Upendra Baxi
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‘Changing Paradigms of Human Rights’ in Julia Eckert, Brian Donahoe, Christian Strümpell, and Zerrin Özlem Biner (eds), Law against the State: Ethnographic Forays into Law’s Transformations, 2012
Published by Cambridge University Press, for the Series Cambridge Studies in Law and Society, pg 266–85.
Chhatrapati Singh and the Idea of a Legal Theory, 2014
This reflective piece examines Chhatrapati Singh’s contributions to legal theory. Baxi situates Singh’s thought within Indian jurisprudence, emphasizing critique, conceptual clarity, and engagement with social realities. Published in the Journal of the Indian Law Institute, Vol. 56 no. 1, pg 5–24.
“Choose people not profits”, 12 May 2021
In The Indian Express.
CJ suggests review plea, 17 March 1980
In Hindustan Times.
“Collegium for Judicial Posts: An Investment in Democracy”, 5 August 1986
In The Times of India.
Colonial Nature of the Indian Legal System, 2005
Published by Oxford UniversityPress, New Delhi
‘Colonial Nature of the Indian Legal System’ in Indra Deva (ed), Sociology of Law, 2010
Baxi examines how colonial legal structures continue to shape Indian law. The essay reflects on institutional continuity, authority, and exclusion, emphasizing how colonial forms of legality persist despite constitutional transformation. Published by OUP, Delhi
Combating corruption in India, 2018
Published by Pranay Pal
Comment – Durkheim and Legal Evolution: Some Problems of Disproof, 1974
Upendra Baxi discusses a debate over Durkheim's theory that societies with complex divisions of labor rely on restitutive rather than repressive sanctions. It notes that Schwartz and Miller's study questioned this claim but was later mistakenly treated as a full "refutation." Baxi's piece aims to show their findings don't actually invalidate Durkheim's thesis. Published in Law & Society Review , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , Summer 1974 , pp. 645 - 651
Commentary: Savarkar and the Supreme Court in Ronojoy Sen Legalizing Religion: The Indian Supreme Court and Secularism, 2007
This commentary examines judicial engagement with Savarkar in Supreme Court discourse. Baxi reflects on constitutional interpretation, secularism, and historical memory, emphasizing how courts participate in shaping narratives about religion and nation. Published in the Policy Studies 30. Washington, DC: East West Centre, pg. 47-58.
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