Full CV

LL.M., Harvard Law School, 2007

B.C.L., University of Oxford, 2006

B.A., LL. B. (Hons.), National University of Juridical Sciences, 2005

Academic Position Held

Current Appointment:

Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, June 2007-Present

Other Position

Research Associate, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Honors & Awards

Dana Scholar, Harvard University, 2006

Felix Scholar, University of Oxford (International Scholarship for Academic Excellence), 2005

Summer Fellow, George Mason University, 2004

Summer Scholarship, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Touro Law Center, US 2003

Editorial Activities

South Asia Correspondent, International Developments Section, Public Law

Policy Editor, Harvard Law & Policy Review

Associate Editor, Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal

Editor, Indian Journal of Juridical Science

Courses Taught in SMU

Ethics & Social Responsibility

Comparative Legal Systems

Research Areas

Constitutional Law

Administrative Law

Comparative Constitutional Law (South Asia)

Judicial Process

Current Project

Poststructuralist approaches to Indian public law

Selected Book, Journal & Other Publications

Shubhankar Dam (2008), “Can a Legislative Assembly Function Without an Executive Government under the Indian Constitution?”, Public Law, Summer 2008 (Forthcoming) available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1066282

Shubhankar Dam (2007), "Situating the Core and Structure of Experience in Constitutional Interpretation: Judicial Reasoning under the Indian Constitution", Public Law Review, Vol. 18(4) 267 – 283 http://ssrn.com/abstract=1000122

Shubhankar Dam (2007), "Parliamentary Privileges as Facade: Political Reforms and Constitutional Adjudication", Singapore J. Legal Studies, 49(1), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=985155

Shubhankar Dam (2007), "Encyclopedia on Law and Society: American and Global Perspectives" (ed. Dr. David. C. Clark) (Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks 2007)

Shubhankar Dam (2006), "Legal Systems As Cultural Rights: A Rights Based Approach To Traditional Legal Systems Under The Indian Constitution", Indiana Int’L. & Comp. L. Rev., 16(1), 295–334, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=976501

Shubhankar Dam (2006), "Unburdening The Constitution: What Has The Indian Constitution Got To Do With Private Universities, Modernity and Nation States?", Singapore J. Legal Studies, 48(1), 109–148, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=952211

Shubhankar Dam (2005), "Lawmaking Beyond Lawmakers: The Little Right And The Great Wrong", Tulane J. Int'l & Comp. L., 13(1), 109–140

Shubhankar Dam (2005), (Co - author), "Polluting Environment; Polluted Constitution: Is A “Polluted” Constitution Worse Than A Polluted Environment?", J. Envtl. L., 17(3), 383–393, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=914739

Shubhankar Dam (2005), "A Court Of Law And Not Justice: Is the Indian Supreme Court Bound By The Indian Constitution", Public L., 239-248, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=969976

Shubhankar Dam (2004), "Is The Indian Constitution Dependent On A Statute?", Public L., 704-712, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=953793

Shubhankar Dam (2004), "Strike Through The Prism of Duties: Is There A Duty To Strike Under The Indian Constitution", Asia Pac. J. Hum. Rts. & L., 5(1), 68–82, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=953787