Rahul Mohanty
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Rahul Mohanty
Assistant Professor
BCL, University of Oxford (2020-21)
B.A.LL.B. (Hons.), NALSAR University of Law (2012-17)
He graduated with B.A.LL.B. (Hon.) at the top of his class at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in 2017 with 13 gold medals. He completed his master’s degree (BCL) at the University of Oxford, where he specialized in International Law.
Since his graduation from Oxford, he has taught courses pertaining to Public International Law, Environmental Law, International Climate Change Law, International Law, and Armed Conflict and Theoretical approaches to International Law at NALSAR, where he has worked as an Assistant Professor, and at National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, where he is a visiting faculty.
He has also previously worked at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and ITC Limited, where he dealt with matters pertaining to Insolvency Law and IPR respectively. His research interests include International Law, climate change, global administrative law, state responsibility, and the law of armed conflicts.
- “Situating ‘Deformalization’ Within The International Court of Justice: Understanding Institutionalised Informality”, Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, Vol. 22, Issue 3, 2023. He had presented the paper before the Interest Group on International Courts and Tribunals, organised as a part of the Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law, held at Utrecht Netherlands between August 30, 2022 – 3 September 2022.
- Presented my paper titled “Absence of an unified standard of fairness in climate change- A third world perspective” at the annual conference of International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 3-5 July 2023.
- Evolution of the Global Climate Finance regime: So close yet so far, Environmental Law and Practice Review, Vol. 8 (2023).
- Book Review: “Select Minorities and the Making of Postcolonial States in International Law” by Mohammad Shahabuddin (Cambridge University Press, 2021), Asian Journal of International Law, Volume 13, no. 2 (2023).
- Survey of legislations enacted by Odisha in 2020, Annual Survey of State Legislations, 2022, Vol. 1, 114-125.
- Co-authored ‘Examining the SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations 2012: A Capital Market Perspective of Hedge Fund Regulation in India’, KLUWER Business Law Review, 2017, Vol. 38.
- Protecting personal data: Is there a need for a Special Data Protection Law, NLIU Journal of Intellectual Property Law, Vol. 5, 2016.
- Co-authored ‘The Introduction of Genetically Modified Crops in India: Examining the Need for an Effective Legal and Policy Regime’, Journal on Environmental Law Policy And Development (NLSIU), Issue 2, 2015.
- Balancing of Priorities: A Chronicle of Judicial Review of Public Policy on ground of Arbitrariness, International Journal of Law and Policy Review (WBNUJS), Vol. 4, No. 2., 2016.
- Head of State Immunity in International Courts in Prosecution for International Crimes: Immunity or Impunity?, A38 Journal of International Law, Vol.3, Issue 4, 2015.
- Serdar Mohammad v. Ministry of Defence: Examining the basis of legality of detention in Non-International Armed Conflict, Army Institute of Law Journal, Vol. 8, 2015.
- Enforcing International Humanitarian Law in Non-International Armed Conflicts, RMLNLU Law Review, Vol. 4, 2014.
- Theorising Special Category Status: Question of Asymmetric Federalism, Rajasthan University Law Journal, Vol. 1, 2015.
- Religious Symbols and Attire in Public Schools: A Comparative Constitutional Analysis, Nirma University Law Journal, Volume 3, Issue 2, 2014.
- Rahul Mohanty specializes in public international law and writes on international institutions, international courts, climate change, and critical approaches to international law, among others. He teaches several courses, including electives on International Law and Settlement of Disputes and International Financial Institutions.
- He is a Fellow at the Centre for International Legal Studies of the University, which works to promote research in international law. He is also an Assistant Editor of the Jindal Global Law Review, which is the flagship law journal of the Jindal Global Law School (Scopus-indexed). He is a member of the World Commission on Environmental law, set up by the International Union on Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
- He previously worked full-time at NALSAR University of Law, as an Assistant Professor of Law (2021-2022). He has taught courses such as international law, international law and armed conflict, international climate change law, and environmental law at NALSAR.
- He is a guest faculty at National Law School of India University (NLSIU), and has taught courses such as International law and armed conflicts, and Theoretical Approaches to International Law.
- He graduated with B.A.LL.B. (Hon.) at the top of his class at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad with 13 gold medals. He completed his master’s degree (BCL) at the University of Oxford, where he specialized in International Law. He was a recipient of the HSA Advocates scholarship at the University of Oxford.
- Prior to joining academia he has also previously worked at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and ITC Limited, where he dealt with matters pertaining to Insolvency Law and IPR respectively.
- Public International Law
- International Law Theory
- Critical Approaches to International law
- Third World Approaches to International law
Climate Change - International Courts and International Institutions
- International Financial Institutions
- International Law and Settlement of Dispute
- Legal Protection of the Environment
- Drafting, Pleadings and Conveyancing