On 8 October I will give a talk at the University of Chicago on “The Constitution, the Military and the State in Myanmar: The Power and Limits of Aung San Suu Kyi’s Government“ Calls for constitutional reform persist in many countries around the global. Constitutional design and participation in constitution-making presents a host of challengesContinue reading “The Constitution, the Military and the State in Myanmar”
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Visiting American Bar Foundation
I am currently a visiting fellow at the American Bar Foundation and Northwestern Law School in Chicago. While here I will be finalising a book project on The Constitution of Myanmar.
Implementing New Constitutions Workshop
From 13-14 October 2017, Chicago Law School will be holding a workshop on ‘From Parchment to Practise: Implementing New Constitutions’. I will be presenting a paper on “Vehicle for Democratic Transition or Authoritarian Straightjacket? Constitutional Regression and Risks in the Struggle to Change Myanmar’s Constitution“. The abstract of my paper is as follows: How hard isContinue reading “Implementing New Constitutions Workshop”
Melissa Crouch 