Upendra Baxi

In this article, Baxi reflects on the intertwined dynamics of power, resistance, and social theory. He examines how law and institutions can be sites of both complicity in domination and struggle against it, emphasizing ambivalence rather than simple binaries of opgression and emancipation.

Published in the Social Scientist, 19, 9-10 (October-November), pg 19-26.

Upendra Baxi's description of conflict of laws in India highlights a field with limited domestic jurisprudence, mainly focused on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. He notes that the Indian legal system incorporates many conflicts rules directly into substantive law, which obscures the development of a distinct conflicts case law. In the Reprinted from Annual Survey of Indian Law

This essay explores how differing legal cultures generate conflict within and across societies. Baxi reflects on pluralism, colonial legacies, and institutional diversity, emphasizing how clashes between legal traditions shape interpretation, authority, and legitimacy in complex legal systems. Published in the Journal of the Indian Law Institute Vol 33, No. 2, pg 173-88.

The Upendra Baxi Collection is a digital collection that currently comprises a single series, Bibliography. This series is organised into several subseries, including Published Academic Articles, Published Book Chapters, Published Books, Published Book Reviews, Published Lectures and Presentations from Conferences and Seminars, Newspaper Articles, Letters and Correspondence (Mathura Rape Case), Other Media, and Media Articles by Others on the Mathura Rape Case.

In The Indian Express.

In The Indian Express.

Upendra Baxi's article, "Constitutional Changes: An Analysis of the Swaran Singh Committee Report," provides a critical analysis of the committee's 1976 recommendations. These recommendations were instrumental in the development of the 42nd Constitutional Amendment during India's Emergency period. You can find more information on Upendra Baxi's website. SCC 17-28. pg 17-28.

This conversational piece reflects on constitutional imagination and reform. Baxi engages with Neelan Tiruchelvam’s ideas, examining constitutionalism as a site of aspiration, conflict, and possibility within deeply divided societies. From the Tenth Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial Lecture, Colombo.