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{{short description|Indian sociologist and feminist legal scholar}}<br />
'''Pratiksha Baxi''' (born 1970) is an Indian [[Sociology|sociologist]] and [[Feminist legal theory|feminist legal]] scholar, whose research has focused on courtroom procedures, ethnography and sexual violence against women.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Faculty: Pratiksha Baxi|url=https://www.jnu.ac.in/content/pbaxi|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Jawaharlal Nehru University, Center for the Study of Law and Governance}}</ref> She is currently a member of the faculty in [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]'s Center for the Study of Law and Governance.<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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==Education and career==<br />
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Baxi has a doctoral degree in sociology from the [[Delhi School of Economics]], and founded the Law and Social Sciences Research Network at Delhi University, which hosts an annual interdisciplinary conference on law and social science research.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Pratiksha Baxi, Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, JNU|url=https://jnu.ac.in/Faculty/pbaxi/HOME.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=[[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]}}</ref> Baxi has been awarded fellowships by the [[Käte Hamburger|Kate Hamburger]] Center in Bonn, the [[University of Warwick]], and the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] in India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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In 2014, Baxi published ''Public Secrets of the Law: Rape Trials in India'' (Oxford University Press), which is one of the first works to present ethnographic research on courtrooms in India, focusing particularly on rape trials from a trial court in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Public Secrets of Law: Rape Trials in India - Oxford Scholarship|url=https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com//mobile/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198089568.001.0001/acprof-9780198089568|access-date=2020-11-26|website=oxford.universitypressscholarship.com|year=2013|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198089568.001.0001|last1=Baxi|first1=Pratiksha|isbn=9780198089568}}</ref> The book received positive reviews in research publications, with the ''[[Law & Society Review]]'' describing it as a "remarkable study of the public life of rape trials in India" <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mitra|first=Durba|date=2015|title=Review of Public Secrets of Law: Rape Trials in India|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43670485|journal=Law & Society Review|volume=49|issue=2|pages=535–537|doi=10.1111/lasr.12142|jstor=43670485|issn=0023-9216}}</ref> and a review in ''The Journal of the Indian Law Institute'' calling it a "pioneering effort in the field of feminist legal research".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tellis|first=Ashley|date=2015|title=Review of PUBLIC SECRETS OF LAW: RAPE TRIALS IN INDIA|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44782493|journal=Journal of the Indian Law Institute|volume=57|issue=1|pages=117–120|jstor=44782493|issn=0019-5731}}</ref> Baxi has also published on law and sexual violence in [[The Indian Express|the ''Indian Express'']]'', [[Economic and Political Weekly]],'' and ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Articles by Pratiksha Baxi|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/author/pratiksha-baxi/5876|access-date=2020-11-26|website=outlookindia.com/}}</ref> in addition to academic journals including ''[[Contributions to Indian Sociology]]'', ''[[Third World Quarterly]]'', and the ''[[Annual Review of Anthropology]]''.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Baxi|first=Pratiksha|date=2014|title=Sexual Violence and Its Discontents|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43049567|journal=Annual Review of Anthropology|volume=43|pages=139–154|doi=10.1146/annurev-anthro-102313-030247|jstor=43049567|issn=0084-6570}}</ref><br />
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