Avi Singh

India's growth trajectory, whether real or hyped, likely needs no introduction. Both of the descriptions are indeed true. Parts of the economy have been deregulated, and globalised, and feature Indian companies that have become active players in international finance and trade. Other parts of the economy are still regulated, with different growth patterns. The patchwork of regulations is exemplified by the recent decision, extremely controversial, and politically opposed, to set up special economic zones, ostensibly outside either the regulations of the law, or the protections offered by it.

The course will initially focus on the legal formants, and layers of formal law, and informal practice in India. Thereafter, the seminar will focus on certain areas of the law, where old common law code, socialist-era remnants, are being contemplated and transformed with new globalised model regulations which are partly a response to, and party a concession to the globalised sections of the economy, and the dichotomy that exists in the law between these sections of the economy, and the law that governs other economic and other activities.

Avi Singh - Visiting Fellow
JD University of California, Hastings, he has also studied in the United Kingdom: currently and  is a partner in a New Delhi law firm.