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A scoping workshop on Directions & Determinants in Myanmar/Burma’s Legal Reform Process, will be convened by the National University of Singapore and co-hosted by the Centre for Asian Legal Studies (CALS). It will be held at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Law and funded by a generous research grant from NUS.

The objective of Symposium is to discuss the fundamental directions and determinants of law and development and the law reform process in Myanmar/ Burma. The main questions are as follows:

1. How far are Myanmar’s legal traditions and institutions under the present legal system viable in the new circumstances?
2. What is required to renovate the legal system in the light of the new situation?
3. Which areas of reform are foci or likely foci of legal activity? What has been done and what issues beyond these areas should be addressed?

The areas of legal reform to be covered are as follows: law, politics and governance; economic and economic law reform; the courts and the justice system; conflict, security and human rights; environment, natural resources, and sustainability; international relations perspectives.

The participants are: Myint Zan, Faculty of Business and Law, Multimedia University, Malacca; Sean Turnell, Department of Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney; Peter Morley, Blakes, Beijing; Kyaw Yin Hlaing, Department of Asian and International Studies, City University, Hong Kong; Paul Donowitz, EarthRights International, EarthRights, Chiangmai; Bobbie Sta. Maria, Asia Legal Program, EarthRights, Chiangmai; Pavin Chachavalpongpun, ASEAN Studies Center, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies; Connie Carter, Faculty of Management, Royal Roads University, Victoria, Canada; Tin Maung Maung Than, Institute of South East Asian Studies Working Papers, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore; Nicholas Cheesman, Department of Political & Social Change, Australian National University, Canberra; Melissa Crouch, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne; Michael Ewing-Chow, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore; Lynette Chua, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore; Dan Puchniak, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore and Teresita Cruz-del Rosario, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.