Publications

Books

• Melissa Crouch (2019) The Constitution of Myanmar: A Contextual Analysis. Hart Publishing. [Burmese translation available 2021: ၂၀၀၈ ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေအား သုံးသပ်လေ့လာခြင်း]
• Melissa Crouch (2014) Law and Religion in Indonesia: Conflict and the Courts in West Java. Routledge

Edited Books

• Melissa Crouch (2023) Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia. Oxford University Press.
• Melissa Crouch (2021) Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific. Cambridge University Press
• Melissa Crouch (2019) The Politics of Court Reform: Judicial Change and Legal Culture in Indonesia. Cambridge University Press
• Melissa Crouch (2017) The Business of Transition: Law, Economics and Development in Myanmar. Cambridge University Press
• Melissa Crouch (2016) Islam and the State in Myanmar: Muslim-Buddhist Relations and the Politics of Belonging. Oxford University Press
• Melissa Crouch and Tim Lindsey (eds) (2014) Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar. Hart Publishing

Journal Articles

• Melissa Crouch (2022) ‘Judicial Loyalty to the Military in Authoritarian Regimes: How the Courts are Militarized in Myanmar‘ Law & Social Inquiry 1-28
• Melissa Crouch (2021), ‘The challenges for court reform after authoritarian rule: The role of specialized courts in Indonesia’, Constitutional Review, vol. 7, pp. 1 – 25
• Melissa Crouch (2021) ‘States of Legal Denial: How the State in Myanmar uses Law to Exclude the Rohingya‘ 51(1) Journal of Contemporary Asia 87-111. (published online 2019)
• Melissa Crouch (2020) ‘Constitutional Touchstones: Peace Processes, Federalism and Constitution-Making in Myanmar‘ 18(4) International Journal of Constitutional Law 1350-72
• Melissa Crouch (2020) ‘Peace Processes and Constitution-Making: Introduction to Special Issue‘ 18(4) International Journal of Constitutional Law
• Melissa Crouch (2020) ‘Pre-emptive Constitution-making: Authoritarian Constitutionalism and the Military in Myanmar‘ 54(2) Law & Society Review 487.
• Melissa Crouch (2019) ‘Constitutionalism After Authoritarian Rule‘ Hague Journal on the Rule of Law 11 (2), 349-353
• Melissa Crouch (2018) ‘The Prerogative Writs as Constitutional Transfer’ 38(4) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 653-675
• Melissa Crouch (2018) ‘Democrats, Dictators and Constitutional Dialogue: Myanmar’s Constitutional Tribunal’ 16(2) International Journal of Constitutional Law 421-446
• Melissa Crouch (2018) ‘Constitutionalism, Religion and Inequality: Perspectives from Asia‘ 13(2) Asian Journal of Comparative Law 1-11
• Melissa Crouch (2017) ‘The Expansion of Emergency Powers: Social Conflict and the Military in Indonesia‘, 41(3) Asian Studies Review 459-475
• Melissa Crouch (2017) ‘Myanmar’s Advocate for Constitutional Reform: Saya U Ko Ni’ 14(2) Australian Journal of Asian Law 1-12
• Melissa Crouch (2016) ‘Constitutionalism, Islam and the Practise of Religious Deference: The Case of the Indonesian Constitutional Court’ 16(2) Australian Journal of Asian Law 1-15
