Kushagr Bakshi

Kushagr Bakshi is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law in the Center on Law and the Economy. Kushagr is interested in structural themes across constitutional law which focus on the distribution and allocation of power. Using insights from comparative constitutional law and history, his work has two major strands: One focuses on mechanisms of institutional and federal design which help in strengthening democratic decision making in plural societies and best serve minority communities. The second strand focuses on institutional and interpretive differences between varieties of constitutional thought and practice, at the national and supranational level.

He has previously worked as foreign law clerk at the Constitutional Court of South Africa, a research assistant for the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights and as an associate at a major law firm in India.  

The Murphy Institute's Center on Law and the Economy funds a Visiting Assistant Professorship in Law, a two-year position offering exceptional early career legal scholars the opportunity to build a body of research in a dynamic, collegial, and collaborative environment.