Devyani Prabhat
Lecturer
Department of Law
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Devyani Prabhat is a lawyer with legal practice experience in New Delhi, India, (Supreme Court and High Court) and New York, USA, (New York Supreme Court). Her litigation experience is in constitutional law and criminal law practice (rights of women, children, religious and racial minorities). She holds a LL.M (Public Service Laws) and a PhD (Sociology) from New York University as a fully funded scholar for both programmes (Global Public Service Fellowship and MacCracken Fellowship). Currently Dr Prabhat is an ESRC research grant holder for a 3 year project (September 2014 to September 2017) on British Citizenship and the Practice of ...
Research Interest
Her litigation experience is in constitutional law and criminal law practice (rights of women, children, religious and racial minorities).
Publications
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Prabhat, D & Hambly, JC, 2016, ‘Bettering the best interests of the child determination: of checklists and balancing exercises’. International Journal of Children’s Rights.
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Prabhat, D, 2016, ‘Political Context and Meaning of British Citizenship: Cancellation as a National Security Measure’. Law Culture and the Humanities.
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Prabhat, D, 2016, ‘A brave new British citizenry? Reconceptualising the acquisition of British citizenship by children’. Studies in Law, Politics and Society.
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Prabhat, D, 2016, ‘‘BorrowMyDoggy.com’: Rethinking peer to peer exchange for genuine sharing’. Journal of Law & Society.
