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LL.M., O.P. Jindal Global University


LL.M. in Comparative Constitutional Law, Central European University, Budapest


B.A. LL.B., Bharti Vidyapeeth University, Pune

 

Prof. Raunaq Jaiswal

Assistant Professor of Law & Member Secretary of the University Disability Support Committee

Email rjaiswal@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0009-0008-5770-2894
Key Expertise Comparative Constitutional Law; Property Law; Constitutional Theory; Constitutional Courts and Democracy; Justice, and Justice Delivery Systems.

LL.M., O.P. Jindal Global University


LL.M. in Comparative Constitutional Law, Central European University, Budapest


B.A. LL.B., Bharti Vidyapeeth University, Pune

 


Biography

Raunaq Jaiswal is an Assistant Professor of Law at Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), O.P. Jindal Global University. His research explores comparative constitutionalism, constitutional theory, emergency powers, and the role of courts in authoritarian regimes. At JGLS he teaches constitutional law and property law, supervises LL.M. dissertations, and also leads workshops on academic writing and legal research methodology.

A committed advocate for accessibility and inclusion in higher education, Professor Jaiswal serves as Member Secretary of the Disability Support Committee. He has also served on the editorial board of the Jindal Global Law Review and on the board of the law school’s Moot Court Society. He has also held a Research Fellowship at the Centre for Media, Data and Society, Central European University.

Professor Jaiswal’s scholarship has been published in the Indian Yearbook of Comparative Law. Alongside Max Steuer, he co-edited the “Rethinking Democracy Through Constitutional Adjudication” series on TRAFO: Blog for Transregional Research. Beyond his academic writing, he contributes commentary to the national press on pressing constitutional questions and disability rights.

Professor Jaiswal holds a B.A. LL.B. from Bharti Vidyapeeth University, Pune, and an LL.M. from O.P. Jindal Global University. He read for a further LL.M. in Comparative Constitutional Law at Central European University, Budapest, as a Master's Excellence Scholar, during which he was awarded a CEU research grant to conduct a portion of his research at the University of Oxford.
 

Property Law

Constitution Law I

Constitution Law II

CEU Master's Excellence Scholarship (2019)

Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Arts (2026)

Research Fellowship at the Centre for Media, Data and Society, Central European University

US Election 2020: Two scenarios that are likely to play out if Donald Trump takes fight to SC (Firstpost) (Co-authored)

Many MPs Are 'Agriculturalists', but Why the Disconnect Between Parliament and Farmers? (The Wire) (Co-authored)

President’s Rule: A Need to Reassess the Office of the Governor (Bar & Bench) (Co-authored) 

Political Sentiments Are Changing Against SLAPP, but Do Anti-SLAPP Law Work? (The CMDS Blog)

India and the Pegasus Project: Where do we go from here? (The CMDS Blog)

Liberty Defaulted: The Unraveling of Section 167(2) in Our Lower Courts (Proof of Guilt)

Constitutional Adjudication: Beyond Reductionist Reading of Democracy (TRAFO) (Co-authored).

President’s Rule: A need to reassess the office of the Governor (Bar & Bench) (Co-authored)
 

UNSW Comparative Constitutional Law: Junior Scholars Workshop (2023)—presented an article on Justice in Polymorphic Democracies.  

International Conference on The Farmers Protest (2021) (co-presented with Justin Jos) — The paper discussed how the three Farmers Acts impeded access to justice.   

Karnataka Appellate Tribunal National Conference (2017) — My paper discussed the need for bifurcating the technical aspects from the justice delivery mechanisms in tribunal systems to promote access to justice.
 

Title: When Procedure Punishes, Journal: Deccan Herald, Month: September, SCOPUS Publication: No, Category: National, Link: Deccan Herald Article, Remarks: Newspaper Article, Co-authored with Eesha Mahapatra.

Title: The Constitutional Value of the Guarantee Clause, Journal: The Indian Yearbook of Comparative Law, 2020, Month: December, SCOPUS Publication: No, Category: National, Link: Springer Chapter, Remarks: Book Chapter.

Title: Prohibiting Hijab in Educational Institutions: A Constitutional Assessment, Journal: Asian Legal Conversations @ The University of Melbourne, Month: March, SCOPUS Publication: No, Category: National, Link: Melbourne Law Report, Remarks: Report/Supreme Court Brief, Co-authored with multiple contributors.

Title: India and the Pegasus Project: Where do we go from here?, Journal: CMDS Blog, Month: August, SCOPUS Publication: No, Category: International, Link: Medium Blog, Remarks: Blogpost, Co-authored with Sejla Karic.

Title: Political Sentiments Are Changing Against SLAPP, but Do Anti-SLAPP Laws Work?, Journal: CMDS Blog, Month: December, SCOPUS Publication: No, Category: International, Link: Medium Blog, Remarks: Blogpost, Co-authored with Katerina Krejcova, Sejla Karic, and Amparao Domenech.

Title: Does Trump’s speech meet the Brandenburg test?, Journal: Deccan Herald, Month: January, SCOPUS Publication: No, Category: National, Link: Deccan Herald Article, Remarks: Newspaper Article.

Title: A Note on Presidential Election, Journal: The Daily Guardian, Month: January, SCOPUS Publication: No, Category: National, Link: The Daily Guardian Article, Remarks: Newspaper Article.

Title: Many MPs Are 'Agriculturalists', but Why the Disconnect Between Parliament and Farmers?, Journal: The Wire, Month: January, SCOPUS Publication: No, Category: National, Link: The Wire Article, Remarks: Newspaper/Blog OP-ED, Co-authored with Nakul Patwardhan.

Title: An Insurrection from the White House, Journal: The Indian Express, Month: January, SCOPUS Publication: No, Category: National, Link: Indian Express Article, Remarks: Newspaper Article.

Title: The Bumpy Road to 270, Journal: The Indian Express, Month: November, SCOPUS Publication: No, Category: National, Link: Indian Express Article, Remarks: Newspaper Article.

Title: US election 2020: Two scenarios that are likely to play out if Donald Trump takes fight to SC, Journal: Firstpost, Month: November, SCOPUS Publication: No, Category: National, Link: Firstpost Article, Remarks: Newspaper/Blog OP-ED, Co-authored with Vishavjeet Chaudhary.

Title: The US Supreme Court appointment conundrum, Journal: The Daily Guardian, Month: October, SCOPUS Publication: No, Category: National, Link: The Daily Guardian Article, Remarks: Newspaper/Blog OP-ED, Co-authored with Vishavjeet Chaudhary.
Email rjaiswal@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0009-0008-5770-2894
Key Expertise Comparative Constitutional Law; Property Law; Constitutional Theory; Constitutional Courts and Democracy; Justice, and Justice Delivery Systems.
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