Sawinder Singh

Adelaide Law School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics


My research focuses on the political philosophy that underpins equality jurisprudence in India and United States. I employ critical race theory and epistemic injustice to highlight that prioritisation of individual liberty and formal equality at the cost of substantive equality. Such a prioritisation of values helps the ruling elite to maintain the hegemonic political and moral discourse. This in turn is done to legitimise power structures in the society. My research also looks at the relationship between law and religion, unfair dismissals, and affirmative action jurisprudence.

Date Position Institution name
2010 - ongoing Lawyer Self

Language Competency
English Can peer review
Hindi Can read, write and speak
Panjabi; Punjabi Can read, write and speak

Date Institution name Country Title
2019 - 2023 University of Adelaide Australia Ph.D. Candidate
2010 - 2014 Panjab University India MA Political Science
2005 - 2010 University Institute of Legal Studies, Panjab University India BALLB (Hons.)

Year Citation
2021 Singh, S. (2021). Transforming Affirmative Action Jurisprudence: Applying Eidelson’s theory on the Supreme Court of India. Cardozo International and Comparative Law Review, 20 pages.
2021 Reilly, A., & Singh, S. (2021). Frank and Fearless: Public Servants and Political Communication. Public Law Review, 32(1), 44-60.
2020 Singh, S. (2020). Conceptualising ‘Black Lives Matter’: Time to consider Substantive Equality as a Fundamental Constitutional Guarantee. Amity Law Review, 16(2), 70-84.

Year Citation
2022 Singh, S. (2022). M Siddiq (D) Thr Lrs v Mahant Suresh Das and Others. The Ayodhya Case: Inconsistencies in Law and Politics of Indian History. In P. Babie, R. Barker, & N. Foster (Eds.), LAW AND RELIGION IN THE COMMONWEALTH: THE EVOLUTION OF CASE LAW (Hart Publications 2022). (1st ed., pp. 20 pages). Hart.

Year Citation
2023 Singh, S. (2023). A Defence of Unity of Value through Affirmative Action Jurisprudence. Jindal Law and Political Theory Blog.

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I am Associate Teacher/Tutor at Adelaide Law School. I teach Principles of Public Law with an occasional guest lecture in Comparative Constitutional Law.  


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