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)