Farrah Ahmed

Administering Indian citizenship

F Ahmed, BG Nair

Journal article  |  2023  |  Indian Law Review

Primary legislation on Indian citizenship–particularly the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019–has recently attracted a great deal o..

What establishment expresses

Farrah Ahmed

Journal article  |  2022  |  ICON-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Religious establishment is said to be wrong partly because of what it expresses. But the typical arguments about what establishmen..

The Delegation Theory of Judicial Review

Farrah Ahmed

Journal article  |  2021  |  MODERN LAW REVIEW

This paper offers an interpretive theory which aims to make sense of judicial review doctrine in light of its underlying rationale..

Pluralism and personal laws in India

F Ahmed

Book Chapter  |  2020

Personal law systems regulate family matters by applying different “personal laws” - ostensibly based on religious doctrine - to p..

Arbitrariness, subordination and unequal citizenship

F Ahmed

Journal article  |  2020  |  Indian Law Review

The equality provisions of the Indian Constitution proscribe legislation that is arbitrary and, this paper argues, legislation tha..

Enforcing Constitutional Conventions

Farrah Ahmed, Richard Albert, Adam Perry

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Constitutional Law

In an earlier article, we disproved the three claims central to the dominant view in the study of constitutional conventions: that..

Judging Constitutional Conventions

Farrah Ahmed, Richard Albert, Adam Perry

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Constitutional Law

The study of constitutional conventions is anchored in three assumptions that have so far remained largely unchallenged: that ther..

The Problem with Personal Law in India

Farrah Ahmed

Book Chapter  |  2019

Family law in India is largely based on a system of religious law, commonly referred to as 'personal laws'. The term 'personal law..

Reclaiming Indian Administrative Law

Farrah Ahmed, Swati Jhaveri

Book Chapter  |  2019

Enforcing Religious Law

Farrah Ahmed

Book Chapter  |  2018

This chapter has outlined two main legal regimes through which the law gives effect to religious norms in contemporary states: per..