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Pooja Parmar serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law, specializing in Indigenous legal systems, judicial ethics, and human rights frameworks. Her research critically examines colonial legacies in legal structures with particular focus on India and Canada.
Her primary research interests span Indigenous Law, Legal Pluralism, Human Rights, Judicial Ethics, and Third World Approaches to International Law. She investigates how legal systems can better incorporate Indigenous perspectives, particularly regarding water rights and constitutional recognition. Her work on judicial ethics emphasizes reconciliation imperatives and cultural competence requirements for legal professionals.
Analysis of her publications reveals consistent thematic focus on decolonizing legal frameworks, with significant contributions to understanding Indigenous rights in postcolonial contexts. Her scholarship bridges theoretical critique with practical legal reform proposals, particularly regarding judicial conduct and lawyer responsibilities in reconciliation processes.
Parmar actively engages in collaborative scholarship, as evidenced by her co-authored work on judicial ethics and collective book reviews examining women's contributions to Canadian jurisprudence. Her research demonstrates methodological rigor in analyzing historical wrongs while proposing contemporary legal solutions.
