Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
B.A.; LL.B. (University of Delhi)
LL.M. (ILI, Delhi)
Professor
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| ORCID ID | 0000-0002-8257-4926 |
| Key Expertise | Religion and Law, Religious Studies, Psychoanalytic Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, Constitutional Law. |
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
B.A.; LL.B. (University of Delhi)
LL.M. (ILI, Delhi)
Amit Bindal is a Professor at Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), OP Jindal Global University (JGU). He has been teaching at JGLS for the past seventeen years.
His teaching and scholarship centre on the intersection of Law and Religion. Bindal’s work focuses on the juridical encounter with the language of mythology and the ways in which it has shaped religion as an identity category in the Indian context. His intellectual interests include exploring the question of mysticism in Indian and Continental philosophy.
His first book, Freedom of Religion and Constitutional Law: Traversing Myth and Modernity (Routledge, 2025) argues that in postcolonial societies such as India, courts must engage with the complexities arising from their encounter with religion rather than reaffirming the myth of a separation between law and religion. The book demonstrates that any other approach leads to repression and its subsequent re-emergence in various forms.
Bindal has authored several journal articles and book chapters on themes relating to the death penalty, the philosophy of criminal law, and constitutional law. He has taught core courses such as Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, and Jurisprudence. He has also offered electives including Law and Religion, Law and Literature, and Psychoanalytic Jurisprudence.
Bindal completed his undergraduate degree in English Literature from Hansraj College and obtained his law degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. He earned his Master of Laws degree from the Indian Law Institute in 2009 and completed his PhD at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences (CSSS), Department of History in 2022. He is interested in studying and reading law through interdisciplinary approaches.
Jurisprudence
Criminal Law
Constitutional Law
Judicial Process
Law and Religion
Psychoanalytic Jurisprudence
Law and Literature
Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law
Late Shri M.K. Nambiar Gold Medal for the Best Researcher in LL.M.
Prof. K.N.C. Pillai Gold Medal for securing the First Position in Criminal Law
Teaching Excellence Awards at JGLS
National Law School of India University, Bangalore (2021)
THINKING LAW AND FEMINISM THROUGH PSYCHOANALYSIS (Elective Course)
| abindal@jgu.edu.in | |
| ORCID ID | 0000-0002-8257-4926 |
| Key Expertise | Religion and Law, Religious Studies, Psychoanalytic Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, Constitutional Law. |