Professor B S Chimni is a legal scholar and academic who is presently distinguished professor of international law member at Jindal Global Law School. His areas of expertise include international law, international trade law and international refugee law. He has been chairperson of the Centre for International Legal Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He had a 2+1⁄2-year stint as vice chancellor of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. He has been a visiting professor at the International Center for Comparative Law and Politics, Tokyo University, a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School, visiting fellow at Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, and a visiting scholar at the Refugee Studies Center, York University, Canada.
He served as a member of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the period from 1996 to 2000. He is on the editorial board of several national and international journals like Indian Journal of International Law, International Studies, International Refugee Studies, Georgetown Immigration Law Journal and Refugee Survey Quarterly. Chimni is part of a group of scholars who self-identify as the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) scholars.
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| 2007 | Journal Article | B.S Chimni, ‘A past, present and future of international law: a critcial third world apprach ‘,[2007], 8 (2)Melbourne Journal of international Law , 499 -515 | Link |
| 2004 | Journal Article | B. S. Chimni, International Institutions Today: An Imperial Global State in the Making, European Journal of International Law, Volume 15, Issue 1, February 2004, Pages 1–37, | Link |
| 2003 | Book Chapter | B.S Chimni, ‘4. Third World Approaches to International Law: A Manifesto: Law, Politics and Globalization’, Third World and International Order, Developments in International Law(Brill | Nijhoff, 2003) | Link |
| 1998 | Journal Article | B. S. Chimni, The Geopolitics of Refugee Studies: A View from the South, Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 350–374 | Link |
| 2004 | Journal Article | B. S. Chimni, From Resettlement to Involuntary Repatriation: Towards a Critical History of Durable Solutions to Refugee Problems, Refugee Survey Quarterly, Volume 23, Issue 3, October 2004, Pages 55–73 | Link |
| 2000 | Journal Article | B. S. Chimni, Globalization, Humanitarianism and the Erosion of Refugee Protection, Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2000, Pages 243–263 | Link |
| 2009 | Journal Article | B. S. Chimni, The Birth of a ‘Discipline’: From Refugee to Forced Migration Studies, Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 22, Issue 1, March 2009, Pages 11–29 | Link |
| 2017 | Book | B.S Chimni, International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches, (2nd Edn, Cambridge University Press,2017) | Link |
| 2003 | Journal Article | Antony Anghie, B.S. Chimni, Third World Approaches to International Law and Individual Responsibility in Internal Conflicts , Chinese Journal of International Law, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77–103, | Link |
| 2018 | Journal Article | Chimni BS, “Customary International Law: A Third World Perspective” (2018) 112 American Journal of International Law 1 | Link |
| 2012 | Journal Article | B. S. Chimni, ‘Capitalism, Imperialism, and International Law in the Twenty-First Century’ (2012) 14 Or Rev Int’l L 17 | Link |
| 1993 | Journal Article | B. S. CHIMNI, The Meaning of Words and the Role of UNHCR in Voluntary Repatriation, International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 5, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 442–460 | Link |
| 2004 | Journal Article | CHIMNI BS, “An Outline of a Marxist Course on Public International Law” (2004) 17 Leiden Journal of International Law 1 | Link |
| 2005 | Journal Article | B. S. Chimni, ‘Co-Option and Resistance: Two Faces of Global Administrative Law’ (2005) 37 NYU J Int’l L & Pol 799 | Link |
| 2019 | Journal Article | B S Chimni, Global Compact on Refugees: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 30, Issue 4, December 2018, Pages 630–634 | Link |
