NUJS PD TOPICS

Judge test for external pool

• THW hold social networking websites liable for offensive content posted by
their users
Round 1 – The dismal science
• TH is against private sector participation in the management of pension
funds
• THBT devaluation of national currencies is a justifiable tool to boost export
earnings
• THBT central monetary institutions should be insulated from executive
control
Round 2 – The faith factor
• THW no longer impose the requirement of celibacy for Catholic Priests
• THBT the state should offer financial assistance to interfaith couples
• THBT there is nothing wrong with conversion through inducement
Round 3 – Sport
• THBT violent sports involving animals should be prohibited
• THBT players on national teams should not be contractually prevented from
participating in profit-driven professional leagues
• THW establish a special tax on high-earning sportspersons to fund the
development of sports
Round 4 – Beyond Boundaries (Foreign Affairs)
• THBT the targeted killings of Iranian nuclear scientists is justified
• THBT national governments should not hire foreign lobbying firms to
represent their interests
• THBT there is an obligation to repatriate deposed tyrants back to their home
countries
Round 5 – Gender and Sexuality
• THW endorse the Slutwalk campaign
• TH supports the idea of paternity leave
• THBT women in developing countries should embrace reproductive tourism
Round 6 –Why this Kolaveri Di? (The ‘frustration’ round)
• THBT school libraries should not stock the Harry Potter series of books
• THW tolerate nudism in beaches and public pools in India
• THW allow all communities to freely use the n-word
Octa-finals and Novice quarters – Love thy neighbours, debate their
motions
• THW not arrest fishermen who cross national maritime boundaries
• THW prosecute the perpetrators of the 1971 conflict in Bangladesh
• THBT armies should not be allowed to operate commercial ventures
Quarter-finals and Novice semis – People Power
• THBT constitutions should not be amended without direct citizen
participation
• THBT corporations should not be allowed to make political contributions
• THBT democracies should give full voting rights to their diaspora
Semi-Finals and Novice final – Blackboard Jungle
• THW not include class participation as a component of evaluation for taught
courses in colleges
• THBT student feedback should be given weightage in decisions about
promotions of faculty members
• THBT professional bodies should not be involved in the regulation of higher
education in their respective fields
Final
• THBT the Prime Minister of India should be an elected member of the Lok
Sabha

NUJS PD TOPICS- 2
Round 1: Kids & Education
1. TH supports the establishment of politically affiliated student unions in ALL
universities (public/ private).
2. (Assuming that the technology is available) THBT parents have the right to
install location chips in their children up to the age of 16.
3. TH mandates that all schools, including minority schools, expose their kids
to atheism as part of the curriculum.
Round 2: Jobs
1. THBT all candidates contesting elections for public office should publish
their personal health records prior to the election.
2. THW allow the Indian Administrative Service to recruit from the private
sector for mid and high level positions.
3. THBT employers should have the right to impose random drug test on their
employees.
Clarification: The Indian Administrative Service recruits through an entrance
examination for entry into the cadre. Promotions for mid and senior level
positions are made from within the cadre in the IAS
Round 3: #DelhiGangRape
1. THW allow the identity of rape victims to be revealed publicly, even without
the consent of the victim.
2. THW abolish all extra-judicial religious/caste authorities that regulate social
and legal conduct (khaps, Imams issuing fatwas).
3. THBT juveniles accused of rape should be tried and punished using the
same standard as adults.
Round 4: Sports
1. THW let the public elect the Indian national cricket squad from a shortlisted
pool of cricketers.
2. THW punish sporting teams for the misdemeanour of their fans.
3. (Assuming technology is available) THW do away with human referees in
international sporting contests.
Round 5: Maa, Maati and Manush
1. THBT all companies mining natural resources should allocate a portion of
annual profits from the region to the affected local population.
2. THW limit the ownership of multiple properties by citizens in land-strapped
countries.
3. THW restrict urban-rural migration in developing countries.
Round 6: Doctors & Medicine
1. THBT medical professionals should be held criminally liable for abandoning
their responsibility during an epidemic of contagious nature
2. THW compulsorily license all life-saving drugs in India
3. THBT hospitals must compensate patients participating in “medical trials”
for incurable diseases/conditions.
Clarification:
1. Under compulsory license, an individual or company seeking to use a
patent can do so without seeking the patent holder’s consent, and pays the
patent holder a set fee for the license.
2. A compulsory license is granted by the government.
Octo-finals: First-world-problems
1. THBT companies should not be allowed to place contractual restrictions on
employee conduct on social networks.
2. THW force luxury designer clothing houses to include plus-sizes for ALL
their collections.
3. THBT there should be no retirement age for employees (public and private).
Quarter-finals: International Relations
1. This house believes that the West should provide preferential economic and
political incentives to Arab democracies that adopt secular constitutions.
2. THBT countries should stop penalizing their nationals (citizens and
companies) for bribing foreign public officials outside their territory.
3. THBT Israel should pre-emptively attack Syria
Semi-finals: Rights
1. TH supports the unregulated trade of human organs between consenting
adults.
2. THBT the Boy Scout movement should be allowed to discriminate on the
basis of homosexuality.
3. THBT historically oppressed ethnic minorities in democratic countries
should be allowed to take pre-emptive measures of violence to protect
themselves from the State.
Finals
THBT Civil Disobedience has lost its value in India.

