GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT SUBMISSION

SUBJECT: INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES TOTAL: 20 MARKS

COURSE FACULTY: Dr. S.K.BALASHANMUGAM, M.A.(Pub.Ad.)., M.L., Ph.D(Law).

I. STAGES OF PROJECT SUBMISSION

1. Extended Abstract
2. Synopsis
3. Final Project Report

II. A. GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF EXTENDED ABSTRACT

1. Document should contain finalized title (after discussing it with me)

2. Contents in Abstract
a. Introductory statement/Background
b. Research problem
c. Research objective
d. Research methodology
e. Scope/Limitation
f. Conclusion
3. Times New Roman 12 fonts, 450 - 700 words

II.B. GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF SYNOPSIS

1. Background/Introduction (in short)

2. Chapterisation of Project Report(Sub-titles)
3. Answering Research Objectives & Research Questions across Chapters
4. Tentative Conclusion
5. References/Bibliography (includes list of cases with citations)
6. Citation Style: Blue Book 19th /20th Edition
7. Fonts: Times New Roman 12 fonts(Text); Times New Roman 10 fonts(foot
notes/bibliography); Total Pages 2000-2500 words

II.C. GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF FINAL PROJECT REPORT

1. Background/Introduction
2. Chapters/Sub-titles
3. Conclusion and Suggestions
4. References/Bibliography (includes list of cases with citations)
5. Citation Style: Blue Book 19th Edition/20th Edition
6. Fonts: Times New Roman 12 fonts(Text); Times New Roman 10 fonts(foot
notes/bibliography); Total Pages 5500 to 6000 words

Note: Final Project Report must contain the documents in order, 1. Title Page, 2. Declaration by Student,
3. Acknowledgments (if any), 4. Abstract, 5. Contents and Text, 6. Appendices (if any).

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III. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROJECTS

Stages of Submission Mode of Submission Date and Time

Extended Abstract (Soft-copy) Soft-copy 11th August 2017 (5 pm)
Synopsis Soft-copy 29th August 2017 (5 pm)
Hard-copy 30th August 2017 (10 am)
Final Report Soft-copy and Hard-copy 9th September 2017 (5 pm)

IV. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS

1. The students are advised to consider four criterias such as institute-wide standardization,
readability, conformance to ethical norms, and durability for an acceptable form of a
Project report.
2. The Submission of extended abstract, synopsis and final report must be thoroughly
checked for grammar errors. The students are advised to use grammarly softwares to
reduce language errors in the text.
3. The Submission of extended abstract, synopsis and final report must be thoroughly
checked for Plagiarism. Any evidence of plagiarism found in the project report will be
immediately reported to the Vice Chancellor with a written intimation to the concerned
student.(Refer 4(a) II-Project Assignments Page 20 of Students Hand Book-2017-18)
4. The title of a project should be a meaningful description of the work done by the
students.
5. The body of the synopsis must contain the main work done by the Students. No appendix
need to be given in the synopsis.
6. The final submission of project has to include a title page, declaration by the student to
the effect that he/she has not resorted to any unethical practice while carrying out the
project work and preparing the project report. (Refer Annexure I and Annexure II for
details).
7. The final copy of the project report has to contain all the modifications/corrections
suggested by the faculty.
8. Only the recent and the most important research papers and the students own research
papers, which are published in peer-reviewed journals and international conference
proceedings, should be cited and listed in the references.
9. If the candidate failed to submit the project on the notified date, then the penalties will be
levied. (Refer (6) II-Project Assignments, Page 21 of Students Hand Book-2017-18)
10. The synopsis and final project report submission must be done both in hard-copy and as
well as soft-copy.

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Annexure I Title of the Project

Project work submitted to the

Tamil Nadu National Law School

by

Name of the Student

Register No.

Under the guidance of

Faculty Name

TAMIL NADU NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL

SEPTEMBER 2017
2016 Name of the candidate. All rights reserved.

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ANNEXURE II

DECLARATION BY STUDENT

I certify that

a. The work contained in the project report is original and has been done by myself under
the general supervision of my faculty.

b. I have followed the guidelines provided by the faculty in writing the project report.

c. Whenever I have used materials (data, theoretical analysis, and text) from other sources, I
have given due credit to them by citing them in the text of the project report and giving
their details in the references.

d. Whenever I have quoted written materials from other sources, I have put them under
quotation marks and given due credit to the sources by citing them and giving required
details in the references.

(Signature and Name of the Candidate)