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About this blog

In this blog you can find my research on constitutional and legal issues in Asia

I am based at the Faculty of Law & Justice, the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney. My research interests include law and society; comparative constitutional law; and law and religion, with a focus on Indonesia and Myanmar. My research approach is informed by legal ethnography, the sociology of law, and historical anthropology. Key themes of my research include socio-legal approaches to constitutionalism, constitution-making and courts in the Global South, with an emphasis on the social lives of constitutions, the legacies of law in the post-colony, and legal pluralism

At UNSW, I lead the Asia Law & Policy Forum. I am the past president of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), the peak academic body for Asian Studies in Australia. You can find more about my expertise on Indonesian Law here.

I support and contribute to initiatives on constitutional and legal reform, and legal education, in Asia. I have collaborated with a variety of international and local organisations in the region.

In Australia and overseas, I teach in the areas of Asian legal traditions, law and society, comparative constitutional law, constitutionalism in the Global South, constitution-making, and Indonesian law.

My CV is available here