NLS PD TOPICS
Round One: The United Nations
– THW reorganize the United Nations into an American style, bicameral
legislature.
– THS full membership status for Kosovo in the United Nations.
– THBT the United Nations should send a multinational peacekeeping force to
Sri Lanka.
Round Two: Fashion and Style
– THBT modeling agencies should be required to provide medical benefits to
their employees that cover the cost of treatment for eating disorders.
– THW not allow children to work in the modeling industry.
– THBT government should prohibit national beauty pageants from utilizing
minimum height requirements.
Round Three: Elections
– THS a McCain/Palin victory in the US election.
– THW require candidates for national leadership to participate in at least 3
televised debates prior to election day.
– THBT that judges for the highest national court should be popularly elected.
Round Four: Sports
– THW allow the use of performance enhancing drugs in international sporting
competitions.
– THBT all future Olympic Games should provide prize money for medalists.
– THW ensure that all transgendered athletes are able to participate in the
Olympics as members of their new gender.
Round Five: Law and Economics
– TH rejects the right to strike.
– THBT government should not bailout failing banks.
– THBT that employers have no right to restrict employee conduct outside of
working hours.
Round Six: Food
– THBT McDonald’ s should sell beef in India.
– THW censor fast food advertising to children.
– THW provide tax breaks to all citizens who follow a balanced, low fat diet.
Elimination Rounds
Octofinals: Non Human Nature
– THBT violent action to protect the environment is justified.
– THBT forest conservation policies must respect the rights of indigenous
inhabitants.
– THS economic sanctions against any nation that does not act to reduce their
carbon emissions.

Quarterfinals: Religion and Politics

– THBT the state should not provide any special benefits to its citizens on the
basis of religion.
– THBT political leaders should be prevented from publicly attributing their
achievements to God.
– TH prefers theocracy to communism.
Semifinals: Issues in Sexuality
– THBT universities should offer an elective course on effective sexual
techniques.
– THS the legalization of homosexuality.
– THW utilize government resources to provide free sterilization procedures to
the general public.
Finals: Philosophical Principles
– THBT utilitarianism should not be used to justify human rights violations.*
**(This was the final round motion)
– THBT, in the future, human clones should not be granted rights equal to
humans.
– THBT laws punishing crimes against humanity should be applied retro-
actively.
NLS PD TOPICS- 2
Round 1: THW impose a tax on meat consumption.
Round 2: THW not disclose the identity of suspects of crimes until proven
guilty.
Round 3: This house, as Barack Obama, who personally believes in
protecting whistleblowers, would secretly help Edward Snowden using his own
resources and not as the President of the United States.
Round 4: THW allow the purchase of private property in outer space and on
various celestial bodies. (Infoslide: There already exists a company selling
property on the moon; UN Conventions are ambiguously worded in not
prohibiting such acts; there have been disputes over recognizing the
legitimacy of such purchases)
Round 5: THW censor films that objectify women.
Novice Semis: THW teach gender neutral pronouns in primary school.
Novice finals: THBT India should adopt nuclear power as its primary source
of energy.
Quarter Finals: THBT academic journals should accept and publish 50% of
its articles from women.
Semifinals: THW not recognize any more religions than it already has.
Finals: TH celebrates the rise of China as a hegemon.

