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VIVEK (VIK) KANWAR
I. Current Academic Appointment
1. Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), O.P. Jindal
Global University (National Capital Region of Delhi,
India), Assistant Professor of Law, August 2009-
Present
Courses Taught: Judicial Process (Fall 2012); Public
International Law (Fall 2010, Fall 2011); Comparative
Constitutional Law (Fall 2011); Law and Social Theory:
Normativity and Coercion (Spring 2012); Legal Pluralism:
Disputing Beyond the State (Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Fall
2012); Global History (Fall 2010); International Relations
(Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012); Legal English I & II
(Fall 2009-Spring 2010)
Committees: (2009-2012) Member, JGLS Steering
Committee for ABA Accreditation, Electives Committee,
Course Allocation Committee, Library Committee, (From
2012) Member, Committee on Teaching, Curriculum, and
Examination, Committee on Research and Knowledge
Creation
Concurrent Appointments:
2. Centre on Public Law and Jurisprudence (CPLJ),
Executive Director, July 2012-Present;
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Previously Assistant Director (Academic Head)
October 2009-June 2012
Responsibilities at CPLJ:
Founded and directed interdisciplinary research
center at JGLS offering interdisciplinary expertise on
questions of justice, integrity, corruption,
accountability, and coercion.
Conducted research projects and supervised
research of four faculty members and numerous
research associates and assistants. From 2012,
supervising projects of seven faculty members.
Established International Advisory Board of leaders
in public, comparative, and international law
Established contacts and specific collaborations with
the United Nations University, Griffith University,
European Public Law Organization (EPLO), Brown
University, Harvard IGLP, Asian-African Legal
Consultation Organization (AALCO), United Nations
Development Program Asia-Pacific Centre (Bangkok,
Thailand) and the International Institute on Law and
Society (Lima, Peru).
Published research reports and newsletters, and
maintained social media presence.
Research Projects at CPLJ:
PROJECT I: “STRUCTURAL FAILURES AND
DELAYS IN THE INDIAN COURTS.” National
Seminar and Published Report: “Justice without
Delay.” Report inaugurated by Chief Justice of India
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and provided to all members of Indian Parliament.
(August 2009-October 2010; continued as University
Project 2012, "Addressing Delays in the Indian Legal
System: Challenges for Ensuring Access to Justice”,
Co-Director with Amit Bindal)
PROJECT II: “LEGAL PLURALISM: NON-STATE
JUSTICE SYSTEMS.” Developed Seminar, Colloquia,
and Textbook (August 2010- present)
PROJECT III: “PUBLIC LAW/ PRIVATE
GOVERNANCE.” International Seminar and
Published Report: “Crafting Governance: A Case
Study in Private Codification from the Point of View
of Inter-Public Regulation.” Awarded grant by
UNESCO, Australia India Institute, University of
Melbourne (August 2011- present)
Convenor, Collaborative Project on Post-Coloniality
and Culture
o Ongoing colloquia and seminar series:
“VIOLENT MODERNITIES” (2010-2011);
“RE-VISITING THE UNIFORM CIVIL CODE
DEBATE” (April 2011)
o "HUMAN RIGHTS: BEYOND THE LAW." Major
international conference over four days.
Awarded BIARI grant, Brown University, USD
20,000 (September 15-17, 2011).
3. Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA),
Affiliated Faculty, 2011-present
Projects at JSIA:
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Formulated course on “International Law and
Organizations” for Master’s Program in Law, Diplomacy,
and Business. (MA.DLB); Available for teaching and
interdisciplinary collaborations.
