Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Upendra Baxi
University of Warwick, em.
Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Upendra Baxi is one of the most renowned contemporary Indian legal scholars. Following his studies in Rajkot and Mumbai, he obtained his master and doctorate degree at Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall), where he also met the author of the Austrian constitution, Hans Kelsen, who taught in Berkeley up to his passing, and the numerous conversation left a lasting impression. When he became professor at the University of Delhi in 1971, Upendra Baxi was the youngest professor in India. His further academic career led him to the universities of Durham (Duke University), Sydney, Surat, New York, Toronto and Warwick.
Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Upendra Baxi was Fellow at the Käte Hamburger Center for Advanced Study in the Humanities “Law as Culture” from April to November 2011 and from July to December 2012.
Publications (selected)
- Upendra Baxi: The Future of Human Rights (Third Edition), New Delhi: Oxford University Press India 2012.
- Human Rights in a Posthuman World: Critical Essays (2009).
- The Future of Human Rights (2002, 3rd Ed. 2008).
- Human Rights in a Posthuman World: Critical Essays. Oxford University Press (India), 2007.
- Inhuman Wrongs and Human Rights: Unconventional Essays (1994).
Research interests
- Comparative governance
- Human rights theory
- Globalization theory