Mr Alexander Fischer
LLM (LSE) MA (Heidelberg)
Overview
School of Law
Lecturer in Law
Centre of South Asian Studies
Member, Centre of South Asian Studies
- Name:
- Mr Alexander Fischer
- Email address:
- af5@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4302
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 259
- Office Hours:
- Tuesday 13:30- 15:30
Biography
Constitutional and Comparative Public Law, Constitutional Theory, Federalism, Law and Courts, Law and Politics, Laws of South Asia
Teaching
Courses Taught
- Affirmative action law
- Comparative constitutional law
- Law & governance in the developing world
- Public law
- Towards More Collaborative Learning Online: Using the Wiki Tool in the BLE
PhD Students supervised
- Adeeba Khan, Democracy in the context of clientelism: the role of electoral laws in Bangladesh
- Hanns Bjoern Kendel,
- Kuan-Chuan Huang,
- Mridhula Dharshini Pillay, India and Malaysia: Accommodating the Religious 'Others'
- Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman, Sentencing Policy and Practice in Bangladesh: A Study on the Sentencing Decisions of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in Murder Cases
- Sonia Zaman Khan,
Expertise
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Available for
- TV
- Radio
- Press
- Briefings
- Special Study Programmes
- Short Term Consultancy
- Long Term Consultancy
Regional Expertise
- South Asia
Country Expertise
- India
Languages
- German
Publications
Book Chapters
Fischer , Alexander and Zingel, W.P. (2008) 'Food Security and the Right to Food in India: For Whom, How and Why?' In: Singh, M.P. and Goerlich, H. and von Hauff, Michael, (eds.), Human Rights and Basic Needs: Theory and Practice. New Delhi: Universal Law, pp. 191-214.
Fischer, Alexander (2003) 'Asiatische Werte? Indigene Charakteristika im indischen Verfassungsrecht. [Asian Values? Indigenous Characteristics of Indian Constitutional Law].' In: Mitra, S.K. and Rill, B., (eds.), Indien heute: Brennpunkte seiner Innenpolitik. Hanns Seidel Stiftung/Akademie fuer Politik und Zeitgeschehen, pp. 55-69.
Fischer, Alexander and Dohrmann, J. (2001) 'Public Interest Litigation in Indien.' In: Draguhn, W., (ed.), Indien 2001. Politik, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft. Hamburg: Institut fuer Asienkunde, pp. 145-168.
Articles
Fischer, Alexander (2007) 'Which Road to Social Revolution? Liberalization and Constitutional Reform in India.' Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, Working paper (No.34).
Fischer , Alexander and Mitra, K. (2002) 'Sacred Laws and the Secular State: An Analytical Narrative of the Controversy over Personal Laws in India.' India Review, 1 (3). pp. 99-130.
