Contact details
- Name:
- Dr Priyasha Saksena
- Qualifications:
- BA LLB (NLSIU); SJD (Harvard)
- Position/Fellowship type:
- Associate Research Fellow
- Fellowship term:
- 14-Oct-2024
- Institute:
- Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
- Home institution:
- University of Leeds
- Email address:
- P.Saksena@leeds.ac.uk
- Website:
- https://ials.sas.ac.uk/people/dr-priyasha-saksena
Research Summary and Profile
- Research interests:
- Law
- Summary of research interests and expertise:
-
I am a legal historian focusing on the development of legal concepts and institutions within the British empire and their contemporary effects. The first strand on my research examines how law has been used as a language to exercise authority over peoples and territories. The second strand of my research focuses on how law has influenced the experiences of peoples moving across the British empir