Doctoral Dissertation Research: Law and Citizenship in Postcolonial India

本论文的研究项目探讨了法律如何在当代和历史背景下影响边缘化人群。英国殖民统治时期引入的现代法律体系塑造了国家对公民私生活的监管。本项目考察了后殖民时期印度目前的两项法律改革努力：废除反鸡奸法的运动和使成人卖淫合法化的运动。在三个阶段的设计中使用混合方法，研究者解决了多个研究问题。首先，该项目利用档案分析来研究这些地区的后殖民法律法规是如何被殖民国家塑造的。在这个项目的第二部分，共同pi使用民族志比较研究在新德里的地方和国家团体，以了解当代抵抗是如何形成在两个法律改革运动。第三，该项目利用访谈和文献分析来考察全球化、对艾滋病的关注和人权制度如何影响了印度这些法律改革的发展。在这方面，本研究的见解将为跨国努力提供信息，以将全球视角带入这些国家法律问题。

This dissertation research project examines how law can affect marginalized populations in a contemporary and historical context. The modern legal system introduced by British colonial rule shaped state regulation of citizens' private lives. Two current legal reform efforts in postcolonial India are examined in this project: a campaign to repeal the anti-sodomy law and the campaign to decriminalize adult prostitution. Using mixed methods in a three-phased design, the investigator addresses multiple research questions. First, the project utilizes archival analysis to examine how post-colonial legal regulation in these areas was shaped by the colonial state. In the second portion of this project, the co-PI uses an ethnographic comparative study of local and national groups in New Delhi to understand how contemporary resistance takes form in both legal reform movements. Third, the project draws on interviews and document analysis to examine how globalization, concerns over AIDS, and human rights regimes have shaped the development of these legal reforms in India. In this respect, the insights from this research will inform transnational efforts to bring global perspectives to these national legal issues.