Raeesa 

VAKIL

Dr. Raeesa Vakil studied at the National Law School of India University, and practiced law for several years in Indian courts, including the Supreme Court of India. She researched constitutional issues concerning local government at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi before earning an LL.M. and J.S.D. from Yale Law School, where her doctoral thesis analysed judicial review over Indian administrative and regulatory tribunals. She has previously published on subjects including constitutional court jurisdiction, regulatory states, judicial review, and administrative adjudication in the International Journal of Constitutional Law, Studies in Indian Politics, and the Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution. At CALS, she will focus on comparative public law in South Asia, researching judicial review and governance.

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

• Raeesa Vakil, ‘The Ultimate Interpreter: Democracy and Constitutionality in the Indian Supreme Court‘ in Matthias Klatt (ed), Constitutionally Conforming Interpretation – Comparative Perspectives: Volume 1: National Reports (Hart Publishing 2023) 281