Professor (Dr.) Sudhir Krishnaswamy

E MAIL: krishnaswamysudhir@gmail.com

BIO
Prof Sudhir Krishnaswamy graduated from National Law School Bangalore with a BA LLB (Hons) degree. He then went onto finish a BCL and DPhil in Law from the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship.

He has taught at National Law School, Bangalore and Pembroke College, University of Oxford among other places.

His research interests include constitutional law, administrative law, intellectual property law, legal profession and reform of the legal system.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

• Constitutionalism and Democracy in India: A Study of the Basic Structure Doctrine (Oxford University Press 2008)
• Constitutional Law of India: Cases and Materials (Forthcoming 2009)

• Sudhir Krishnaswamy and Madhav Khosla Regional Emergencies under Article 356: The Extent of Judicial Review Indian Journal of Constitutional Law 2009 (Forthcoming)
• Reading AK Thakur v Union of India: Legal Effect and Significance Economic and Political Weekly (July 2008)
• Where Public Law and Private Law Meet: Horizontal Rights in the Indian Constitution in C Raj Kumar (eds) Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Constitutional Empowerment (Oxford University Press Delhi 2007)
• Reliance Airports Case: Public Law and Public Sector Reform Economic and Political Weekly 2006
• Intellectual Property and India's Development Policy 1 Indian Journal of Law and Technology (2006)

• Political Philosophy and Indian Constitutional Law Indian Journal of Constitutional Law 2009 (Forthcoming) Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution (Rajeev Bhargava ed., New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2008), pp. 409
• Reforming Legal Systems: Promises and Possibilities The Hindu (Forthcoming 2009) reviewing Searching for Success in Judicial Reform : Voices from the Asia Pacific Experience: Asia Pacific Judicial Reform Forum New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2009, xvi, 330 p.,
• In the Corridors of Law The Hindu 17th March 2009 reviewing COURTING DESTINY: Shanti G. Bhushan; Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd., 11, Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi-110017. Rs. 650.
  http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/br/2009/03/17/stories/2009031750011300.htm
• Christopher P.M. Waters (ed). The State of the Law in the South Caucasus (Hampshire; Palgrave Macmillan 2005) reviewed in the Law and Politics Book Review Vol. 17 No.3 (March, 2007) pp.208-211
  http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/lpbr/subpages/reviews/waters0307.htm

• Order... order...Indian Express April 19 2009
• Reserved for Judgment Indian Express Nov 27 2008
• An Error of Judgment Business World March 06 2008
  http://www.businessworld.in/index.php/Cases/An-Error-Of-Judgement.html
• Holy Alliance Business World January 15 2008
  http://www.businessworld.in/index.php/Cases/Holy-Alliance.html
• Durga's Right Business World November 30 2007
  http://www.businessworld.in/index.php/Cases/Durgas-Right.html
• Interest Group Capture Times of India March 16 2007
• 'Judicial Over-Activism': A Debate on Constitutional Principles Deccan Herald December 26 2006
• Is the 104th Constitution Amendment Act unconstitutional? The Telegraph 2006

1. Regulation Law and Governance
   LASSNET Conference
   11th January 2009 JNU New Delhi
2. Regulating Access to Knowledge in India
   Knowledge Society Debates, IDS Sussex
   8th January 2009, NIAS Bangalore
3. Reviewing Office of Profit Disqualifications
   Joint Parliamentary Committee on Office of Profit
   Bangalore January 19 2007