Law and Society

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Examines India's population policies through a human rights lens, critiquing the absence of reproductive rights discourse in official policy. Baxi analyzes the tension between consent and coercion in fertility control, advocating for reproductive self-determination and women's rights. Presented at the ‘Beyond Numbers: A Symposium on Population Planning and Advocacy.’

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In The Indian Express.

Abstract In this obituary, Baxi pays tribute to Professor Shamnad Basheer, a legal scholar and activist known for his work on Intellectual Property (IP) and social justice. Baxi reflects on Basheer’s "rebel spirit" and his founding of IDIA (Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access), which brought marginalized students into law schools. The tribute highlights Basheer’s fight against "patent evergreening" in the Novartis case, ensuring access to life-saving medicines. For Baxi, Basheer was the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

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Published by Duke UniversityPress. Durham N.C.

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Baxi reflects on truth and justice in the context of global and domestic “terror wars.” The essay examines how security frameworks affect rights discourse, accountability, and legal reasoning under conditions of sustained political violence. Published by Palgrave –Macmillan, 2008.

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Published in the International Review of Sociology Series Vol.1 No. 3:1, pg 73-102.

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ICSSR Occasional Monographs 12 [Foreword by Justice Krishna Iyer], later republished in Journal of the Indian Law Institute, 24(2 & 3), Delhi. pg 416-449, (1982).

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Socio-Legal Research in India—A Programschrift is a seminal 1975 report by Upendra Baxi that critiques the state of legal education and research in India and advocates for a socially relevant, interdisciplinary approach to studying law. The term "Programschrift" suggests a manifesto or a foundational document outlining a new program for the field. In the Journal of the Indian Law Institute Vol. 24, 2/3, New Delhi. pg 416-49.

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Published in the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy Paper,