Amrita Bahri

 

Visiting Lecturer

Birmingham Law School

Contact details

Telephone +44 (0) 121 414

Fax +44 (0) 121 414 3585

Email axb270@bham.ac.uk

Birmingham Law School
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

About

Amrita Bahri is a lawyer at Delhi High Court, India, and is currently undertaking her doctoral research at Birmingham Law School under the supervision of Dr Luca Rubini. She has been awarded the College of Arts and Law Doctoral Scholarship to pursue her studies by the College of Arts and Law, University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on Public Private Partnerships (PPP) operating domestically to fight/defend the WTO litigations, especially with regards to developing countries. The research aims to draw an interface between the PPP and other concepts such as sustainable development, access to justice, and public choice theories such as regulatory capture.

Qualifications

  • LL.M, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK (2009-2010)
  • LL.B, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, India (2006-2009)
  • Bachelor of Arts, University of Delhi, India (2003-2006)

Biography

Amrita completed her LL.M from London School of Economics and Political Science in 2010, specialising in international business laws. During 2009, she was awarded British Chevening Scholarship by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, British Government to pursue her LL.M. She completed her LL.B at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, India, in 2009, where she was recipient of the Bhansali Award for outstanding performance in International Trade Laws. 

During 2011, Amrita worked at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, India, as Assistant Professor, and as an Associate with Fox and Mandal Little, a leading law firm in India. She was the President of Delhi University Students’ Union in 2007, the biggest elected students’ union in Asia

Teaching

Law of Obligation B (Law of Torts) –Seminar

Postgraduate supervision

Amrita's research focuses on Public Private Partnerships (PPP) operating domestically to fight/defend the WTO litigations, especially with regards to developing countries. The research aims to draw an interface between the PPP and other concepts such as sustainable development, access to justice, and public choice theories such as regulatory capture.

Research

Articles

  • ‘The Implications of Public Private Partnership in WTO Litigation on Human Right to Sustainable Development’, in Gurdip Singh and V.K. Ahuja, Human Rights in 21st Century: Changing Dimensions (Universal Law Publishing 2012). 
  • ‘Laissez Faire or Control – Striking a Balance: Foreign Courts in Granting Enforcement to Awards Set Aside at the Seat of Arbitration’, National Capital Law Journal, Vol. XIV-XV (2011-2012).
  • ‘Designing the Processual Phases of Negotiation: A Critical Analysis’, Delhi Law Review, Vol. XXX (2011).
  • Assistance in Book: Gurdip Singh, International Law, Macmillan Publishers India, 2nd Edition (2011).
  • The Growing Menace of White Collar Crimes in India- A wake up call’, LSE Obiter (2009), London School of Economics Students’ Union online law journal. 
  • ‘Human Right to Sustainable Development’, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University Journal, Vol. 1 (2008).
  • ‘Legal Protection of Ozone Layer’, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University Journal, Vol. 1 (2008).

International Conferences and Workshops

  • Paper Presentation: ‘Agents of Change: The Individual as a Participant in the Legal Process’, 19-20 May 2012, organized by Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Paper Presentation: ‘International Conference on Human Rights in 21st Century: Changing Dimensions’, February 2011, organized by Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, India.
  • Paper Presentation & Organization: ‘International Conference on Enhancing Green Growth in India and Korea’, November 2011, organized by University of Delhi, India.
  • Paper Presentation & Organization: ‘International Conference on India-Australia Joint Workshop on Role of Specialist Environmental Law Courts for the Resolution of Environmental Disputes’, February 2011, organized by Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, India.
  • Paper Presentation: ‘Annual Training Workshop on Socio Economic Human Rights and Developing Countries’, January 2007, organized by South Asian Law Schools Forum (SALS), Nepal.
  • Paper Presentation: ‘International Mock Conference on Climate Change’ (Mock-COP 11), March 2006, organized by Canadian High Commission in association with Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI), India.

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