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Workshop Programme

4 August 2026

8:50am – 9.00 am

• Introduction: Mindy Chen-Wishart (NUS) and Ngoc Son Bui (Oxford)

Comparative Indigenous Laws

9.00am – 10.00am

• Judith Beyer, University of Konstanz: Indigenous Law in Central Asia
  • Commentator: Linda Yanti Sulistiawati, NUS.
• Andrew Erueti, University of Auckland: Maori law in New Zealand
  • Commentator: Mindy Chen-Wishart

10.00am – 10.15am: Break

10.15am – 11.15am

• Chuma Himonga & Tineneni Banda, Uiversity of Zambia: Customary Laws in Anglophone Africa
  • Commentator: Sergio Puig
• Sergio Puig & Alancay Morales, University of Arizona: Indigenous Law in Latin America
  • Commentator: Chuma Himonga

Comparative Colonial Laws

11.30am – 12.30pm

• Sally Frances Low, Independent Scholar: French Law in Indochina
  • Commentator: Ngoc Son Bui
• Dante B. Gatmaytan, University of the Philippines: Spanish Law in the Philippines
  • Commentator: Sally Frances Low

12.30pm – 2.00pm: Lunch

2.00pm – 3.00pm

• TT Arvind, University of York: Colonial law in South Asia
  • Commentator: Khomotso Moshikaro
• Khomotso Moshikaro, University of Cape Town: English Common Law in South Africa
  • Commentator: TT Arvind

3.00pm – 3.15pm: Break

3.15pm – 4.15pm

• Kwamou Eva Feukeu, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law: Colonial law in Africa
  • Commentator: Maya Berinzon
• Maya Berinzon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: French Law in West Africa
  • Commentator: Kwamou Eva Feukeu

4.15pm – 4.30pm: Break

4.30pm – 5.30pm

• Liliana Obregon, Universidad de los Andes: Colonial laws in Latin America
  • Commentator: Matthew Miro
• Matthew Mirow, Florida International University: Colonial Law in Latin America
  • Commentator: Liliana Obregon

6.30pm: Dinner

 

5 August 2026

Comparative Religious Laws

9.00am – 10.00am

• Christopher Fleming, Oxford: Hindu Law in India and Nepal
  • Commentator: DC Lammets
• DC Lammets, Rutgers University: Buddhist Law in Asia
  • Commentator: Christopher Fleming

10.00am – 10:15am: Break

10.15am – 11.15am

• Alfian Yasrif Bin Kuchitm Former Senior President of the Syariah Court of Singapore & Arif Jamal, NUS: Islamic Law in Southeast Asia
  • Commentator: Nadirsyah Hosen
• Nadirsyah Hosen, University of Melbourne: Islamic Law in Indonesia
  • Commentator: Arif Jamal

11.15am – 11.30am: Break

11.30am – 12.30pm

• Waheeda Amien & Christa Rautenbach, University of Cape Town: Religious Family Law in Africa
  • Commentator: Nazila Ghanea
• Nazila Ghanea, Oxford: Criminalization of Witchcraft, Sorcery, Divination, and Related Practices in Africa.
  • Commentator: Waheeda Amien

12.30pm – 2.00pm: Lunch

2.00pm – 3.00pm

• Rodrigo Vitorino Souza Alves, Federal University of Uberlândia: Religious laws in Latin America
  • Commentator: Dian AH Shah, NUS
• Jaakko Husa, University of Helsinki: Comparison and Theorization

3.00pm – 3.15pm: Break

Comparative Authoritarian Laws

3.15pm – 4.15pm

• Nomfundo Ramalekana, University of Cape Town: The Excess of Executive Power in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia
  • Commentator: David Landau
• David Landau, Florida state University: Authoritarianism and Constitutionalism in Latin America
  • Commentator: Nomfundo Ramalekana

4.15pm – 4.30pm: Break

4.30pm – 5.30pm

Comparative Development Laws

• Luke Nottage, Tokyo University & Nobumichi Teramura, University of Brunei: Corruption and Illegality in Asia
  • Commentator: Weitseng Chen, NUS.
• Fahima Sirat, Former Judge of the Anti-Corruption Justice Centre, Afghanistan: Anti-Corruption and Violence against women in Afghanistan
  • Commentator: W.L. Cheah, NUS.

6.30 pm: Dinner

 

6 August 2026

9.00am – 10.00am

• Dan W. Puchniak, Singapore Management University: Corporate Law in East Asia
  • Commentator: Umakanth Varottil, NUS.
• Jae Woon Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong: Aviation Law and Market Liberalization in Asia
  • Commentator: Alan Tan, NUS.

10.00am – 10.15am: Break

10.15am – 11.15am

• Jan Erk, University of Pretoria: Federalism, Governance, and Development in Africa
  • Commentator: Ada Ordor
• Ada Ordor, University of Cape Town: Development Law in Africa
  • Commentator: Jan Erk

11.30am – 12.30pm

• Tatiana Emilia Dias Gomes, Federal University of Bahia, Faculdade de Direito: Development and Human rights in Latin America
  • Commentator: Tan Hsien-Li, NUS.
• Suliana Mone, Auckland University & Caroline Morris, Queen Mary University of London: Law and Environmental Protection in Small States in Pacific Islands
  • Commentator: Jolene Lin, NUS.

12.30pm – 12.50pm: Mariana Mota Prado, University of Toronto: Comparison and Theorization

12.50pm – 1.00 pm: Mindy Chen-Wishart and Ngoc Son Bui: Conclusion