Adriana Schiffrin Essay Prize
Prize requirements

1. PARTICIPANTS
The competition is open to all those who, due to their academic training, professional or work experience, are interested in issues of environment and sustainable development. The age limit is 35.

The Adriana Schiffrin Prize - 2003 awardees will not be allowed to participate in this competition.

The essays could be developed by only one person or by a group. The groups may be integrated by only two persons. In the case an essay of two persons is selected, both of the integrants will receive a diploma, and the award in pesos will be divided.

2. SUBJECT OF MONOGRAPHS
The subject of the competition is Justice and Environment.

3. PRESENTATION OF MONOGRAPHS
The monographs to be presented must be original, unpublished, written on paper in Spanish.

The monograph must be of no less than 8,000 words, and of no more than 10,000 words (including footnotes and bibliography). It must be written in MS Word format, Tahoma no.12 font, with single-line spacing and on both sides of the letter paper, size (216 x 279 mm).

The text must include an abstract of the essential aspects of the monograph, of no more than 250 words.

Presentation must include:

• A hard copy of the monograph, in quadruplicate, without rings and folders.
  
• A covering letter of presentation containing the participant's full name, postal address and e-mail address.
  
• A disquette, which includes the covering letter of presentation and the monograph.
  

Participants should send all work in a closed envelope to:

Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN)
Research and Training Area
Monroe 2142 1° B
(1428) Ciudad de Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA

DEADLINE FOR THE PRESENTATION: Monographs will be received by Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales until September 19 , 2005.

4. AUTHORSHIP AND ORIGINALITY OF THE WORKS
The presentation of a monograph in the competition necessarily implies the unconditional acceptance of all the conditions, and a guarantee by the competitor, with total indemnity for the Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, of the authorship and originality of the work, and that it is not a copy or total or partial modification of any other work.

5. JURY AND SELECTION OF THE AWARDED MONOGRAPHY
The Jury is integrated by the following members:

• Aída Kemelmajer de Carlucci, Minister,
  Supreme Court of Justice of Mendoza
  
  
• Ricardo Luis Lorenzetti, Minister,
  Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
  
  
• Silvina Ramírez, Executive Director, Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales y Sociales (INECIP)
  

For the qualification and selection of monographs, the Jury will, among other points, consider the theoretical contribution to the subject (conceptual richness of the paper); its temporal relevance (current importance); the clarity and conciseness of the writing; and the richness of the conclusions or proposals contained in the paper.

The decision of the Jury is final and cannot be contested.

6. AWARD
A prize of a sum in pesos equivalent to US$ 1,000 and a diploma will be awarded to the monograph selected by the Jury; a prize of a sum in pesos equivalent to US$ 500 and a diploma will be awarded to the first mention; and a diploma will be given to the second mention.

The award-winning monographs will be published by the Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN).

The verdict of the Jury will be made public in a ceremony which will take place during November 2005, in the City of Buenos Aires.

7. SURRENDER OF RIGHTS
The awarding of the prize and the mentions means that the authors of the awarded papers shall surrender to Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN) all copyrights for reproduction by any graphic, mechanical or electronic means, or in any other form, and its dissemination.

8. CONFLICT RESOLUTION
The participation in this competition implies the acceptance of the present conditions.

If doubts, claims, or discrepancies emerge either directly or indirectly from the execution of the conditions, the parties promise to solve them amicably, and only in those cases in which the dialogue is not possible will they refer to the Law Courts of the City of Buenos Aires.