DEBATE TOPIC
1. Is it important for all schools to conduct mandatory drug testing on their
students?
2. Is animal testing a justified?
– Animals have a part of the rights as we have as humans, and should
not be harmed when this can be avoided.
– The only alternative is testing on humans, and we want to avoid that.
For new products there is no real alternative and we are doing
everything we can before we start the testing on animals, that we try to
eliminate any real harm to the animals.
3. Should cell phones be used during class?
– Cell phones can be a great source of information and a great learning
tool. Of course if used in a proper way. Teachers can include them as a
tool and even provide apps for the students to use together as a class.
– Students should learn the old fashion way, without any use of
technology because this is the best way to learn. Writing, calculus and
other basic sciences should be learned as a basic for everything else
without any technology.
4. Should laptops be allowed in classrooms?
5. Is the boarding school system beneficial to children?
6. Should parents not purchase war or destruction type toys for their
children?
7. Should sex education be banned in middle schools?
8. Can people move in together before they are married?
9. Should homework be banned?
10. Is it unethical to eat meat?
11. Should cigarettes be banned from society?
– There are no positive results from smoking. We know that there is a
harm to the individual, harm to the people around him and harm to the
society.
– Everyone can decide for himself if he/she wants to harm
himself/herself. The harm to people around the smoker can be
minimised and the harm to society can also be minimised.
12. Are beauty pageants a way to objectifying women?
13. Should the death penalty be taken away completely?
14. Should violent video games be banned?
15. Is peer pressure harmful or beneficial to individuals?
16. Should cell phones be banned in schools?
17. Is torture justified when used for national security?
18. Are social networking sites effective, or are they just a
sophisticated means for stalking people?
19. Interesting Debate Topics for College and Beyond
20. Should high schools provide daycare services for students who
have children?
21. Is it appropriate for adolescents to be sentenced to life without
parole?
22. Is drug testing athletes justified?
23. Do school uniforms make school a more effective place to learn?
24. Are alternative energy sources effective and justified?
25. Are humans to blame for certain animal extinctions?
26. Is it effective to censor parts of the media?
27. Is it justified to develop nuclear energy for commercial use?
28. Do celebrities get away with more crime than non-celebrities?
29. Is the grading system used in high school effective?
30. Is cloning animals ethical?
31. Should jobs be subcontracted into developing countries?
32. Is television an effective tool in building the minds of children?
33. Are single sex schools more effective than co-ed schools?
34. Are video games containing violence appropriate for children?
35. Is euthanasia justified?
36. What impact does social networking and social networking sites
have on society?
37. Does school detention do any good in high schools?
38. Is there good reason for the American war on terror?
39. Is global warming an issue?
40. Should laptops be allowed in classrooms?
41. Should cell phones be used during class?
42. Is the death penalty appropriate? Or should it be banned?
43. Which is better to have as a pet: a cat or a dog?Is animal testing
a justified?
44. Is it better to date someone attractive and popular or intelligent
and smart?
45. Which is the best season of the year?
46. Which is better: Harry Potter or Twilight?
47. Which is better: Rock n Roll music or Hip Hop?
48. Are Batman and Superman misleading idols?
49. What is the best pizza topping?
50. Which is a better show: Vampire Diaries or FRIENDS?
51. What are the advantages of bottled water vs. regular water?
52. What are the best dating techniques out there?
53. Are we aliens of some sort?
54. Is there life after death?
55. Do we have less face-to-face interaction because of Facebook?
56. Did God create the universe or did it just occur naturally?
57. Do you think the United States will never have a woman
President?
58. Which is better: daydreaming or night dreaming?
59. Do vampires get AIDS from sucking blood that is affected?
60. Which of these two are more real – pirates or ninjas?
61. What are the advantages of being a man over a woman?
62. Do nursery rhymes have secret interior meanings?
63. Do nice girls finish last?
64. Is it better to be honest and poor or dishonest and rich?
65. Should older women be allowed to marry younger men?
66. Do video games cause bad behavior in children?
67. Should humans eat to live or live to eat?
68. Who is more complicated gender: men or women?
69. Interesting and Funny Debate Topics
70. Is it important for all schools to conduct mandatory drug
testing on their students?
71. Can bullying in schools be stopped? How so?
72. How far is competition necessary in regards to the learning
process?
73. Do school uniforms help to improve the learning environment?
74. Will posting students’ grades on bulletin boards publicly motivate
them to perform better or is it humiliating?
75. Should libraries have a list of books that are banned?
76. Are curfews effective in terms of keeping teens out of trouble?
77. Is the boarding school system beneficial to children?
78. Should school attendance be made voluntary in high school?
79. Is age an important factor in relationships?
80. Is it ethical for companies to market their products to children?
81. Does money motivates people more than any other factor in the
workplace?
82. Is co-education a good idea?
83. Should gay marriages be legalized?
84. Are security cameras an invasion of our privacy?
85. Are humans too dependent on computers?
86. Should plastic bags be banned?
87. Should animal dissections be banned in schools?
88. Should parents not purchase war or destruction type toys for
their children?
89. Has nuclear energy destroyed our society?
90. Is human cloning justified, and should it be allowed?
91. Should juveniles be tried and treated as adults?
92. All schools should make it a requirement to teach arts and music
to their students?
93. Should sex education be banned in middle schools?
94. Should fried foods come with a warning?
95. Should the concept of zoos should be nullified?
96. Are credit cards are more harmful than debit cards?
97. Do celebrities make for bad role models?