• Melissa Crouch (2016) ‘Promiscuity, Polygyny and the Power of Revenge: The Past and Future of Burmese Buddhist Law in Myanmar‘ 3(1) Asian Journal of Law & Society [special ed: Buddhism & Law in Asia]
• Melissa Crouch (2015) ‘Constructing Religion by Law in Myanmar‘ 13(4) (Winter, Dec) Review of Faith and International Affairs. [Burmese translation here]
• Melissa Crouch (2014) ‘Rediscovering ‘Law’ in Myanmar: A Review of Scholarship on the Legal System of Myanmar’ 23(3) Pacific Rim Law and Policy Review 543-575
• Lynette Chua and Melissa Crouch (2014) ‘Socio-legal Scholarship on Southeast Asia: Themes and Directions’, Asian Journal of Comparative Law [special issue] 1-4
• Tim Lindsey and Melissa Crouch (2013) ‘Cause Lawyers in Indonesia: A House Divided’ 31(3) Wisconsin International Law Journal (Special Edition: Cause Lawyers in Asia) 620-645.
• Antje Missbach and Melissa Crouch (2013) ‘The Criminalisation of People Smuggling: The Dynamics of Judicial Discretion in Indonesia’ 14(2) Australian Journal of Asian Law 1-19.
• Melissa Crouch (2013) ‘Asian Legal Transplants and Rule of Law Reform: The National Human Rights Commission in Myanmar and Indonesia‘ 5(2) Hague Journal on the Rule of Law (Special Ed: The Rule of Law in East Asia) 146-177.
• Melissa Crouch (2013) ‘‘Shifting Conceptions of State and Religion: The Indonesian Draft Law on Inter-religious Harmony’ 25(2) Global Change, Peace & Security [Special Ed: State, Society & Religion in the Asia-Pacific] 265-283
• Melissa Crouch (2012) ‘Judicial review and religious freedom: The case of Indonesian Ahmadis‘ 34(3) Sydney Law Review 545-572
• Melissa Crouch (2012) ‘Law and Religion in Indonesia: The Constitutional Court and the Blasphemy Law‘ 7(1) Asian Journal of Comparative Law 1-46
• Melissa Crouch (2012) ‘Criminal (in)justice in Indonesia: The Cikeusik Trials’ 37(1) Alternative Law Journal 54
• Melissa Crouch (2011) ‘Cause Lawyering, the Legal Profession and the Courts in Indonesia: The Bar Association Controversy’ LawASIA Journal 63-86.
• Melissa Crouch (2011) ‘Ahmadiyah in Indonesia: A History of Religious Tolerance Under Threat?’ 36(1) Alternative Law Journal 56-57.
• Melissa Crouch (2010) ‘Implementing the Regulation on Places of Worship in Indonesia: New Problems, Local Politics and Court Action’ 34 (Dec) Asian Studies Review 403-419.
• Melissa Crouch (2009) ‘Stretching the Scope of Special Autonomy in Aceh: The Controversial Qanun Requirement for Political Candidates’ [Case Note, Translation] 11(1) Australian Journal of Asian Law 135-158.
• Melissa Crouch (2009) ‘Religious Regulations in Indonesia: Failing Vulnerable Groups?’ Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs, 43(2) 53-103.
• Melissa Crouch (2007) ‘Regulation on Places of Worship in Indonesia: Upholding the Right to Freedom of Religion for Religious Minorities?’ Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 96-116
• Melissa Crouch (2007) ‘The Yogyakarta Local Ombudsman: Promoting Good Governance through Local Support’ 2(1) Asian Journal of Comparative Law 219-246.

