Affiliated with GLS
An informal working group was established at the UW Law School in 2006 to facilitate intellectual exchange between faculty and students at the University, plus coordinate and promote events pertaining to South Asian legal studies.
Members of the working group have interests and expertise on various aspects of law in South Asia including: political science, history, religious studies, anthropology, and the following aspects of law: environment, human rights, Islamic, discrimination, constitution, women’s studies, and the legal profession. More complete descriptions of faculty interests are given on the respective websites for individual faculty listed below.
The group meets monthly during the academic year to discuss work in the South Asian legal studies field including each other’s writings. Students or faculty interested in joining the working group are encouraged to contact any of the members listed below.
Events & Activities
Resources
- Marc Galanter Digital Archives on Bhopal
- Mitra Sharafi's South Asian Legal History Resources Website
- UW Center for South Asia
- University of Wisconsin Library's South Asian Studies Collection
People
Scholars and Graduate Students affiliated with the Working Group:
- Atapattu, Sumudu – UW Law School
- Banerjee, Mou - Department of History, UW-Madison
- Farid, Cynthia - UW Law School
- Galanter, Marc – John and Rylla Bosshard Professor of Law and South Asian Studies, UW-Madison
- James Jaffe - UW-Whitewater (emeritus)
- Khan, Maryam - UW Law School
- Rao, Sunil - UW Law School
- Sharafi, Mitra – UW Law School, Legal Studies & Department of History, UW-Madison
- Sidel, Mark - UW Law School and La Follette School of Public Affairs
