Next week I will be speaking at the Law Faculty, University of Otago, New Zealand, on ‘Constitutional Reform in Authoritarian Regimes: Writs as Weapons in Myanmar?’ The role and function of constitutions in authoritarian regimes has always been something of an anomaly for scholars. Yet a new body of scholarship has emerged in an effort to exploreContinue reading “Talk: Constitutional Reform in Authoritarian Regimes”
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Constitutional Reform in Myanmar
Constitutional amendment is an important part of any transition from military rule. In Myanmar/Burma, a transition from military rule to a quasi-civilian government was made in 2011 under the new Constitution. Yet despite calls for change, the Constitution has yet to be reformed. On Wed 28 May 2015, I will give a talk as part ofContinue reading “Constitutional Reform in Myanmar”
Podcast for Law Reform in Myanmar Beyond 2015
Last Tuesday evening a panel discussion on Law Reform in Myanmar Beyond 2015 was held at UNSW, Sydney. An audio recording of the panel discussion and book launch is available here The event was co-hosted by the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and the Australia-Myanmar Constitutional Democracy Project. It built on legal education andContinue reading “Podcast for Law Reform in Myanmar Beyond 2015”
Seminar: A Stocktake on Law Reform in Myanmar
This talk is being held on Thursday 2 April 2015, from 1-2pm. Venue: Moot Court, Room 317, Building 5 (ANU College of Law) on Fellows Road Speaker: Dr Melissa Crouch Myanmar is the latest site for law and development and rule of law reform. In this talk I want to step back and reflect on theContinue reading “Seminar: A Stocktake on Law Reform in Myanmar”
Seminar on Islam and the State in Myanmar
Political and Social Change SeminarTopicIslam and the State in Myanmar: Understanding the Politics of BelongingSpeakerMelissa CrouchDate & Venue1–2.30pm, Wednesday 1 April, 2015Coombs Extension, Room 1.04HC Coombs Extension Bldg #8, Fellows RdThe Australian National University AbstractThe recent anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar has exposed a serious gap in knowledge of Muslim communities and how they interact withContinue reading “Seminar on Islam and the State in Myanmar”
Seminar on Law in a Changing Myanmar
The UNSW Network for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law invites you to attend an evening seminar on ‘ Law in a Changing Myanmar” The guest speakers are Professor Nu Nu Yi and Professor Tin Htay Ei, who are visiting UNSW from 2-5 March 2015. Professor Nu Nu Yi is Pro-Rector and former Head of Department of Law, University of Mandalay. Her expertise lies in intellectualContinue reading “Seminar on Law in a Changing Myanmar”
Legal and Economic Reforms in Myanmar
This week’s Asian Law Centre Occasional Seminar to be held on Thursday 10 October 2013 at 5:30PM is on Legal and Economic Reforms in Maynmar. The key speaker is Dr Sean Turnell who is an Associate Professor in Economics at Macquarie University in Sydney, and is the author of numerous publications on Burma, including his bookContinue reading “Legal and Economic Reforms in Myanmar”
Talk on People Smuggling at RSIS, Singapore, and the University of Melbourne
On 3 September 2013, Melissa gave a talk at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.The talk was based on the policy paper on ‘People Smuggling Trials in Indonesia’, co-authored with Dr Antje Missbach. Dr Antje Missbach will also be giving a talk on People Smuggling Trials inContinue reading “Talk on People Smuggling at RSIS, Singapore, and the University of Melbourne”
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