Asian Journal of Comparative Law

Research on Asian law & legal systems | An initiative of the Asian Law Institute | Editors-in-Chief: Arif A Jamal & Kevin YL Tan | @CUP_Law | Support: @NUS_Law

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Bypass the paywall and read Ratu Durotun Nafisah’s full review of ‘Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia’ (edited by Melissa Crouch and published by @OxUniPress) here: https://t.co/X0Ypyfg8PX

#ConstitutionalLaw #ComparativeLaw #Indonesia #IndonesiaLaw

@CALS_NUS @nus_law

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Bypass the paywall & read @aristomap’s full article on the ideological battles behind Indonesia’s Criminal Procedure Law (#KUHAP): https://t.co/Vqc2ZkS2mg

The emerging compromise left broad powers with police and prosecutors. These authoritarian foundations endure today.

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#China’s consitutional amendments emphasise revolutionary progress; #Taiwan affirms legal continuity.

Both cases prefigure patterns of modern state-building throughout what would later be called the #GlobalSouth.

Ming-Sung Kuo’s article (@Warwick_Law): https://t.co/CJvi1SQ4W7

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East Asia’s not just borrowing: #China, #Japan, #SouthKorea, and #Taiwan are now exporting legal innovation in #PrivateInternationalLaw.

Read @pom_maritime’s full review here: https://t.co/K5rUcO7dAE

Or explore the full #OpenAccess book: https://t.co/HRvSKBCsl8
@hartpublishing

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When autocrats strike, it’s not with a hammer, but with a scalpel.
@Tamar_hos_bran & @roznaiy on Israel’s judicial overhaul, creeping authoritarianism & why courts must act early to prevent even the fall of the ‘first brick’ in the fortress of democracy.
https://t.co/er96NX1xAT

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🎉 Happy Father’s Day! 👨‍👧‍👦💙
Many fathers in Asia still face structural barriers that prevent them from sharing childcare equally.

@rvijeyarasa examines paid paternity leave policies across 21 Asian nations and highlights the urgent need for reform (#OA): https://t.co/u2qCns0LiW

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Can an illegal constitutional amendment still be legitimate? And can a legal one lack legitimacy?

In our new special issue, @ToonMoonen explores both possibilities in Belgium’s constitutional history.

Bypass the paywall (legitimately): https://t.co/3ysGmWzYRn

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We’re hiring! AsJCL is looking for a dedicated and detail-oriented Managing Editor (FT, 1yr, renewable) at NUS Law 🇸🇬

✅ Work with top scholars across Asia
✅ Cutting-edge legal scholarship
✅ Build skills in editing, outreach & project mgmt

Apply now 👉 https://t.co/jPOaWM7wKU

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Can illegal (unconstitutional) constitutional amendments be legitimate?

Our special issue on the #legality & #legitimacy of #ConstitutionalAmendments (edited by @Neo_Jaclyn, Kevin YL Tan & @RichardAlbert): https://t.co/89X0DuDWbr

Cases from 🇨🇳🇹🇼🇭🇰🇸🇬🇧🇪🇲🇽🇮🇱 + African states

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New Article on Comparative Law by Trevor Wan: Unshackling from Shadows of the Anisminic Orthodoxy: Reconceptualising Approaches to Ouster Clauses in Hong Kong (AsJCL)
Read more: https://t.co/GFd1U7Xtww
#ComparativeLaw #ResearchOutputSeriesHKULaw

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Just published in our FirstView section: J Mark Ramseyer (@Harvard_Law) & @erasmuse (@KelleySchool)’s article on #Ostracism in #Japan, including a formal model in the #LawandEconomics tradition: https://t.co/ZRuEkZShiX (#OpenAccess)

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Just published in our FirstView section: Trevor Wan (@HKULaw)’s proposal for a reconceptualisation of #OusterClauses in #HongKong, unshackling from shadows of the #Anisminic orthodoxy.

Read the full article here: https://t.co/nl4kNJ8yKd (#OpenAccess)

#OusterClause #HKSAR

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Just published in our FirstView section: Read @stelios49’s review of Ernest Lim (@nus_law)’s ‘Social Enterprises in Asia: A New Legal Form’, published by @CambridgeUP/@CUP_Law: https://t.co/ht7o49ZNJR (no paywall)

#socialentrepreneurship #socialenterprise #sustainability

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Just published in our FirstView section: Debaranjan Goswami and Andrew Godwin (@MelbLawSchool)’s article on India’s Journey towards cross-border insolvency law reform.

Read the full article here: https://t.co/1USXYcKWNY (#OpenAccess)

#insolvencylaw #uncitral #foreigninvestment

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Pleased to see this excellent paper by Dr Eliya Hamizah Binti Halim and Professor @basu_subhajit published in @AsianJCL @CUP_Law

@mmumalaysia @CBLP_Leeds @OpenResLeeds

Read #OpenAccess: https://t.co/I6QhlioT8A

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Just published in our FirstView section: Eliya Hamizah binti Halim & @basu_subhajit’s article on #CustomerDueDiligence and #FinancialInclusion in Malaysia.
Read the full article here: https://t.co/eKhadylfKj (Open Access)

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As part of the @JonesDay/@CALS_NUS Professorial Lecture Series on the Rule of Law in Asia, Tun Richard Malanjum (Ombudsperson to the @UN SC & former Chief Justice of Malaysia) spoke on ‘#InternationalSanctions & the #RuleOfLaw’.

Full lecture w/o paywall: https://t.co/FIp8brfHRx

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From our archive: @chhsu73 brings the per se review of #CapitalPunishment (vis-à-vis the #RightToLife) of major East Asian courts into reconstructive dialogue with that of the US, South Africa, and former Soviet-bloc countries. Free access: https://t.co/Ksqoe8aVFS

#DeathPenalty

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In our April 2024 issue: Read Adnan Trakic’s (@MonashLawSchool) article on the difference between ‘agreements forbidden by law’ and ‘agreements intended to defeat the law’ in Section 24 of the Malaysian Contracts Act 1950: https://t.co/XVZAYOa93X (Open Access)

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In our April 2024 issue: Read Lasse Schuldt’s full article on legal irritation and the English roots of corporate criminal liability in Thailand here: https://t.co/By5CZiIDNb (no paywall)