Marc Galanter is a Professor of Law Emeritus at the

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. Previously he was the John and Rylla Bosshard Professor of Law and South Asian Studies at the

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and LSE Centennial Professor at the

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. He teaches South Asian Law, Law and Social Science, Legal Profession, Religion and the Law, Contracts, Dispute Processing and Negotiations. He has authored numerous books and articles related to law, the legal profession and the provision of legal services in India. Galanter is also an expert on the

Bhopal disaster On 3 December 1984, over 500,000 people in the vicinity of the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India were exposed to the highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate, in what is considered the world's worst ind ...

that occurred in Bhopal, India in 1984. His collection of court documents, newspaper clippings, secondary sources and photos form the foundation of the "Bhopal: Law, Accidents, and Disasters in India" digital collection maintained by the University of Wisconsin Law School Library. The Bhopal digital archive contains thousands of documents, videos, a timeline and a bibliography of other works about the Bhopal disaster.

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