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, The role of procedure in shaping outcomes - Anti-terrorism trials under Indian Law.
- 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, Workin (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.