Book Chapters

• Melissa Crouch (forthcoming 2023) ‘The Constitution of Myanmar’, in David Law et al (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Constitutional Law in Asia. Oxford University Press.
• Melissa Crouch (2023) ‘The Limits of Transformative Authoritarian Constitutionalism: The Case of Indonesia‘ in M Crouch (eds) Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia. Oxford University Press.
• Melissa Crouch (2022) ‘Myanmar’ in Richard Albert et al (eds) Global Review of Constitutional Law. I•CONnect and the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, Boston College, USA.
• Melissa Crouch (2021) ‘Women and the Judiciary in Indonesia‘ in M Crouch (ed) Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific. Cambridge University Press. pp 149-177.
• Melissa Crouch and Natasha Naidu (2021) ‘The Feminisation of the Judiciary in the Global South‘ in M Crouch (ed) Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific. Cambridge University Press. pp1-28.
• Melissa Crouch (2020) ‘Vehicle for Democratic Transition or Authoritarian Straightjacket? Constitutional Regression and Risks in the Struggle to Change Myanmar’s Constitution’ in Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Huq (eds) From Parchment to Practise: Implementing New Constitutions. Cambridge University Press. pp263-280.
• Melissa Crouch (2020) ‘Myanmar: Law as a Dangerous and Lucrative Profession‘, in Richard Abel et al (eds) Lawyers in 21st Century Societies. 2nd ed (2 vol) UK: Hart Publishing. pp 775-788.
• Melissa Crouch (2019) ‘Constitution-making and Public Participation in Southeast Asia’, in David Landau and Hannah Lerner (eds) Constitution-making. Edward Elgar. pp 488-509.
• Melissa Crouch (2019) ‘The Judicial Reform Landscape in Indonesia: Innovation, Specialisation and the Legacy of Dan S Lev’ in M Crouch (ed) The Politics of Court Reform: Judicial Change and Legal Culture in Indonesia. Cambridge University Press. pp 1-32.
• Melissa Crouch (2018) ‘The Judiciary in Myanmar’ in Nicholas Farrelly, Ian Holliday and Adam Simpson (eds) Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar. New York: Routledge. pp 248-256. 
• Melissa Crouch (2018) ‘Administrative Law and Religion’, in T Lindsey & H Pausacker (ed) Religion Law and Intolerance in Indonesia. London, Routledge. pp 234-255.
• Melissa Crouch (2017) Understanding the Business of Transition‘ in M Crouch (ed) The Business of Transition: Law Reform, Economics and Development in Myanmar. Cambridge University Press.
• Melissa Crouch (2017) ‘The Everyday Emergency: Between the Constitution and the Criminal Code in Myanmar’ in A Harding (ed) Constitutionalism and Legal Change in Myanmar. Oxford: Hart Publishing.
• Melissa Crouch (2017) ‘Judicial Power in Myanmar and the Challenge of Judicial Independence‘ in HP Lee (ed) Asia-Pacific Judiciaries: Impartiality, Integrity, Independence. Cambridge University Press.
• Melissa Crouch (2017) ‘Negotiating Legal Pluralism in Court: Fatwa and the Crime of Blasphemy in Indonesia’, in Gary Bell and Michael Dowdle (eds) Pluralism, Transnationalism and Culture in Asian Law: A Book in Honour of MB Hooker. Singapore: ISEAS.
• Melissa Crouch and Tom Ginsburg (2016) ‘Between Endurance and Change in Southeast Asia: The Military and Constitutional Reform in Myanmar and Thailand’, in Annual Review of Constitution Building. Stockholm, Sweden: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).
• Melissa Crouch (2016) ‘Legislating Reform? Law and Conflict in Myanmar‘ in Nick Cheesman and Nicholas Farrelly (eds) Conflict in Myanmar: War, Politics, Religion. Singapore: ISEAS.
• Melissa Crouch (2016) ‘Islamic Law and Society in Southeast Asia’, in Anver M Emon and Rumee Ahmed (eds) The Oxford Handbook on Islamic Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Melissa Crouch (2016) ‘Personal Law and Colonial Legacy: State-Religion Relations and the Practise of Islamic Law in Myanmar’, in Melissa Crouch (ed) Islam and the State in Myanmar: Muslim-Buddhist Relations and the Politics of Belonging. Oxford University Press.
• Melissa Crouch (2016) ‘Myanmar’s Muslim Mosaic and the Politics of Belonging’, in Melissa Crouch (ed) Islam and the State in Myanmar: Muslim-Buddhist Relations and the Politics of Belonging. Oxford University Press.
• Melissa Crouch (2016) ‘Rethinking Islam-State Relations: The Perspective from Myanmar‘ in Melissa Crouch (ed) Islam and the State in Myanmar: Muslim-Buddhist Relations and the Politics of Belonging. Oxford University Press.
• Melissa Crouch (2015) ‘Ethnic Rights and Constitutional Change: The Constitutional Recognition of Ethnic Nationalities in Myanmar’ in Andrew Harding and Mark Sidel (ed) Central-local Relations in Asian Constitutional Systems. Hart Publishing. 
• Melissa Crouch (2014) ‘The Common Law and the Constitutional Writs in Myanmar’, in Melissa Crouch and Tim Lindsey (eds) Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar. Hart Publishing. [Burmese translation available here]
• Melissa Crouch (2014) ‘The Layers of Legal Development in Myanmar’, in Melissa Crouch and Tim Lindsey (eds) Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar. Hart Publishing.
• Melissa Crouch and Tim Lindsey (2014) ‘Introduction‘, in Melissa Crouch and Tim Lindsey (eds) Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar. Hart Publishing.
• Melissa Crouch and Nick Cheesman (2014) ‘A Short Research Guide to Myanmar Law’, in Melissa Crouch and Tim Lindsey (eds) Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar. Hart Publishing.
• Melissa Crouch (2013) ‘Proselytisation, Religious Diversity & the State in Indonesia: The Offence of Deceiving a Child to Change Religion’ in M Feener & J Finucane (eds) Proselytising and the Limits of Religious Pluralism in Contemporary Asia. Springer Asia Series. pp. 17-40.
• Melissa Crouch (2008) ‘Indonesia’s National and Local Ombudsman Reforms: Salvaging a Failed Experiment?’ in Tim Lindsey (ed) Indonesia: Law and Society (2nd ed). The Federation Press. pp.382-406.

