Lecturer in Law

Zaid Deva

  • My research focuses on the law and politics of constitution-making in postcolonial contexts.
  • Unlike typical lectures, tutorials allow for a more Socratic form of dialogue in a small-group setting, which I strongly value. 
  • Constitution-making often involves a rupture with the past and offers a rare opportunity to reimagine political community, reflecting the near-limitless possibilities of human imagination.
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Profile

I am a DPhil candidate at the Faculty of Law, where my doctoral thesis examines federal imaginaries of the state and sovereignty in the Indian constitution-making project. Prior to commencing my DPhil, I practised before the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, having previously completed an LLM at the SOAS University of London, and an MPhil in Law at Oxford.

Teaching

I will be teaching Administrative Law at Trinity and have previously lectured at National Law University Delhi on Sociology of Law and Legal History. 

Research

I specialise in constitutional law and theory, with research interests in public law, international law, legal history, and political theory. 

Subjects
Law
Zaid Deva
zaid.deva@sant.ox.ac.uk
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