Publications - Aparna Polavarapu

Book Contributions

Dangerous Liaisons: Restorative Justice and the State, in The Criminalization of Violence Against Women: Comparative Perspectives (Heather Douglas et al. eds., Oxford University Press 2023).

Without Land, Without Justice: How Women’s Lack of Land Rights Impedes Access to Justice, in Gender, Poverty and Access to Justice: Policy Implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa (David Lawson et al. eds., Routledge 2020). 

Articles

Restorative Justice and Building Communities of Radical Belonging in the Law School Classroom, 73 J. Legal Educ. (forthcoming 2025). 

Restorative Justice in Legal Education, 73 J. Legal Educ. (forthcoming 2025) (with Lindsey Pointer and Alanna Ojibway). 

Human Rights, Human Duties: Making a Rights-Based Case for Community-Based Restorative Justice, 30 Wm. & Mary J. Race Gender. & Soc. J. 53 (2023). 

Myth-Busting Restorative Justice: Uncovering the Past and Finding Lessons in Community, 13 UC Irvine L. Rev. 949 (2023).

Global Carceral Feminism and Domestic Violence: What the West can Learn from Reconciliation in Uganda, 42 Harv. J. L. & Gender 123 (2019). 

Expanding Standing to Develop Democracy: Third Party Public Interest Standing as a Tool for Emerging Democracies, 41 Yale J. Int’l L. 105 (2016).

Initial Reflections on an Interdisciplinary Approach to Rule of Law Studies, 8 L. & Dev. Rev. 277 (2015) (with Joel Samuels). 

Reconciling Indigenous and Women’s Rights to Land in Sub-Saharan Africa, 42 Ga. J. Int’l & Comp. L. 93 (2013). 

Procuring Meaningful Land Rights for the Women of Rwanda, 14 Yale Hum. Rts. & Dev. L.J. 105 (2011). 

Child Marriage and Guardianship in Tanzania: Robbing Girls of their Childhood and Infantilizing Women, 7 Geo. J. Gender & L. 357 (2006) (with Tamar Ezer, Kate Kerr, Tina Tolentino, and Kara Major).

Other Publications

Director, Producer, and Speaker, Bridging Worlds: Narratives of Law, Justice, and Connection (YouTube, Aug. 3, 2025).

Co-contributor, as member of the national AANHPI Elder Safety and Wellness Think Tank, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence & Futures Without Violence, AANHPI Elder Safety & Wellness: Strengths, Challenges & Opportunities (2024). 

Author, Amy Cooper’s Charges were Dismissed. But White Privilege isn’t Restorative Justice. NBC Think, Feb. 20, 2021.

Author, Gendered Dimensions of Marriage and Divorce Registration Laws in Africa (2016) (prepared for Data2x, UN Foundation). 

Author, Beyond Access: The Administration of Justice for Women in Uganda (2015) (prepared for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State and the Rule of Law Collaborative at the University of South Carolina). 

Co-Supervisor and Co-Editor, The Stakes Are High: The Tragic Impact of Unsafe Abortion and Inadequate Access to Contraception in Uganda  (2013) (prepared for the Center for Reproductive Rights).