Journal Special Editions

• (2020) guest editor Melissa Crouch, ‘Peace Processes and Constitution-making’ International Journal of Constitutional Law 
• (2020) Guest editor with Edward Aspinall, ‘The State of Asian Studies in Australia’ blog series (15 articles), with Asian Currents blog (Asian Studies Association of Australia)
• (2016) Guest editors Simon Butt, Melissa Crouch and Ros Dixon (2016) ‘The First Decade of Indonesia’s Constitutional Court’ 16(2) Australian Journal of Asian Law 1-7. 
• (2014) Guest editors Lynette Chua and Melissa Crouch, ‘Socio-Legal Research on Southeast Asia: Themes, Directions, and Challenges‘, 9(1) Asian Journal of Comparative Law.

Reports

• Edward Aspinall and Melissa Crouch (2023) Australia’s Asia Education Imperative: Trends in the Study of Asia and Pathways for the Future. Canberra, ASAA.
• Melissa Crouch (2019) Legal Reform and Judicial Education: Final Report on Judicial Education in Commercial Law in Myanmar. Asian Development Bank.
• Melissa Crouch (2018) The Future of Professional Legal Education in Commercial and Corporate Law in Myanmar. Asian Development Bank.
• Melissa Crouch (2017) Professional Legal Education in Commercial and Corporate Law in Myanmar: An Assessment of the Legal Profession, the Attorney General’s Office and the Courts. Asian Development Bank. pp 1-50.
• Melissa Crouch (2017) Principles and Processes of Constitutional Making, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Yangon.
• Melissa Crouch (2016) Report on Constitutional Law in Myanmar: Curriculum Guidelines, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Yangon.
• Melissa Crouch (2015) Best Practise in Administrative Law: Options for Myanmar. December 2015. commissioned by UNDP Rule of Law Program, Yangon. [translated into Burmese]
• Melissa Crouch (2014) ‘Access to Justice and Administrative Law in Myanmar. USAID/Tetra Tech DPK, Promoting the Rule of Law Project. 
• Melissa Crouch (2013) ‘Trials of People Smugglers in Indonesia’ Policy Paper, Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne [with Antje Missbach].
• Bill Collopy and Melissa Crouch (2011) People of Burma in Melbourne: Perspectives of a Refugee Community. (May) Dandenong: South Eastern Region Migrant Resource Centre.
• Melissa Crouch (2009) ‘Indonesia, militant Islam and Ahmadiyah: Origins and implications‘ ARC Federation Fellowship ‘Islam, Shariah and Governance’ Background Paper Series No 4.

Book Review

• Melissa Crouch (2017) ‘Buddhism, Politics and the Limits of Law: The Pyrrhic Constitutionalism in Sri Lanka‘, Asian Journal of Law and Society.
• Melissa Crouch (2016) ‘Shiism in Southeast Asia’, Journal of American Academy of Religion.
• Melissa Crouch (2015) ‘ Opposing the Rule of Law’ 37(2) Contemporary Southeast Asia 305.
• Melissa Crouch (2012) No Concessions: The Life of Yap Thiam Hien, Indonesian Human Rights Lawyer‘, 13(1) Australian Journal of Asian Law.