CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

VIVECHAN: A SOCIO-LEGAL ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION

The Social Service League of Government Law College, Mumbai is pleased to announce The
First Socio-Legal Essay Competition open for all category of students.

And the winning entries shall be published in the first Socio-Legal Journal of Government Law
College. The winners shall also receive a hard copy of the Journal in which the essays shall be
published.

The basic guidelines for submission are as follows:
1)The total word count must not exceed 1000 words including end-notes.
2)The essays must be sent in .doc or .docx format.
3)Footnotes are not allowed.
4) The font style should be Times New Roman and the font size should be 12.

Please note that only the original submissions are invited and any instance of plagiarism will lead
to immediate disqualification.
Please do not submit entries which have been published elsewhere.
Co-authorship is not allowed.
Participants are required to submit the following details in a separate Word document along with
their entry:
Name:
University
Details of the course currently being pursued - Contact details (including phone number and
email address) - Kindly attach scanned image of your College ID card with the mail-

The entries (along with the contact details document) must be mailed to
vivechan2014@gmail.com by 31st January, 2014 before 5pm.

The participants wishing to seek any kind of clarification regarding the event can send an email
to the above given email address.
You may also contact:
Ritika Singal (+91 9619473803),
Tanwika Kumari (+91 8452039225) for further clearance












Dose society change simply because of anactment and rules.-

Society can be called as cluster of social relationships and hence social change means change in
the system of social relationships. These are understood in terms of social processes and social
interactions and social organization. According to sociologist Morris Ginsberg social change is a
change in the social structure which includes people living that society, their attitudes, values,
social institutions, customs, laws and enactment. Out of the above mentioned ingredients of our
society and structure, law and enactment are the most important one. Law and enactments in a
society act as guiding principles having sanction of sovereign and contribute proactively in social
change.
For e.g. Sati system which was being prevalent in India for centuries, got eradicated from society
mainly due to strict and effective AntiSati Enactments and Laws.
However , it would be wrong to believe that only enactment and laws change the society. In
India legal abolition of untouchability was made as an attempt to change accustomed social
norm. But till today we find it unsuccessful as it has got inadequate social support. Thus it can
be inferred that both laws and enactment should have a reciprocate relationship with society
and its ingridients.