Abstract Book - Second International Conference on Law and Social Sciences, 28-29, March 2026
Description
This volume presents the program and the abstracts of the papers delivered at the 2nd International Conference on Law and Social Sciences (ICLSS 2026), held on March 28 to 29, 2026, in Bengaluru, India via online. The conference was organized by the International Institute of Justice and Police Sciences (IIJPS), Bengaluru; The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai; and the Vivekananda School of Law and Legal Studies (VIPS-VSLLS), New Delhi, in collaboration with the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV) and Research Unit One (RUO), Italy.
The book brings together 186 abstracts, comprising the opening keynote, two plenary presentations, the closing keynote, four award papers and 178 papers presented across 32 parallel panel sessions, together with the complete conference schedule. The abstracts are organized under ten themes: Human Rights, Social Justice, and Equity; Law, Technology, and Digital Society; Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Systemic Reform; Migration, Transnationalism, and Border Regimes; Environmental Law, Climate Change, and Sustainable Futures; Economic Systems, Globalization, and Legal Governance; Law, Gender, Social Identity, and Equality; Mental Health, Legal Psychology, and the Justice System; Democracy, Political Institutions, and the Rule of Law; and Forensic Science, Evidence, and Legal Procedure.
The contributions come from scholars, practitioners and students in India and several other countries. Hence, the volume offers a broad view of current scholarship on artificial intelligence and digital governance, criminal justice reform, human rights, climate and environmental accountability, gender, forensic evidence and democratic institutions.