Upendra BAXI

Professor Upendra Baxi, born at Rajkot, Saurashtra, Professor of Law in Development, University of Warwick (1996-2008), graduated from Rajkot (Gujarat University), and holds LLM degrees from University of Bombay and University of California at Berkeley, which also awarded him with a Doctorate in Juristic Sciences ( 1973). He began his law teaching career at the Department of International Law and Jurisprudence at Sydney Law School, and served as Professor of Law, University of Delhi (1973-1996.) He also served as the Vice Chancellor of Delhi University (1990-1994), as well as the Vice Chancellor, University of South Gujarat, Surat (1982-1985), and as the Honorary Director (Research) at the Indian Law Institute (1885-1988), the President of the Indian Society of International Law (1992-1995.). He is Professor Emeritus at University of Warwick (since 2009.), Professor Emeritus, University of Delhi (2010). Professor Baxi has taught various courses in law and science, comparative constitutionalism, legal theory, and comparative social theory of human rights at the Universities of Sydney, Duke University, Washington College of Law, The American University; Global Law Program New York University Law School, and at the University of Toronto.Baxi has been a member of the editorial committee of many leading Indian and international law journals/reviews.