Books

The Entrenchment of Democracy: The Comparative Constitutional Law of Elections, Parties, and Voting

      The Entrenchment of Democracy: The Comparative Constitutional Law of Elections, Parties, and Voting (co-edited with Tom Ginsburg & Aziz Huq, CUP 2024 forthcoming) 

       Constitutional Resilience in South Asia (co-edited with Swati Jhaveri & Dinesha Samararatne, Bloomsbury, 2023)

      Foundations of Indirect Discrimination Law (co-edited with Prof Hugh Collins, Bloomsbury, 2018)

  • Key concepts discussed in a pre-publication interview on indirect discrimination law by a leading philosophy podcast
  • Reviewed by Cambridge Law Journal and Discrimination Law Association Briefings
  • Cited by the Canadian Supreme Court in Fraser v Canada 2020 SCC 28 (four chapters from the book were cited, including two which I co-authored)
  • Cited by the Court of Appeal for Ontario in R v Sharma 2020 ONCA 478 (one chapter was cited)
  • Cited by the Indian Supreme Court in Nitisha v India (2021, the introductory chapter co-authored by me was cited)
  • Cited by the Madras High Court in Barvin v Ministry of Youth & Sports (2021)
  • Cited by the Superior Court of Quebec in Conseil des juifs hassidiques du Québec v Procureur général du Québec (2021, the introductory chapter co-authored by me was cited)
  • Cited by the Kerala High Court in Mohan v Union of India (2021, the introductory chapter co-authored by me was cited)
  • Outcome of a major international workshop with leading discrimination law scholars to rethink the moral foundations of the legal prohibition of indirect discrimination in the face of growing judicial hostility towards it
  • Launched by Justice Michael Kirby at Oxford and discussed in an interdisciplinary panel with experts in sociology (Prof Karen Farquharson), psychology (Prof Cordelia Fine) and law (Prof Beth Gaze and Dr Dale Smith)

      A Theory of Discrimination Law (OUP 2015, Oxford Scholarship Online 2015, South Asia edition 2015, paperback 2016)

  • Cited by the Canadian Supreme Court in Fraser v Canada (2020)
  • Cited by the Supreme Court of Ontario in Simpson v Canada (2020)
  • Cited by the European Court of Human Rights in Carvalho Pinto de Sousa Morais v. Portugal (application no. 17484/15)
  • Cited by the Superior Court of Quebec in Conseil des juifs hassidiques du Québec v Procureur général du Québec (2021)
  • Cited before the Indian Supreme Court in Janhit Abhiyan v Union of India (2022)
  • Reviewed by Ethics, Law and Philosophy, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Modern Law Review, Monash University Law Review, Retfærd, Hong Kong Law Journal, International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law, Edinburgh Law Review, I-CONnect blog, and Balkinization blog. Links to reviews available here
  • Basis of a major BBC feature on racial profiling
  • Awarded the Woodward Medal 2019 for ‘a significant contribution to knowledge in a field of humanities and social sciences’
  • Discussed in specially organised book panels at:
    • Oxford, where panellists included Prof John Gardner (Oxford), Prof Leslie Green (Oxford), Prof Hugh Collins (Oxford), and Prof Colm O’Cinneide (UCL)
    • Chicago, where panellists included Prof Andrew Koppleman (Northwestern University), Prof David Franklin (De Paul University), Prof Sumi Cho (De Paul University), and Prof Howard Eglit (Chicago-Kent College of Law)
    • Johannesburg, where panellists included Prof David Bilchitz (SAIFAC), Dr Chris McConnachie (South African Bar), and Prof Cathi Albertyn (Witwatersrand University)
    • Melbourne, where panellists included Prof Beth Gaze (Melbourne University), Dr Colin Campbell (Monash University), Dr Alysia Blackham (Melbourne University), and Dr Dominique Allen (Deakin University)
    • Auckland, where panellists included Dr Jane Norton (Univ of Auckland), Dr Pam Nuttal, (AUT University), Dr Stephen Winter (Univ of Auckland), and Prof Kris Gledhill (AUT University)
    • Hong Kong, where panellists included Prof Cora Chan (University of Hong Kong), and Prof Puja Kapai (University of Hong Kong)

