Doctoral Dissertation Research: Law and Citizenship in Postcolonial India

本论文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。 由英国殖民统治引入的现代法律的体系塑造了国家对公民私生活的监管。 本项目审查了后殖民时期印度目前的两项法律的改革努力：废除反鸡奸法的运动和使成人卖淫合法化的运动。 在三阶段设计中使用混合方法，研究者解决多个研究问题。首先，该项目利用档案分析，以研究如何在这些领域的后殖民法律的监管是由殖民国家的形状。 在这个项目的第二部分，共同PI使用民族志比较研究的地方和国家群体在新德里了解如何当代阻力采取形式在这两个法律的改革运动。第三，该项目利用访谈和文件分析，研究全球化，对艾滋病的关注，以及人权制度如何塑造这些法律的改革在印度的发展。 在这方面，这项研究的见解将为跨国努力提供信息，以便从全球角度看待这些国家法律的问题。

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.