| 2002 | Journal Article | B. S. Chimni (2002) Refugees, Return and Reconstruction of ‘PostConflict’ Societies: A Critical Perspective, International Peacekeeping, 9:2, 163-180, DOI: 10.1080/714002734 | Link |
| 2006 | Journal Article | Chimni BS, “A Just World Under Law: A View From the South” (2006) 100 Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting 17 | Link |
| 2010 | Journal Article | B. S. Chimni, Prolegomena to a Class Approach to International Law, European Journal of International Law, Volume 21, Issue 1, February 2010, Pages 57–82 | Link |
| 1994 | Journal Article | B. S. Chimni, ‘The Legal Condition of Refugees in India’ (1994) 7 J Refugee Stud 378 | Link |
| 2003 | Book Chapter | B.S Chimni, ‘ Chapter 11- Status of Refugees in India: A strategic ambiguity’ pages 443-470, in Eds. by Ranbir Samaddar Refugees and the State: Practice of Asylum and Care in India, 1947-2000, (SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2000) | Link |
| 2008 | Journal Article | B.S Chimni, ‘ The Sen Conception of Development and International Law Discourse: Some Parallels ‘,(2008) (1) (1) The Law and Development Review,3-22 | Link |
| 1999 | Journal Article | B.S. Chimni, ‘Marxism and International Law: A Contemporary Analysis’ (1999) (6) Economic and Political Weekly 337-349 | Link |
| 2005 | Journal Article | B. S. Chimni, Peter J. Schraeder (ed.). Exporting Democracy: Rhetoric vs. Reality. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002. Pp. 289. Susan Marks. The Riddle of All Constitutions: International Law, Democracy, and the Critique of Ideology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003 (paperback). Pp. 164., European Journal of International Law, Volume 16, Issue 5, November 2005, Pages 1001–1005, | Link |
| 2005 | Journal Article | B. S. Chimni, ‘Alternative Visions of Just World Order: Six Tales from India’ (2005) 46 Harv Int’l LJ 389 | Link |
| 2003 | Journal Article | B.S Chimni, ‘Aid, Relief, and Containment: The first Asylum Country and Beyond’ (2003) 40 International Migration,Pages 75-94, | Link |
| 2000 | Journal Article | B.S Chimni, ‘WTO and the Environment Shrimp Turtle and EC Hormones Cases’ (2000) (35) (20) Economic and Political Weekly 1752-1760 | Link |
| 1999 | Journal Article | B.S Chimni, ‘India and the Ongoing Review of the WTO Dispute Settlement System’ (1999) (34)(5) Economic and Political Weekly 264-267 | Link |
| 2018 | Symposium Note /Article | Anghie A and Gathii J, “Introduction to the Symposium on B.S. Chimni, ‘Customary International Law: A Third World Perspective’” (2018) 112 AJIL Unbound 290 | Link |
| 2011 | Book Chapter | Chimni B, “The WTO, Democracy and Development: a View from the South” in Carolyn Deere Birkbeck (ed), Making Global Trade Governance Work for Development: Perspectives and Priorities from Developing Countries (Cambridge University Press 2011) | Link |
| 2010 | Journal Article | CHIMNI BS, “Asian Civilizations and International Law: Some Reflections” (2011) 1 Asian Journal of International Law 39 | Link |
| 2021 | Book Review | Chimni BS, “Modernizing the UN Human Rights System. By Bertrand G. Ramcharan. Leiden: Brill Nijhoff, 2019. Pp. Xvi, 241. Index.” (2021) 115 American Journal of International Law 171 | Link |
| 2012 | Journal Article | Chimni BS, “Global Capitalism and Global Democracy: Subverting the Other?” in Daniele Archibugi, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi and Raffaele Marchetti (eds), Global Democracy: Normative and Empirical Perspectives (Cambridge University Press 2011) | Link |
| 2022 | Book Chapter | Chimni BS, “Inclusion and Exclusion in International Organizations” in Jan Klabbers (ed), The Cambridge Companion to International Organizations Law (Cambridge University Press 2022) | Link |
| 2006 | Journal Article | Chimni BS, “A Just World Under Law: A View From the South” (2006) 100 Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting 17 | Link |
| 2022 | Journal Article | Chimni BS, “The International Law of Jurisdiction: A TWAIL Perspective” (2022) 35 Leiden Journal of International Law 29 | Link |
| 2017 | Journal Article | Chimni BS, “Richard Falk and the Grotian Quest: Towards a Transdisciplinary Jurisprudence,” International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches (2nd ednCambridge University Press 2017) | Link |
