Meghashree Dev

Engaging with McConville and Mirsky’s work, Baxi reflects on criminal procedure, plea bargaining, and trial practices. The piece situates these institutions within broader concerns about justice, coercion, efficiency, and inequality in criminal adjudication. Published in the King’s Law Journal Vol. 17 No. 1.

This work reflects on foundational concepts of criminal law, including guilt, responsibility, and punishment. Baxi examines their moral, legal, and institutional dimensions, emphasizing how these concepts operate within systems marked by inequality, discretion, and contested ideas of justice. Published in 21JILI, pg 407-418.

Published in 25JILI, pg 563-574.

Published in Journal of the Indian Society of International Law, Volume 8, No 4.

Published in Journal of the Indian Legal Institute, pg 283-293.

This short piece examines legal developments concerning maritime zones. Baxi reflects on changes in international and domestic law relating to territorial waters, jurisdiction, and sovereignty, situating maritime regulation within broader questions of state authority and legal order. Published in 29 JILI, pg 431-433.

This essay reflects on law and justice in the context of technological and ecological change. Baxi revisits social dimensions of legality, questioning how emerging conditions reshape responsibility, agency, and justice beyond conventional human-centered frameworks. Published in the Justice & Global Development Journal LGD.

In The Indian Express.

Using the right to a speedy trial as its focal point, this work critically examines judicial reasoning and standards applied in criminal justice. It highlights inconsistencies in how legal principles are applied across cases and actors, raising concerns about equality, delay, and fairness within judicial processes. In the Journal of the Indian Law Institute Vol. 25 No. 1. pg 90-105.