Asian Journal of Comparative Law

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: cambridge.org/core/journals/… #ConstitutionalLaw #ComparativeLaw #Indonesia #IndonesiaLaw @CALS_NUS @nus_law

Bypass the paywall & read @aristomap’s full article on the ideological battles behind Indonesia’s Criminal Procedure Law (#KUHAP): cambridge.org/core/journals/… The emerging compromise left broad powers with police and prosecutors. These authoritarian foundations endure today.

#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): cambridge.org/core/journals/…

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: cambridge.org/core/journals/… Or explore the full #OpenAccess book: library.oapen.org/bitstream/hand… @hartpublishing

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. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🎉 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): cambridge.org/core/journals/…

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): cambridge.org/core/journals/…

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 👉 careers.nus.edu.sg/job/Research-A…

Can illegal (unconstitutional) constitutional amendments be legitimate? Our special issue on the #legality & #legitimacy of #ConstitutionalAmendments (edited by @Neo_Jaclyn, Kevin YL Tan & @RichardAlbert): cambridge.org/core/journals/… Cases from 🇨🇳🇹🇼🇭🇰🇸🇬🇧🇪🇲🇽🇮🇱 + African states

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: doi.org/10.1017/asjcl.… #ComparativeLaw #ResearchOutputSeriesHKULaw

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: cambridge.org/core/journals/… (#OpenAccess)

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: cambridge.org/core/journals/… (#OpenAccess) #OusterClause #HKSAR

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: cambridge.org/core/journals/… (no paywall) #socialentrepreneurship #socialenterprise #sustainability

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: cambridge.org/core/journals/… (#OpenAccess) #insolvencylaw #uncitral #foreigninvestment

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: doi.org/10.1017/asjcl.…

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: cambridge.org/core/journals/… (Open Access)

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: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

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: cambridge.org/core/journals/… #DeathPenalty

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: cambridge.org/core/journals/… (Open Access)

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: cambridge.org/core/journals/… (no paywall)