Associate Professor of Law and Society

Year Joined RCNJ: 2011

Contact Information

• Phone: (201) 684-7381
• Email: spadhy@ramapo.edu
• Office: G226

Education:

• Ph.D., Political Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
• MA in Political Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
• MPhil and MA in Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
• BA in Political Science, Lady Shriram College, Delhi University.

Convening Groups:

• Law and Society
• Environmental Studies
• Sustainability

Founding co-editor, Ramapo Journal of Law and Society

Courses Taught:

• Introduction to Law and Society
• Law, Power, and Inequality
• Global Legal Order
• International Law
• Law and Sustainability
• Comparative Environmental Law
• Socio-Legal Research and Writing
• Field Studies
• Senior Seminar
• Senior Thesis
• World Sustainability
• Social Issues
• Environmental Studies Seminar
• Human Rights Challenges at Home and Around the World (First Year Seminar)
• Indian Culture and Society (Study Abroad in India)
• Social Movements, Human Rights, and Media in India (Study Abroad in India)

Teaching Interests:

Law and Society, Sustainability and the Law, Environmental Policy and Law, Comparative Environmental Law, International Law, Human Rights, Indian Politics and Society.

Research Interests:

Environmental Human Rights, Environmental Justice, Human Right to Water, Environmental Law in Asia-especially India, Bioethics, Legal Pluralism, Human Rights.

Publications:

• 2021, Human Rights Policy and Sustainable Development Goals. In: Leal Filho, W., Marisa Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Gökçin Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Reduced Inequalities. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham.
• 2021, Book Review. Animal Intimacies by Radhika Govindrajan, University of Chicago Press, 2018. https://allegralaboratory.net/book-review-animal-intimacies/
• 2014, Toward Green Bioethics and Health Rights: Lessons from Bhopal and Fukushima. In Global Bioethics and Human Rights: Contemporary Issues, edited by Wanda Teays, John-Stewart Gordon, and Alison Dundes Renteln, Rowman and Littlefield, pp. 370-384.
• 2007, From Green Bench to Green Courts: Executive and Judicial Battles over Environment. Seminar. No. 575, July.
• 2004, Secularism and Justice: A Case Study of Indian Supreme Court Judgments. Economic and Political Weekly. Volume 39, No. 46-47, 2004, pp.5027-5032. Reprinted in B.D Dua, Rekha Saxena and M.P Singh. (Ed.). Indian Judiciary and Politics: The Changing Landscape. New Delhi: Manohar, 2007, pp.287-302.

Current Projects:

• Environmental Human Rights in India
• Delhi Air Pollution