Dhar.

Submissions are invited for Volume 5 of the Journal, which will be
published in March–April 2009. The Journal follows a rolling
submissions policy with the deadline for the 2009 issue being 31st of
October of this year; manuscripts received after this date will be
reviewed for publication in the subsequent issue. The Journal welcomes
articles from a variety of viewpoints, and greatly encourages
submissions which respond to content previously published in the
Journal. All submissions may be e-mailed to ijltsubmit at nls.ac.in with
a CC to ijlt2009 at gmail.com.

Information regarding the journal, including subscription and
submission information can be found at
http://www.nls.ac.in/students/IJLT. Abstracts of articles published in
the current issue, and full texts of past articles, are also available
on our website. For any further information concerning the Journal's
editorial policies, or subscription details, kindly contact us at
ijltedit at nls.ac.in.

Sincerely,
Raman Jit Singh Chima
Chief Editor,
The Indian Journal of Law and Technology.