Centre for Asian Legal Studies

Year 2016

Date	Event
12-13 December 2016	Symposium on Law, Authoritarianism, and Democracy in Asia By Assistant Professor Chan Weitseng, National University of Singapore, Singapore
7 December 2016	Roundtable Discussion : Post-secular Comparative Law By Professor Ralf Michaels, Duke University, United States of America
16 November 2016	Debating Singapore's Elected Presidency By Assistant Professor Jaclyn Neo, National University of Singapore, Singapore & Assistant Professor Swati Jhaveri, National University of Singapore, Singapore
3 November 2016	CALS Book Launch - Islam & the State in Myanmar By Dr Melissa Crouch, University of New South Wales, Australia
21 October 2016	Why Ethnocracy is Conceptually Alien to the Malaysian Constitution By Dr Rueban Balasubramaniam, Carleton University, Canada
22-23 September 2016	Law and Society in Asia: Defining and Advancing the Field Asian Law and Society Inaugural Conference By Assistant Professor Lynette Chua, National University of Singapore, Singapore
15 September 2016	CALS Book Launch - Criminal Law in Myanmar By Professor Stanley Yeo, National University of Singapore, Singapore & Associate Professor Chan Wing Cheong, National University of Singapore, Singapore
2 September 2016	Muslim Minorities in Malaysia By Dr Mohd Faizal Musa (Faisal Tehrani), National University of Malaya (UKM), Malaysia
19 August 2016	Japanese Arbitration Law and UNCITRAL Model Law By Associate Professor Hisashi Harata, University of Tokyo, Japan
12 August 2016	Overlapping Consensus or Clash of Normativities? The Malaysian approach to zakat management and its (in-) compatibility with secular humanitarianism By Dr Dominik Müller, Frankfurt University, Germany
26 July 2016	CALS Book Launch - Constitutional Interpretation in Singapore: Theory and practice By Assistant Professor Jaclyn Neo, National University of Singapore, Singapore
24 June 2016	Public Opinion on the Legal Status of Sexual Minorities in Singapore and Hong Kong By Assistant Professor Yiu Tung Suen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
20-21 April 2016	Law and Development in China and Vietnam By Dr Bui Ngoc Son, National University of Singapore, Singapore
17 April 2016	Judicial Trends in Child Custody Cases in Bangladesh: Traditional Islamic Law Rules versus Welfare Consideration By Assistant Professor Taslima Yasmin, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
31 March-1 April 2016	Crossing Borders in a Troubled World: A Youth Conference on Transnational Migration
23 March 2016	Foreign Investment in Myanmar: Law and Policy By Dr Yvonne Wong, National University of Singapore, Singapore
17-18 March 2016	Cultural Heritage Law and the Built Environment: Preserving Outstanding Universal Value in Asia's Historic Cities By Dr Jason R. Bonin, National University of Singapore, Singapore
16 March 2016	The Nara+20 Process: Authenticity in the Context of the World Heritage System and Beyond By Professor Toshiyuki Kono, Kyushu University, Japan
3 March 2016	New Commentaries to The Geneva Conventions: An Updated Interpretation for a Modern World of Warfare. Jointly organised with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
24 February 2016	States, Intergovernmental Relations and Market Development: The Case of Contemporary China By Professor Cheng Jinhua, East China University of Political Science and Law, People's Republic of China
22-23 February 2016	Corporate Governance in Asia - Textbook Workshop By Associate Professor Dan Puchniak, National University of Singapore, Singapore
19-20 February 2016	Constitutional Debate in Vietnam By Professor Andrew Harding, National University of Singapore, Singapore & Dr Bui Ngoc Son, National University of Singapore, Singapore
15 January 2016	Varieties of Constitutionalism By Professor Mark Tushnet, Harvard University, United States of America

National University of Singapore

NUS Faculty of Law

Year 2016