[The following announcement is posted on behalf of the Centre for WTO Studies] The Centre for WTO Studies, in partnership with the World Trade Institute, Berne is launching the 3rd WTI – CWS Joint Academy on International …
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ONLINE SYMPOSIUM ON NJAC JUDGMENT-I
The Supreme Court’s judgment in the NJAC case is a significant development in India’s legal calendar in 2015. While the judgment has received extensive commentary in the media, its implications for Indian Constitutional law are …
Continue readingAnnouncement: One year LL.M in Law and Development launched by Azim Premji University
The School of Policy and Governance at the Azim Premji University, where I now teach, is launching a new, one-year LL.M in Law and Development for the academic year 2016-17. Details about the programme are …
Continue readingJan 20 event, New Delhi: South Asian Constitutionalism
The South Asia Institute, Harvard University, and the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, will be holding a seminar on South Asian constitutionalism on January 20, at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. The …
Continue readingRaju Ramachandran’s talk on the NJAC Case
Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran delivered DAKSH’s fourth Constitution Day Lecture on November 28 in Bangalore. The topic was Judicial Independence and the Appointment of Judges. The full transcript is available on the DAKSH Blog. The focus, …
Continue readingWilliam Broome, Race and Nationalism in Nehru’s India
Guest post by Douglas McDonald In light of the recent passing of Benedict Anderson, this post reflects on the resonance of his work with the life and career of a remarkable Indian: William Broome, the last …
Continue readingSalman and Speed
I wrote a quick piece titled Salman and Speed on the DAKSH blog based on the pendency data that DAKSH has collected and organised. Prioritising cases based on the identity of the appellant is a worrying …
Continue readingThe History of the LLM/JSD/SJD in the United States
I have this blog post up on Jotwell this week reviewing Gail Hupper’s article Educational Ambivalence: The Rise of a Foreign-Student Doctorate in Law. The article is on the history of the JSD/SJD program in …
Continue readingDelhi: Talk by Tom Ginsburg on Judicial Reputation
Tom Ginsburg, who is the Deputy Dean and Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, University of Chicago Law School, will be speaking on Judicial Reputation: A Comparative Theory at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, …
Continue readingInvitation to CPR Workshop on a Draft Anti-discrimination Bill
FRIDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2015 10:30 AM TO 4:00 PM Conference Hall, Centre for Policy Research India is amongst the few regimes with a constitutional commitment to a liberal democracy that nevertheless lack a comprehensive, multi-ground, antidiscrimination legislation. …
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