| 2018 | Journal Article | Chimni BS, “Customary International Law: A Third World Perspective” (2018) 112 American Journal of International Law 1 | Link |
| 2006 | Book Review | CHIMNI BHUPINDERS, “Reclaiming Development in the World Trading System by Yong-Shik Lee Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006, 191 Pp.” (2006) 5 World Trade Review 498 | Link |
| 2017 | Book Chapter | Chimni BS, “The Policy-Oriented or New Haven Approach to International Law: The Contributions of Myres McDougal and Harold Lasswell,” International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches (2nd ednCambridge University Press 2017) | Link |
| 2011 | Journal Article | Chimni BS, “China, India and the WTO Dispute Settlement System: Towards an Interpretative Strategy” in Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah and Jiangyu Wang (eds), China, India and the International Economic Order (Cambridge University Press 2010) | Link |
| 1986 | Journal Article | Chimni BS, “The International Court and the Maintenance of Peace and Security: The Nicaragua Decision and the United States Response” (1986) 35 International & Comparative Law Quarterly 960 | Link |
| 2017 | Book Chapter | Chimni BS, “Towards an Integrated Marxist Approach to International Law (IMAIL),” International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches (2nd ednCambridge University Press 2017) | Link |
| 2017 | Book Chapter | Chimni BS, “Anti-Imperialism: Then and Now” in Luis Eslava, Michael Fakhri and Vasuki Nesiah (eds), Bandung, Global History, and International Law: Critical Pasts and Pending Futures (Cambridge University Press 2017) | Link |
| 2017 | Book Chapter | Chimni BS, “New Approaches to International Law: The Critical Scholarship of David Kennedy and Martti Koskenniemi,” International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches (2nd ednCambridge University Press 2017) | Link |
| 2017 | Book Chapter | Chimni BS, “The Classical Realist Approach to International Law: The World of Hans Morgenthau,” International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches (2nd ednCambridge University Press 2017) | Link |
| 2012 | Book Chapter | Chimni BS, “Legitimating the International Rule of Law” in James Crawford and Martti Koskenniemi (eds), The Cambridge Companion to International Law (Cambridge University Press 2012) | Link |
| 2010 | Book Chapter | Chimni BS, “Sovereignty, Rights, and Armed Intervention: A Dialectical Perspective” in Hilary Charlesworth and Jean-Marc Coicaud (eds), Fault Lines of International Legitimacy (Cambridge University Press 2010) | Link |
| 2010 | Journal Article | CHIMNI BS, “International Law Scholarship in Post-Colonial India: Coping with Dualism” (2010) 23 Leiden Journal of International Law 23 | Link |
| 2004 | Journal Article | Chimni BS and others, “Theme III: Global Governance: Institutions” (2003) 16 Leiden Journal of International Law 897 | Link |
| 2018 | Journal Article | Charlesworth H and others, “International Organizations and the Technologies of Governance” in IPSP (ed), Rethinking Society for the 21st Century: Report of the International Panel on Social Progress, vol 2 (Cambridge University Press 2018) | Link |
| 2018 | Journal Article | Nesiah V, “Decolonial CIL: TWAIL, Feminism, and an Insurgent Jurisprudence” (2018) 112 AJIL Unbound 313 | Link |
| 2018 | Journal Article | Lepard BD, “‘Customary International Law: A Third World Perspective’: Reflections in Light of an Approach to CIL Based on Fundamental Ethical Principles” (2018) 112 AJIL Unbound 303 | Link |
| 2018 | Journal Article | Carty A, “The Need to Be Rid of the Idea of General Customary Law” (2018) 112 AJIL Unbound 319 | Link |
| 2018 | Journal Article | Kelly JP, “Revolution by Customary International Law?” (2018) 112 AJIL Unbound 297 | Link |
| 2018 | Journal Article | d’Aspremont J, “A Postmodernization of Customary International Law for the First World?” (2018) 112 AJIL Unbound 293 | Link |
| 2021 | Book Chapter | B.S Chimni, ‘ Chapter 4 Crises and International Law’ Crises narratives in International Law, (The Netherlands, Brill 2021) | Link |
| 2008 | Yearbook Article | Chimni, B. S. “Is there an Asian approach to International Law? Questions, theses and reflections”. Asian Yearbook of International Law, Volume 14 (2008). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Nijhoff, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004433809_009 Web. | Link |
