Jaivir Singh
Associate Professor
Centre for the Study of Law and Governance
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi 67
Email: jsingh@mail.jnu.ac.in

Bio-sketch

Prior to joining the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jaivir Singh taught in the Department of Economics, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi. His current research interests are centred on institutional economics, law & economics and constitutional political economy. He has published articles on the economics of labour law, competition policy, regulation, legal procedure, judicial activism and separation of powers. His recent publications include ‘An Economic Analysis of Judicial Activism’ Economic and Political Weekly (2002); ‘Incentives and Judicially Determined Terms of Employment’ Economic and Political Weekly (2003); ‘Central Government Policies: Interface with Competition Policy Objectives’ in Pradeep S. Mehta ed., Towards a Functional Competition Policy for India (Jaipur: CUTS International 2005) ‘Structuring Regulation: Constitutional and Legal Frame in India’  Economic and Political Weekly (2006) (2006 forthcoming) ‘Separation of Powers and the Erosion of the ‘Right to Property’ in India’ Constitutional Political Economy (2006 in press); He has edited  Understanding Regulation: Institutional and Legal Dimensions (Social Science Press: New Delhi, In Press)  

Education

B.A in Economics from University of Madras, 1984, awarded 1^st class.

M.A in Economics from University of Delhi, 1986, awarded 2^nd class.

M-Phil in Economics from University of Delhi, 1989.

PhD in Economics from University of Delhi 2001

(Topic of Dissertation: Some Aspects of Industrial and Labour Markets in India: Perspectives from Law & Economics)

Publications

-   (1993) ‘Monopolistic and Restrictive Trade Practices: Comments on the Anti-Monopoly Legislation in India’ Delhi School of Economics Working Paper No 93/02.

-   (2000) ‘Judicial Intervention in the Contract of Employment: Some Reflections on Labour Adjudication in India’ Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics Working Paper No. 82

-   (2000) ‘Monopolistic Trade Practices and Concentration of Economic power: Some Conceptual problems in MRTP Act’ Economic and Political Weekly Dec 9^th

-   (2002) ‘Framework of Regulation in India: Some Concerns’ in India Infrastructure Report 2002

-   (2002) ‘An Economic Analysis of Judicial Activism’ Economic and Political Weekly October 26^th

-   (2003) ‘Incentives and Judicially Determined Terms of Employment in India: An Endemic Trade-off between Justice and Efficiency’ Economic and Political Weekly January 11^th

-   (2004) co-authored with J.V. Meenakshi ‘Understanding the Feminization of Agricultural Labor’ Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol.59.

-   (2004) (Un) Constituting Property: The Destruction of the ‘Right to Property’ in India Centre for the Study of Law and Governance JNU Working Paper Series.    

-  (2005) co-authored with T.C.A Anant ‘Central Government Policies: Interface with Competition Policy Objectives’ in Pradeep S. Mehta (ed.) Towards a Functional Competition Policy for India: An Overview CUTS International, Jaipur

-   (2006) co-authored with T.C.A Anant ‘Central Government Policies: Interface with Competition Policy objectives’ in Pradeep S. Mehta (ed.) A Functional Competition Policy for India Academic Foundation:  New Delhi

-   (2006) co-authored with T.C.A Anant ‘Structuring Regulation: Constitutional and Legal Frame in India’  Economic and Political Weekly January 14^th

-   (2006 forthcoming) ‘Separation of Powers and the Erosion of the ‘Right to Property’ in India’ Constitutional Political Economy

-   (2007 forthcoming) editor. Understanding Regulation: Institutional and Legal Dimensions Social Science Press: New Delhi

Professional Membership

Member – Indian Law Institute