      The Entrenchment of Democracy: The Comparative Constitutional Law of Elections, Parties, and Voting (co-edited with Tom Ginsburg & Aziz Huq, CUP 2024 forthcoming) 

       Constitutional Resilience in South Asia (co-edited with Swati Jhaveri & Dinesha Samararatne, Bloomsbury, 2023)

      Foundations of Indirect Discrimination Law (co-edited with Prof Hugh Collins, Bloomsbury, 2018)

  • Key concepts discussed in a pre-publication interview on indirect discrimination law by a leading philosophy podcast
  • Reviewed by Cambridge Law Journal and Discrimination Law Association Briefings
  • Cited by the Canadian Supreme Court in Fraser v Canada 2020 SCC 28 (four chapters from the book were cited, including two which I co-authored)
  • Cited by the Court of Appeal for Ontario in R v Sharma 2020 ONCA 478 (one chapter was cited)
  • Cited by the Indian Supreme Court in Nitisha v India (2021, the introductory chapter co-authored by me was cited)
  • Cited by the Madras High Court in Barvin v Ministry of Youth & Sports (2021)
  • Cited by the Superior Court of Quebec in Conseil des juifs hassidiques du Québec v Procureur général du Québec (2021, the introductory chapter co-authored by me was cited)
  • Cited by the Kerala High Court in Mohan v Union of India (2021, the introductory chapter co-authored by me was cited)
  • Outcome of a major international workshop with leading discrimination law scholars to rethink the moral foundations of the legal prohibition of indirect discrimination in the face of growing judicial hostility towards it
  • Launched by Justice Michael Kirby at Oxford and discussed in an interdisciplinary panel with experts in sociology (Prof Karen Farquharson), psychology (Prof Cordelia Fine) and law (Prof Beth Gaze and Dr Dale Smith)

      A Theory of Discrimination Law (OUP 2015, Oxford Scholarship Online 2015, South Asia edition 2015, paperback 2016)

  • Cited by the Canadian Supreme Court in Fraser v Canada (2020)
  • Cited by the Supreme Court of Ontario in Simpson v Canada (2020)
  • Cited by the European Court of Human Rights in Carvalho Pinto de Sousa Morais v. Portugal (application no. 17484/15)
  • Cited by the Superior Court of Quebec in Conseil des juifs hassidiques du Québec v Procureur général du Québec (2021)
  • Cited before the Indian Supreme Court in Janhit Abhiyan v Union of India (2022)
  • Reviewed by Ethics, Law and Philosophy, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Modern Law Review, Monash University Law Review, Retfærd, Hong Kong Law Journal, International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law, Edinburgh Law Review, I-CONnect blog, and Balkinization blog. Links to reviews available here
  • Basis of a major BBC feature on racial profiling
  • Awarded the Woodward Medal 2019 for ‘a significant contribution to knowledge in a field of humanities and social sciences’
  • Discussed in specially organised book panels at:
    • Oxford, where panellists included Prof John Gardner (Oxford), Prof Leslie Green (Oxford), Prof Hugh Collins (Oxford), and Prof Colm O’Cinneide (UCL)
    • Chicago, where panellists included Prof Andrew Koppleman (Northwestern University), Prof David Franklin (De Paul University), Prof Sumi Cho (De Paul University), and Prof Howard Eglit (Chicago-Kent College of Law)
    • Johannesburg, where panellists included Prof David Bilchitz (SAIFAC), Dr Chris McConnachie (South African Bar), and Prof Cathi Albertyn (Witwatersrand University)
    • Melbourne, where panellists included Prof Beth Gaze (Melbourne University), Dr Colin Campbell (Monash University), Dr Alysia Blackham (Melbourne University), and Dr Dominique Allen (Deakin University)
    • Auckland, where panellists included Dr Jane Norton (Univ of Auckland), Dr Pam Nuttal, (AUT University), Dr Stephen Winter (Univ of Auckland), and Prof Kris Gledhill (AUT University)
    • Hong Kong, where panellists included Prof Cora Chan (University of Hong Kong), and Prof Puja Kapai (University of Hong Kong)