On 29 August 2017, UNSW Law hosted the graduation ceremony in Yangon for 36 lawyers who completed the UNSW/ADB Professional Legal Education in Commercial and Corporate Law Training Program. The training program was designed and run by a team at UNSW Law led by Dr Melissa Crouch. The intensive training course ran from April to JulyContinue reading “Graduation Ceremony for Legal Training Program”
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Book Review: Buddhism, Politics and the Limits of Law
In recent decades, high profile controversies of monks involved in law and politics, as well as serious violent conflict, across South and Southeast Asia has exposed our current knowledge of the causes and consequences as insufficient. This has generated renewed scholarly interest in the study of Buddhism, law and politics. Benjamin Schonthal’s book on Buddhism, PoliticsContinue reading “Book Review: Buddhism, Politics and the Limits of Law”
Judicial Colloquium with Supreme Court
On 26-28 August 2017, ADB-UNSW will host a Judicial Colloquium on Commercial Law in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. The purpose of the Colloquium is to facilitate dialogue between judges and judicial officers of the High Courts, District Courts and the Union Supreme Court of Myanmar and judges from foreign jurisdictions including Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Federal CourtContinue reading “Judicial Colloquium with Supreme Court”
Electoral Complaints and Accountability in Indonesia: The Challenge of Resolving Electoral Disputes
On 22 August 2017, we will be holding a workshop on “Electoral Complaints and Accountability in Indonesia: The Challenge of Resolving Electoral Disputes” in Jakarta, Indonesia. There are multiple institutions that deal with complaints concerning electoral processes in Indonesia. This workshop will focus on two of these institutions – the Indonesian Election Supervision Board (Bawaslu) andContinue reading “Electoral Complaints and Accountability in Indonesia: The Challenge of Resolving Electoral Disputes”
Trisakti Law Faculty Workshop
Next week, on 23 August 2017 I look forward to talking at Trisakti University Law Faculty conference in Jakarta, Indonesia. My topic is on “Legal Culture and the Rule of Law in Indonesia: Religious deference and the blasphemy law”. Abstract: The recent criminal trial of Governor of Jakarta, Ahok, has highlighted the controversy over the Blasphemy LawContinue reading “Trisakti Law Faculty Workshop”
ASAA Conference 3-5 July 2018
The next Asian Studies Association of Australia Conference will be held in Sydney on 3–5 July 2018. Co-organised by the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, the China Studies Centre and the School of Languages and Culture, this conference will bring together academics from across the disciplines with a shared interest in Asia. The conference is open to scholars, students and community membersContinue reading “ASAA Conference 3-5 July 2018”
Law and Governance in Myanmar
On Thursday 27th July I have been invited to give a talk at RMIT University in Melbourne on “Law and Governance in Myanmar: The Courts and the Challenge of Judicial Independence”The abstract of my paper is as follows: What can be learnt about the idea and ideal of judicial independence in authoritarian regimes? While idealised internationalContinue reading “Law and Governance in Myanmar”
Professional Legal Education training
The ADB/UNSW Professional Legal Education program is continuing over two weekends in July. Participating in the program are 40 early career lawyers based in Yangon, Myanmar. Topics that are covered over these weekends include major projects, banking and finance, joint ventures and environmental law. The training has been possible with the partnership of professionals fromContinue reading “Professional Legal Education training”
Roundtable discussion: Indonesia’s Election Supervisory Board
Indonesia’s Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu): Working Towards Election Integrity On 29 June 2017, we were delighted to hosted guest speaker Dr Fritz Edward Siregar. In the last week of June 2017, UNSW Law was delighted to welcome Dr Fritz Siregar, an alumni of UNSW Law, as a visiting scholar. While here, Fritz gave an engaging seminarContinue reading “Roundtable discussion: Indonesia’s Election Supervisory Board”
Courts and Constitutionalism in Contemporary Asia
Next week at the ICON conference we have a panel lined up on “Courts and Constitutionalism in Contemporary Asia”. This panel seeks to explore the role of courts and how and why they do (or do not) contribute to building constitutionalism in contemporary Asia. The last few decades have seen the creation of a range ofContinue reading “Courts and Constitutionalism in Contemporary Asia”
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