School of Law

LL.B (Mumbai) 1992, PhD. (Keele) 2005

Dania's research interests are in contract doctrine and theoretical foundations of contract law; the English Common Law tradition in the United States and India; sovereign debt - litigation , the private law aspects of sovereign debt regulation (sanctity, property, good faith), the socio-legal market mechanisms that constrain assertions of individual self-interest; the regulation of sex-selective abortions; the politics of recognition.

Company Law (Module Leader)

Contract 2

LLM in Gender, Sexuality and Law

MA in Human Rights, Globalisation and Justice

Before taking up her doctoral studies in law, Dania was a lawyer practicing in the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi and Mumbai High Courts specializing in civil litigation. She has worked inter alia on the following cases:

- T.N.Godavarman – (Public Interest Litigation framing guidelines for the formulation of a National Forest Policy). As an intervener in the proceedings, she represented three tribal groups from Arunachal Pradesh, India.

- Trilokpuri Welfare Association- (Writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the State (Delhi) policy on slum resettlement and urban planning)

Dania has also been involved in formulating advocacy initiatives and litigation strategy as a Legal Officer, Lawyers Collective – HIV/AIDS Unit (A project funded by the European Commission), Mumbai, India.

Voluntary work:

As a lawyer, Dania was associated with Janvadi Mahila Samiti (Legal arm of the All India Democratic Women’s Association, New Delhi) where she represented women in matrimonial litigation. Dania was also involved in the drafting of case papers petitioning the Supreme Court of India to ban the use of the anti-malaria drug ‘Quinacrine’ on women as a non-surgical method of sterilisation.