Position:
Faculty Associate (2023-2026) / BA Student in Jurisprudence (2023-2026)
Faculty / College Address:
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies | Harris Manchester College
Email:
fleminct123@gmail.com
Research Interests:
Dharmaśāstra, Mīmāṃsā, the Mahābhārata, and Indian legal history
Current Projects:
The Sanskrit Epics and the History of Hinduism (edited volume)
Śūdra Ascetics in Anglo-Hindu Law (book chapter)
Courses Taught:
MPhil Set Texts - Brāhmaṇism: Mānavadharmaśāstra & Śābarabhāṣya
MPhil Set Texts – Vaiṣṇavism: Sāttvata Saṃhitā & Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Indian Law and History
Publications:
Equity and Trusts in Sanskrit Jurisprudence (Oxford: British Academy/OUP, 2025)
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/equity-and-trusts-in-sanskrit-ju...
"Dharmaśāstra and the Legal Personality of Deities in the Ayodhya Verdicts (2010 & 2019)." Contemporary South Asia (2023)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09584935.2023.2281649?src=
Science and Society in the Sanskrit World. Edited with Toke Knudsen, Anuj Misra, and Vishal Sharma (Leiden: Brill, 2023)
https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/61887
“Gambling with Justice: A Juridical Approach to the Game of Dice in the Dyūtaparvan of the Mahābhārata.” Journal of Hindu Studies (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1093/jhs/hiaa015
Ownership and Inheritance in Sanskrit Jurisprudence (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020)
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ownership-and-inheritance-in-san...
“Critical Legal Studies and Narrative Ethics in Contemporary Indian ‘Epic’ Fiction.” South Asian Studies (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1080/02666030.2017.1402248
