Date:18/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/18/stories/2008051855331100.htm

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Indian Law Institute offers research-based courses

Legal Correspondent

New Delhi: The Indian Law Institute (ILI), a deemed university, located opposite the Supreme Court here, offers research-based programmes for students.

The ILI was established in 1956 to cultivate legal research, both doctrinal and empirical, group thinking and harness the knowledge of judges, lawyers, and law teachers with a view to developing an integrated approach to legal studies. Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan is its ex-officio president.

According to director K.N. Chandrasekharan Pillai, the ILI promotes advanced studies in legal research. This is to relate law to socio-economic development and needs of the people, ensure systematisation of law, encourage and conduct investigation into legal and related fields, undertake documentation of important legal material, renovate the legal education system, and publish studies in the form of books and periodicals.

The ILI offers postgraduate diploma courses in Administrative Law, Corporate Law and Management, Cyber Laws, Intellectual Property Rights, Tax Law, International Trade Law, Labour Law, Securities and Banking Law, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems.

According to research professor S. Sivakumar, an LL.M. programme is offered in International Trade Law, Shipping and Maritime Law, Criminal Law, Human Rights and Judicial Administration. Writing a research paper of publishable quality is an essential requirement of this programme.