Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - Harvard Law School, 2011), under the title: An alien justice : Pakistan's experience with formal law : a historical, sociological and institutional review.

The hegemony of heritage : the "narratives of colonial displacement" : the absence of the past in Pakistani reform narratives -- Law in practice : the Lahore District Courts survey (2010-2011) -- Law, crime, context and vulnerability : the Punjab crime perception survey (2009-2010) -- Approaches to legal and judicial reform in Pakistan : post colonial inertia and the paucity of imagination in times of turmoil and change -- Reform on paper : a post mortem of justice sector reform in Pakistan from 1998-2010 -- Reform nirvanas and reality checks : justice sector reform in Pakistan in the twenty-first century and the monopoly of the "experts" -- Towards a new approach.