II. Previous Academic Appointments
1. Clemson University, Visiting Lecturer, Department of
Political Science (Fall 2008) Course Taught: Political
Violence and Terrorism
2. Loyola University New Orleans College of Law,
Westerfield Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor (Fall
2006- Spring 2008) Courses Taught: Transnational
Impact Litigation; Human Rights Litigation; Legal
Research and Writing; Moot Court
3. New York University School of Law, Doctoral
Research Fellow, Program in the History and Theory of
International Law, Institute for International Law and
Justice (Fall 2001- Spring 2006)
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III. Publications
Articles:
1. “Post-Human Humanitarian Law: The Law of War in the
Age of Robotic Warfare,” Vol. 2 Harvard National
Security Journal (2011)
2. “Editors’ Foreword: The Globalization of Legal
Knowledge,” Vol. 2 Jindal Global Law Review (2010)
(with Prabhakar Singh)
3. Justice without Delay: Targeted Recommendations
from the National Seminar on Pendency and Delays in
the Indian Legal System, Centre on Public Law and
Jurisprudence (2010) (Editor, Contributing Author)
4. “Two Crises of Confidence: Securing Non-Proliferation
and the Rule of Law through Security Council
Resolutions,” Vol. 34, Ohio Northern University Law
Review (2008)
5. “Review Essay: Giorgio Agamben, State of Exception,”
International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 4,
(2006)
6. “International Emergency Governance: Fragments of A
Driverless System,” Vol. 12, Critical Sense: Berkeley
Interdisciplinary Journal of Political Theory (2004)
7. “Capital Punishment as “Closure”: Limits of a Victim-
Centered Jurisprudence,” Vol. 27, New York University
Review of Law and Social Change (2001-2002)
8. “Book Review: David Kennedy, The Dark Sides of
Virtue: Reassessing International Humanitarianism,”
Global Law Books Project, Edited by Joseph H.H.
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Weiler and Miguel Poiares Maduro (2005), available at
http://www.globallawbooks.org
9. “Book Review: Karl Heinz Ladeur, Public Governance
in the Age of Globalization,” Global Law Books Project,
Edited by Joseph H.H. Weiler and Miguel Poiares
Maduro (2005), available at
http://www.globallawbooks.org
Edited Books and Journal Issues:
1. Editor-in-Chief, Justice without Delay: Targeted
Recommendations from the National Seminar on
Pendency and Delays in the Indian Legal System,
Centre on Public Law and Jurisprudence (2010)
2. Editor-in-Chief, (with Prabhakar Singh), Jindal Global
Law Review Vol. (2)1 (2010), Special Issue: “The
Globalization of Legal Knowledge” (First issue of an
Indian law review to be archived by Lexis-Nexis).
Books and Articles, Accepted or In Progress:
1. Co-Editor, (with Prabhakar Singh), Critical International
Law: Post-Realism, Post-Colonialism, and
Transnationalism. (Oxford University Press, 2012)
(Under contract; submissions received)
2. Co-Editor (with Oishik Sircar and Rajshree Chandra),
Human Rights Beyond the Law: Politics, Performance,
and Protest (Oxford University Press) (Under contract;
submissions received)
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3. “International Law and Economic Coercion” in Ugo
Mattei and John D. Haskell, eds., Political Economy
and Law, (Edward Elgar Press, Handbook series, 2013)
4. “After Introspection: The Challenge of Timely Justice in
India— A Comparative Assessment," (with Winky So
Wing) (under revision)
5. “Re-Tooling the Rule of Law: Instrumentalism and the
Implementation of Humanitarian Law in Failed and
Fragile States,” International Community Law Review
(under revision 2012)
6. “Spring Forward, Fall Back: How R2P Won the War and
Lost the Law in Libya” (under submission to law
reviews); accepted to be reprinted in Arnulf Becker
Lorca, ed., Pursuing your Enemies in the South:
International Law and the War against Crime and Terror
(2013).
