Prof. Anshuman Shukla

Prof. Anshuman Shukla

Associate Professor

B.Sc. (Hons.); LL.B. (University of Delhi);

LL.M. (NALSAR, Hyderabad);

LL.M. (University of Cambridge)

Prof. Anshuman Shukla was an Assistant Professor (Law) at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad from 2013-16, where he primarily taught Constitutional and Administrative Law. He holds an LL.M. from the University of Cambridge (2016-17) as a Cambridge Trust & Commonwealth Scholar (joint scholarship).

He also holds another LL.M. from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad (2011-13). He pursued his B.Sc. (Hons.) in Computer Science from Hansraj College, University of Delhi (2005-08), which was followed by an LL.B. from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (2008-11). He cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) of the University Grants Commission (UGC) and was awarded a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in 2012.

In June 2015, he participated and presented his paper on the scope of lobbying regulation at the 4th Annual International Conference on Law, Regulations and Public Policy (LRPP 2015) held in Singapore, which was subsequently published in the International Journal of Law and Social Sciences (JLSS) Vol. 4 No. 2.

His research interest pertains to the field of constitutional theory, particularly exploring the interfaces between constitutional historicism (constitution as a historical narrative) and constitutional interpretation (judicial and non-judicial).

  • Localized Sufferings in Globalized Prosperity: The Social Cost of International Trade and Labour Migration (co-authored), Journal of Human Rights and Social Work (upcoming 2023-24).
  • Constitutional Grammar: Fundamentals of Public Law in India (book), Thomson Reuters (upcoming 2024).
  • Citizenship and Transformative Constitutionalism: Evolution of Political Participation from Colonial India to Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (co-authored), Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2023-24).
  • The Stolen Jewel of WTO: Addressing the Issues of Dispute Settlement Body (co-authored), Trade and Investment Law: Legal and Economic Perspectives (Bloomsbury, 2023-24).
  • That Which Shall Not Be Named: Questioning the Taboo of Lobbying in the Indian Polity, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (JLSS) Vol. 4 No. 2, October 2015.
  • On Death, Dignity and Justice: Reflections on the Kantian Paradigm of Capital Punishment, 2012 (7) NALSAR STUDENT LAW REVIEW (NSLR).

History of Ideas, Political Thought, Constitutional Law

  • Constitutional Law (core)
  • Criminal Procedure (core)
  • Constitutional Arguments (elective)