Description

This project explores what is termed “contextual analysis” of constitutional systems, a concept that arises inter alia from the publication of books on 11 Asian countries (namely Pakistan, India, China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and the Independent states of Central Asia), in the Hart Publishing/Bloomsbury series “Constitutional Systems of the World”. Convened by Professor Andrew Harding in NUS Faculty of Law, a founding editor of this book series and a leading scholar of Asian comparative constitutional law, this conference brings together (i) the Hart/Bloomsbury series general editors to reflect on general conceptual and methodological questions, and (ii) scholars who authored the published books to offer further thoughts on “contextual analysis” in a way that has not yet been considered in their books.

Participants

Sadaf Aziz, Lahore University of Management Sciences (via Skype)

Benjamin Berger, York University (via Skype)

Simon Butt, The University of Sydney

Rosalind Dixon, University of New South Wales (via Skype)

Andrew Harding (Convener), National University of Singapore

Heinz Klug, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Peter Leyland, SOAS University of London (via Skype)

Shigenori Matsui, The University of British Colombia

Scott Newton, SOAS University of London

Mark Sidel, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kevin Tan, National University of Singapore

Arun Thiruvengadam, Azim Premji University

Asanga Welikala, The University of Edinburgh