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The Jewel In The Crown: Can India’S Strict Liability Doctrine Deepen Our Understanding Of Tort Law Theory?, Deepa Badrinarayana Dec 2016

The Jewel In The Crown: Can India’S Strict Liability Doctrine Deepen Our Understanding Of Tort Law Theory?, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

The evolution of tort law in former British colonies is not only fascinating; it also holds clues into the age old question of whether law or any discrete area of law can be universal. The exploration into doctrinal divergences and convergences is part of a larger quest: to capture the theoretical underpinnings of tort law and, in that process, discover the universal core of tort law, if there is one. For example, is the central purpose of tort law efficient resource allocation, corrective justice, or simply a compensatory system for wrongs? To answer these questions, theorists have generally considered tort …


The "Right" Right To Environmental Protection: What We Can Discern From The American And Indian Constitutional Experience, Deepa Badrinarayana Dec 2016

The "Right" Right To Environmental Protection: What We Can Discern From The American And Indian Constitutional Experience, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

 The best legal mechanism to protect the environment re-mains a complex and contentious issue. Many normative questions with practical implications remain. Should the legal response be in the foundational document of most legal systems, the Constitution? If so, should a Constitution create a specific right to environmental protection, or are statutory responses to address environmental problems adequate? If one considers environmental protection globally, both constitutional and legislative responses to environmental protection prevail. Yet, neither alone is adequate. Environmental legislation may not cater to individual rights, especially when legislated from a utilitarian platform. A constitutional right to environmental protection can …


“Gatting” The New Climate Treaty Right: Leveraging Energy Subsidies To Promote Multilateralism, Deepa Badrinarayana Dec 2014

“Gatting” The New Climate Treaty Right: Leveraging Energy Subsidies To Promote Multilateralism, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

In a previous paper, Trading Up Kyoto: A Proposal for Amending the Protocol, I argued that not only do international trade rules, specifically the operation of the World Trade Organization("WTO") agreements, hinder international climate change treaty negotiations, but also that applying exceptions to circumvent trade rules is doctrinally difficult and normatively unsettling, primarily because of WTO jurisprudence, the colorable intent of nations that are violating WTO rules in the guise of mitigating climate change, and the challenges to creating environmental exceptions to trade rules to facilitate emissions reduction. To illustrate this point, I focused on ongoing trade disputes involving a …


India’S State Of Legal Education: The Road From Nlsiu To Jindal, Deepa Badrinarayana Dec 2013

India’S State Of Legal Education: The Road From Nlsiu To Jindal, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

This narrative is a reflection of the changes that the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) ushered in India, prior to globalization. It reflects on the challenges to legal education in India pre-globalization and the efforts made through the creation of NLSIU to address these challenges, and it also introduces some of the challenges facing Indian legal education in a globalized world.


Introduction To International And Domestic Climate Change Regulation, Deepa Badrinarayana Dec 2011

Introduction To International And Domestic Climate Change Regulation, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

No abstract provided.


Environmental Challenges Of Climate-Nuclear Fusion: A Case Study Of India, Deepa Badrinarayana Mar 2011

Environmental Challenges Of Climate-Nuclear Fusion: A Case Study Of India, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

Climate change is launching a nuclear energy future, because nuclear power generation produces low greenhouse gas emissions. Nations are therefore reviewing their nuclear energy portfolio and expanding international cooperation on civilian nuclear energy. India is a notable example. Recognizing India’s energy demands and climate mitigation problems associated with fossil fuel use, the Nuclear Supplier’s Group, at the behest of the United States, removed nuclear trade sanctions imposed on India. India has been subsequently negotiating and signing numerous bilateral agreements aimed at expanding its domestic nuclear power generation facility. The apparent advantages of nuclear energy in mitigating climate change are significantly …


India’S Integrated Energy Policy: A Source Of Economic Nirvana Or Environmental Disaster?, Deepa Badrinarayana Jun 2010

India’S Integrated Energy Policy: A Source Of Economic Nirvana Or Environmental Disaster?, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

India’s rapidly growing economy naturally demands increasing energy needs from the industrial scale down to the personal. Mindful of potential negative impacts of economic development, India is making efforts to encourage growth while preserving and protecting the environment and human rights. India’s Integrated Energy Policy sets out the roadmap for how the country plans to achieve the balance among development, environmental protection, citizens’ rights, energy security, and a host of other priorities and concerns. Though ambitious and broad in scope, the Policy may prove inadequate in mitigating environmental impacts of development, and thus inadequate in balancing India’s needs, particularly in …


Trade, Energy, And Climate Change Policies Of Basic Nations: One Step Closer To An Economic Interest-Based International Law?, Deepa Badrinarayana Dec 2009

Trade, Energy, And Climate Change Policies Of Basic Nations: One Step Closer To An Economic Interest-Based International Law?, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

No abstract provided.


