Legal Aid Society
Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi
Invitation to Contribute for
Development of
LAW COMIC
The Context
Law
as a social science and a social engineering device is an avowed instrument to
bring about desired change in society. It has been widely accepted that the
governance idyllic ‘Justice to All’ cannot be realized in its true perspective
without a dynamic programme of legal literacy. To awaken the society from deep
slumber and bring them out from the darkness of denial, there is an emerging
need to enlighten the upcoming generation with the lamp of legal literacy. If
the provisions and procedures of law are not understandable to those for whose
interests they are meant, the very rationale of enacting the law will be a
fruitless exercise by any welfare state. The study of
law as a discipline has been confined to law students who aim to take up law as
their profession. There has been little effort on part of legal academia to
reach out to masses to acquaint them with the basic structure of law so as to
make them aware about their rights and duties. The concept of legal aid finds
its relevance only when the masses are legally literate. This is especially
true for India where teeming millions are somehow left out and exist below the
visibility line of law in action. It is extremely important and highly relevant
that school going children be acquainted with the basics of law.
The Concept
Desiring
to familiarize
young students with basic principles of law and its implementation so that they
can assert their rights as means to bring qualitative change at the grass root
level of the society; Recognizing that it is
extremely important to doctrine young minds in the discipline of law; Realizing
that young children, who are made aware of their rights and duties, can
effectively contribute in the legal process at all its stages; and Aiming
to facilitate the young members of society to become responsible citizens of
our country and leaders of tomorrow, the Legal Aid
Society of Campus Law Centre has taken up this task of preparing a legal
literacy module in the form of a Law Comic for school children who belong to VI
to XII standards. This initiative of the Legal Aid Society is in continuation
of our last year’s publication of a compendium on Legal Aid which is available
on our blog:
The topics that
the proposed Comic will contain are the following:
1.
General legal
framework in India [including among other things the concept & structure of
law, the court system and rights & duties]
2.
Criminal Law
3.
Consumer Law
4.
Protection of
Senior Citizens
5.
Prevention of
Drug Abuse
6.
Child Rights
7.
Child Abuse
[including child labour and child marriage]
8.
Protecting
Environment
9.
Cyber Law
10. Ensuring Road Safety
11. Preventing Human Trafficking
12. Anti Ragging Law
13. Promoting Civic Sense
14. Right to Information
15. Protecting Inventions
16. Protecting Creativity
17. Legal Aid
Call for Contributions
Original
contributions are invited from jurists, lawyers, academicians, scholars,
researchers and students on any of the themes listed
above. All interested persons are encouraged to exercise their
imagination and pen down their thoughts on the basis of listed guidelines. The areas listed above are not exhaustive and interested
scholars may choose any other topic which is relevant for school children. The
contributions received will be reviewed by an expert committee and selected
contributions will be converted into comic format by the Legal Aid Society and
published in the proposed Law Comic. The authorship of each selected
contribution will be mentioned in the comic book.
Guidelines for Contributions
Style: Conversational &
amusing
Information: Accurate & relevant
Presentation: Interesting, catchy & engaging
Language: Simple & easy (for
children of 12 to 16 years)
Length: Around 2000 words per
contribution
For sample
contribution see:
Following this
we also plan to organize a conference on the theme of Legal Literacy for School
Children.
Contact
Legal
Aid Society
Campus Law Centre, University of
Delhi, Delhi- 110007, India
Mob: +91 9540964845
Email:
legalaidconf@gmail.com, clc.legalaidsociety@gmail.com