7. Co-Editor, (with B.S. Chimni and Prabhakar Singh),
International Law: Contemporary Indian Perspectives
(prepared for Pearson or Oxford) (awaiting submissions)
8. Editor, Coercion in International Law: Contexts of Force
and its Limitation (MS at proposal stage, solicited
submissions received in advance of general call for
papers)
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IV. Teaching Preferences
Flexible and open to curricular needs, but prefer to teach
courses related to broad research interests:
Public and Private International Law: e.g., International
Law, Law of War, International Organizations,
Transnational Litigation, and International Business
Transactions, Constitutional Foreign Relations
First Year or Core Courses: e.g., Civil Procedure,
Property, Conflict of Laws, Constitutional Law,
Administrative Law, Criminal Law and Procedure,
including comparative aspects of each subject
Jurisprudence and Social Sciences: e.g., Legal History,
Legal Pluralism, Law and Society
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V. Professional Experience
1. United Nations First Committee, Non-Governmental
Consultant on the Drafting of an Arms Trade Treaty
(October 2008)
2. Harvard School of Public Health, Expert-Consultant,
Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research
(January 2008-July 2008)
3. New York University Faculty of Arts and Sciences,
Non-Proliferation Research Fellow, Center on
International Cooperation (September 2005-June 2006)
4. New York University School of Law, Doctoral
Research Fellow, Institute for International Law and
Justice (September 2001-June 2005)
5. New York University School of Law, Global Program
Assistant, Hauser Global Law School Program
(November 2003-May 2005)
6. Center for Constitutional Rights, Jules Lobel Fellow
(December 2002-May 2003)
7. Williams College, Resident Instructor in Criminal Law,
Excel Program (Summer 2002 and 2003)
8. Federation Employment and Guidance Service
(FEGS), Director Legal Programs, (June 2001-August
2001), Senior Lecturer Legal Programs (September
2001-June 2002)
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VI. Selected Academic Presentations
1. Book Workshop Participant, “South of Sovereignty and
East of Equality,” SEMI-PERIPHERAL
PERSPECTIVES ON THE USE OF FORCE, for the
edited volume, Pursuing your Enemies in the South:
International Law and the War against Crime and Terror,
Harvard Law School (June 3-9, 2012)
2. Speaker and Participant, “The Concept of Coercion in
International Law” IGLP: THE WORKSHOP 2012,
Institute for Global Governance and Policy, Harvard
Law School (June- 3-10, 2012)
3. Panelist, “Spring Forward, Fall Back: How R2P Won the
War and Lost the Law in Libya.” ISIL EIGHTH
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EMERGING
CONCERNS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW, Indian Society
of International Law (ISIL), New Delhi (February 24,
2012)
4. Panelist, “Coercion and the Commons: Hale to TWAIL.”
THIRD WORLD APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL
LAW (TWAIL): CAPITALISM AND THE COMMON
GOOD, University of Oregon School of Law, Wayne
Morse Center for Law and Politics (October 20-22,
2011)
5. Convener’s Remarks, HUMAN RIGHTS BEYOND THE
LAW: POLITICS, PERFORMANCES, AND
PRACTICES OF PROTEST, Instituto Cervantes de
Delhi, New Delhi (September 2011)
6. Speaker and Participant, “The Concept of Coercion in
International Law” IGLP: THE WORKSHOP 2011,
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Institute for Global Governance and Policy, Harvard
Law School (May 31-June 10, 2011)
7. Featured Speaker, “Coalition in the Air, Rebellion on
the Ground, and Sovereignty in the Balance: Where is
International Law in the Libyan Conflict?”
INTERNATIONAL LAW SEMINAR SERIES, Group of
International Lawyers in Delhi (GUILD), Centre for
Policy Research, New Delhi (April 8, 2011)
8. Chair, “Panel: Cultures of the Extraordinary.” VIOLENT
MODERNITIES II: THE PERVERSITY OF NATIONAL
SECURITY, Centre for Penology, Criminal Justice and
Police Studies (April 2, 2011)
9. Speaker, Inaugurating Report on Delays and
Introducing Presidential Address by Justice K.G.
Balakrishnan, (ret.) Chief Justice of India (October 4,
2010)
10. Panelist, “Normative and Comparative Notions of
‘Access to Justice’ in Proposals to Reduce Court
Congestion and Delays.” JINDAL-OSGOODE JOINT
RESEARCH CONFERENCE, Osgoode Hall Law
School, Toronto (October 2010)
11. Panelist, “From Civilization to Resilience:
Measuring and Standardizing Objects of Law and
Development.” THE BIOPOLITICS OF
DEVELOPMENT: LIFE, WELFARE AND UNRULY
POPULATIONS: A SYMPOSIUM; Kolkata, India;
Organized by the University of Lapland, the Finnish
Academy, and the Calcutta Research Group
(September 9-10, 2010)
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12. Panelist, JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL LAW
SCHOLARS ASSOCIATION (JILSA) WORKSHOP,
American Society of International Law (ASIL), Brooklyn
Law School (July 29, 2010)
13. Panelist, “From Civilization to Quantification:
Standardization through Indicators in Two Eras of
International Regulation.” SOUTH OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW WORKSHOP, Institute for
International Law and the Humanities at Melbourne Law
School (July 15, 2010)
14. Speaker and Co-Chair, THE NATIONAL
SEMINAR ON PENDENCY AND DELAYS IN THE
INDIAN LEGAL SYSTEM (February 19, 2010)
15. Speaker, “Micro-Proliferation: Gun Cultures and
Global Governance.” BROWN UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTES: LAW, GLOBALIZATION, AND SOCIAL
THOUGHT. Watson Institute for International Affairs,
Brown University (July 16, 2009)
16. Featured Speaker, “A Global Arms Trade Treaty:
International Law, Public Health and the Second
Amendment.” SPRING GLOBALIZATION LECTURE
SERIES, Clemson University (January 27, 2009)
17. Invited Respondent, Advisory Session on the
Drafting of an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), UNITED
NATIONS FIRST COMMITTEE, United Nations
(October 15, 2008)
18. Featured Scholar, “The Legislator of Last Resort:
The Security Council Resolutions in Non-Proliferation.”