India's Integrated Energy Policy: A Source Of Economic Nirvana Or Environmental Disaster?, Deepa Badrinarayana Dec 2009

India's Integrated Energy Policy: A Source Of Economic Nirvana Or Environmental Disaster?, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

Abstract: India’s rapidly growing economy naturally demands increasing energy needs from the industrial scale down to the personal. Mindful of potential negative impacts of economic development, India is making efforts to encourage growth while preserving and protecting the environment and human rights. India’s Integrated Energy Policy sets out the roadmap for how the country plans to achieve the balance among development, environmental protection, citizens’ rights, energy security, and a host of other priorities and concerns. Though ambitious and broad in scope, the Policy may prove inadequate in mitigating environmental impacts of development, and thus inadequate in balancing India’s needs, particularly …


Transporting India Into A New Climate: The Implications For Energy Law And Policy, Deepa Badrinarayana Dec 2009

Transporting India Into A New Climate: The Implications For Energy Law And Policy, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

Abstract: India’s rapidly growing economy naturally demands increasing energy needs from the industrial scale down to the personal. Mindful of potential negative impacts of economic development, India is making efforts to encourage growth while preserving and protecting the environment and human rights. India’s Integrated Energy Policy sets out the roadmap for how the country plans to achieve the balance among development, environmental protection, citizens’ rights, energy security, and a host of other priorities and concerns. Though ambitious and broad in scope, the Policy may prove inadequate in mitigating environmental impacts of development, and thus inadequate in balancing India’s needs, particularly …


Transporting India Into A New Climate: The Implications For Energy Law And Policy, Deepa Badrinarayana Dec 2009

Transporting India Into A New Climate: The Implications For Energy Law And Policy, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

This comment examines the energy challenges that the Indian government faces in developing its infrastructure. It briefly summarizes the policies adopted by the government, as well as their scope and limits.


Global Warming: A Second Coming For International Law?, Deepa Badrinarayana Dec 2009

Global Warming: A Second Coming For International Law?, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

Currently, there are no adequate mechanisms under international law to balance the competing tensions climate change presents to state sovereignty. On one hand, climate change threatens state sovereignty because the catastrophic loss of life and property of millions of people would deprive states of control over their domestic territories. Yet, other states rely on claims of their sovereignty to reject international legal obligations to mitigate climate change. This Article attributes the inadequacy of international law in the climate context to the evolution of the international community into an economic union that has historically privileged material interests over legal rights. It …


Global Warming: A Second Coming For International Law?, Deepa Badrinarayana Aug 2009

Global Warming: A Second Coming For International Law?, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

This paper analyzes the role of international law in addressing global warming through the lens of a select number of compliance theories and rational choice theory. It presents an alternative view to the limits of international law in addressing climate change, i.e., that international law has created an economic dependency that has constrained the space for pursuit of traditional legal rights. In making this argument, this article examines the history oil exploration and climate policy. The article also makes some brief suggestions towards increasing the space for traditional legal rights.


India's Constitutional Challenge: A Less Visible Climate Change Catastrophe, Deepa Badrinarayana Dec 2008

India's Constitutional Challenge: A Less Visible Climate Change Catastrophe, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

No abstract provided.


India's Constitutional Challenge: A Less Visible Climate Change Catastrophe, Deepa Badrinarayana Dec 2008

India's Constitutional Challenge: A Less Visible Climate Change Catastrophe, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

No abstract provided.


The Emerging Constitutional Challenge Of Climate Change: India In Perspective, Deepa Badrinarayana Dec 2008

The Emerging Constitutional Challenge Of Climate Change: India In Perspective, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

India’s rapidly growing economy naturally demands increasing energy needs from the industrial scale down to the personal. Mindful of potential negative impacts of economic development, India is making efforts to encourage growth while preserving and protecting the environment and human rights. India’s Integrated Energy Policy sets out the roadmap for how the country plans to achieve the balance among development, environmental protection, citizens’ rights, energy security, and a host of other priorities and concerns. Though ambitious and broad in scope, the Policy may prove inadequate in mitigating environmental impacts of development, and thus inadequate in balancing India’s needs, particularly in …


Kharma Or Dharma: India's Climate Catch 22, Deepa Badrinarayana Feb 2008

Kharma Or Dharma: India's Climate Catch 22, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

No abstract provided.


To Trade Or Not To Trade...A Comparison Of The Biosafety Protocol And The Sps Agreement, Deepa Badrinarayana Dec 2001

To Trade Or Not To Trade...A Comparison Of The Biosafety Protocol And The Sps Agreement, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

No abstract provided.