| 2021 | E-Journal Article | Chimni, B.S. “The Grotian Tradition, Grotian Moment, and Decolonization: A twail Perspective”. Grotiana 42.2 (2021): 252-276. | Link |
| 2000 | Yearbook Article | Chimni, B.S. “State practice of Asian countries in the field of international law”. Asian Yearbook of International Law. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Nijhoff, 2004. | Link |
| 2006 | Yearbook Article | Chimni, B.S., Miyoshi Masahiro, and Surya P. Subedi. “Anti-Secession Law of the People’s Republic of China”. Asian Yearboook of International Law. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Nijhoff, 2006. | Link |
| 2006 | Yearbook Article | Chimni, B.S., Miyoshi Masahiro, and Surya P. Subedi. “Agreement between India and China on Boundary Questions”. Asian Yearbook of International Law. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Nijhoff, 2006. | Link |
| 2006 | Yearbook Article | Chimni, B.S., Miyoshi Masahiro, and Surya P. Subedi. “Protocol between India and China on Confidence Building Measures”. Asian Yearbook of International Law. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Nijhoff, 2006. | Link |
| 2006 | Yearbook Article | Chimni, B.S., Miyoshi Masahiro, and Surya P. Subedi. “The Second Bandung Declaration on the new Asian-African Strategic Partnership”. Asian Yearbook of International Law. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Link |
| 2004 | Book Review | Chimni, B.S., Miyoshi Masahiro, and Surya P. Subedi. “Book Reviews”. Asian Yearbook of International Law. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | | Link |
| 2006 | Yearbook Article | Chimni, B.S., Miyoshi Masahiro, and Surya P. Subedi. “The Kathmandu Declaration of the SAARC”. Asian Yearbook of International Law. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Nijhoff, 2006. | Link |
| 2005 | Yearbook Article | Chimni, B.S., Miyoshi Masahiro, and Surya P. Subedi. “Participation in multilateral treaties”. Asian Yearbook of International Law. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Nijhoff, 2005 | Link |
| 2004 | Book Review | Chimni, B.S., Miyoshi Masahiro, and Surya P. Subedi. “Book Reviews”. Asian Yearbook of International Law. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Nijhoff, 2004 | Link |
| 2000 | Yearbook Article | Chimni, B.S., Miyoshi Masahiro, and Surya P. Subedi. “Announcements of the Foundation for the Development of International Law in Asia”. Asian Yearbook of International Law. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Nijhoff, 2004. | Link |
| 2003 | Yearbook Article | Chimni, B.S., Ko Swan Sik, Miyoshi Masahiro, M.C.W. Pinto, and S.P. Subedi. “ASIA AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS”. Asian Yearbook of International Law. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Nijhoff, 2003. | Link |
| 2003 | Yearbook Article | Chimni, B.S., Ko Swan Sik, Miyoshi Masahiro, M.C.W. Pinto, and S.P. Subedi. “Legal Materials”. Asian Yearbook of International Law. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Nijhoff, 2003. | Link |
| 2012 | Journal Article | B.S. Chimni, The Self, Modern Civilization, and International Law: Learning from Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, European Journal of International Law, Volume 23, Issue 4, November 2012, Pages 1159–1173 | Link |
| 2017 | Blog Post | B.S Chimni, ‘ Asia, International Law, and International Institutions: A Comment’ OpinioJuris , Published on 17th January 2017 | Link |
| 2001 | Journal Article | “Teaching, Research and Promotion of International Law in India: Past, Present and Future”, Singapore Journal of International and Comparative Law No.2 (2001) pp.368- 388; | Link |
| 2017 | Journal Article | Chimni, B. S., ‘International Organizations, 1945–Present’, in Jacob Katz Cogan, Ian Hurd, and Ian Johnstone (eds), The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations, Oxford Handbooks (2016; online edn, Oxford Academic, 6 Nov. 2017) | Link |
| 2018 | VISION OF BS CHIMNI ABOUT TEA CHING | TEACHING AND RESEARCH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN ASIA: SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE WAY FORWARD | Link |
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