OPINIO JURIS: CHALLENGES TO PUBLIC
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INTERNATIONAL LAW SYMPOSIUM, comments by
Professor Sean D. Murphy (April 2007)
19. Invited Panelist, “Singularity and Severity: The
Language of ‘The Limit’ in the Torture Debate.” LIMIT,
EXCEPTION, EMERGENCY, MIRACLE: MELBOURNE
LEGAL THEORY WORKSHOP, Institute for
International Law and the Humanities at Melbourne Law
School, (November 22-24, 2006)
20. Speaker, “Emergency Powers and International
Law.” J.S.D. COLLOQUIUM AT NYU SCHOOL OF
LAW, (March 10, 2003, October 6, 2003, and April 11,
2005)
21. Panelist, “Prudence and Pre-Commitment:
International Emergency Governance.” THE TURN TO
SCHOLARSHIP: CONFERENCE OF DOCTOR OF
JURIDICAL SCIENCE CANDIDATES, comments by
Professor David Golove, NYU School of Law (January
30, 2004)
22. Panelist, “Discourse and the Dungeon: Victims’
Rights between Vengeance and Mercy,” REVIEW OF
LAW AND SOCIAL CHANGE COLLOQUIUM, NYU
School of Law (April 2001)
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VII. Bar Membership and Selected Professional
Associations and Activities
Admitted to the Bar of the State of New York (2002-
present)
Founding Member, American Association of Law
Schools (AALS) Section on South Asian Law (2010-
present)
Associate Member, Indian Society of International Law
(ISIL)(2011-present)
Member, Law and Social Sciences Network (LASSNET)
(2010-present)
Project Consultant, “Conflictorium” (The Museum of
Conflict), Centre for Social Justice, Ahmedabad,
Gujarat, India (May 2012-present)
Participant and Co-Drafter, “Sonipat Declaration,”
Knowledge-Sharing Workshop on Sub-Regional Human
Rights Mechanisms Sonipat, National Capital Region of
Delhi, India ( 8-10 December 2011)
Co-Chair, (with Peter H. Schuck, Marc Galanter and
Jayanth Krishnan) National Seminar on Pendency and
Delays (February 19, 2010)
Delegate, National Consultation for Strengthening the
Judiciary towards Reducing Pendency and Delays,
New Delhi, India (October 24-25, 2009)
Delegate, International Conference of Jurists on
Judicial Reforms. Chandigarh, India (2010)
Judge, Subrata Roy Chowdhury Memorial Essay
Writing Competition, Indian Yearbook of International
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Law and Policy, National University of Juridical
Sciences (2010)
Judge, Price Moot Court , Oxford-India Program in
Media Law, National Law University-Delhi (2010)
Received training in the teaching of International
Humanitarian law from International Committee of the
Red Cross and Emory University Humanitarian Law
Clinic (February 25-26, 2011)
VIII. Education
1. New York University School of Law, LL.M., General
Legal Studies (2001) Distinctions and Activities:
Graduate Editor, NYU Review of Law and Social
Change; Highest grade in several courses: 3.7 GPA;
Doctoral coursework: 4.0 GPA (ABD 2002)
2. Northeastern University School of Law, J.D. (2000)
Distinctions and Activities: Denise Carty-Bennia
Memorial Bar Award; Ella Baker Fellowship; Chair,
Faculty-Student Reading Group; Research Assistant,
Professors Martha Minow and Steve Subrin for
textbook Civil Procedure: Doctrine, Practice And
Context Full-Time Legal Externships: Center for
Constitutional Rights; Brennan Center for Justice;
Professor Anthony Paul Farley, Boston College Law
School
3. New College, B.A., Hon., Social and Critical Theory
(1997)