Prabha Kotiswaran

Prabha Kotiswaran is a professor of law and social justice working at King's College London (KCL) in the United Kingdom.

Career

Professor Prabha obtained her undergraduate degree from the National Law School of India University, and a doctorate degree from Harvard University, USA. She later practised law at Debevoise and Plimpton, two eminent law firms in New York, USA. She was a lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. She joined KCL in 2012.

Research & teaching

Prabha teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the KCL.[1] These include, but not limited to, Criminal Law, Jurisprudence, and Law & Social Theory. Professor Kotiswaran has published over 35 research papers and many books. She published her first research paper in 2001 titled "Preparing for Civil Disobedience: Indian Sex Workers and the Law."[2]

Selected books
  • Dangerous Sex, Invisible Labor: Sex Work and the Law in India[3]
  • Governance Feminism: An Introduction[4]
  • Sex Work[5]
  • Towards an Economic Sociology of Law[6]
  • Revisiting the Law and Governance of Trafficking, Forced Labor and Modern Slavery[7]
  • Governance Feminism: Notes from the Field[8]

Awards

References
  1. "Prabha Kotiswaran - Biography - Research Portal, King's College, London". kclpure.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  2. "PREPARING FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE: INDIAN SEX WORKERS AND THE LAW". www.bc.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  3. Kotiswaran, Prabha (2011-07-25). Dangerous Sex, Invisible Labor. ISBN 978-0-691-14251-7.
  4. "Governance Feminism: An Introduction". University of Minnesota Press. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  5. ":::Welcome to the official website of Women Unlimited:::". www.womenunlimited.net. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  6. "Towards an Economic Sociology of Law | Wiley". Wiley.com. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  7. "Revisiting the Law and Governance of Trafficking, Forced Labor and Modern Slavery - Cambridge University Press". www.cambridge.org. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  8. Halley, Janet; Kotiswaran, Prabha; Rebouché, Rachel; Shamir, Hila (2019). Governance Feminism: Notes from the Field. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-1-4529-5868-2.
  9. "Prabha Kotiswaran: 'The Sexual Politics of Anti-trafficking Discourse'". Oxford Law Faculty. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  10. "Prizewinners". www.slsa.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  11. "Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2014 | The Leverhulme Trust". www.leverhulme.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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