{"id":1003,"date":"2023-01-16T14:17:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T14:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.jfn.ac.lk\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2025-11-16T14:59:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T14:59:39","slug":"mr-sivanesan-pradinath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.law.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/2023\/01\/16\/mr-sivanesan-pradinath\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Sivanesan Pradinath"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Sanjayan Rajasingham: Senior Lecturer, Department of Law, Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna<\/b><\/p>

Bachelor of Laws Degree: University of Colombo<\/b><\/p>

Master of Laws Degree: Yale Law School<\/b><\/p>

Doctor of Juridical Science: Yale Law School<\/b><\/p>

Email: sanjayan_rajasingham@univ.jfn.ac.lk<\/b><\/p>

Substack: https:\/\/enchantedconstitutions.substack.com\/<\/b><\/p>

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Assistant Lecturer: 2017<\/b><\/p>

Lecturer (probationary): 2017-2018<\/b><\/p>

Lecturer (on contract): 2023-2024<\/b><\/p>

Senior Lecturer (Gr II): 2024 to date<\/b><\/p>

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Sanjayan’s research covers public law, law and religion, legal pedagogy and Buddhism and constitutions, with a focus on Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma. At the Department, he teaches courses on constitutional law, administrative law, law and society, and research methodology.<\/b><\/p>

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\u2018Not just power: Buddhism, the state and modernity in Sri Lanka\u2019 (2025) Asian Journal of Law and Society (forthcoming)<\/b><\/p>

\u2018Book Review: Constitutional Bricolage: Thailand\u2019s sacred monarchy vs the rule of law (Hart Publishing 2021)\u2019 (2024) 72 American Journal of Comparative Law 241<\/b><\/p>

\u2018Innominate constitutions and power-sharing in Sri Lanka\u2019 (2022) 7 Indian Law Review 150<\/b><\/p>

\u2018Federal or Unitary: The Power-sharing Debate in Sri Lanka\u2019 (2019) 108 Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs 653<\/b><\/p>

\u2018Reforming the Rule Against Bias in Administrative Law\u2019 (2017) 3 (3) Comparative Constitutional Law and Administrative Law Quarterly 28<\/b><\/p>

\u2018Human Rights, Development and Rathupaswala\u2019 (2014) 25 Law & Society Trust Review 37<\/b><\/p>

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