1.0Department of Law and Legal Studieshttps://carleton.ca/lawcuthemeedtr5https://carleton.ca/law/author/cuthemeedtr5/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hftdD1zmM2"><a href="https://carleton.ca/law/people/balasubramaniam-ratna-rueban/">Ratna Rueban Balasubramaniam</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://carleton.ca/law/people/balasubramaniam-ratna-rueban/embed/#?secret=hftdD1zmM2" width="600" height="338" title="“Ratna Rueban Balasubramaniam” — Department of Law and Legal Studies" data-secret="hftdD1zmM2" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://carleton.ca/law/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://carleton.ca/law/wp-content/uploads/sites/110/Balasubramaniam-Ratna-Rueban_Profile_Square.jpg11571158Research Interests My current area of research revolves around the theme of authoritarian legalism, especially the role of legal authority in constructing and maintaining structures of political domination as well as the extent to which the law itself could generate critical resources that might be used to critique such structures. My approach to scholarship thus […]