Comparative Law in Asia

Ngoc Son Bui is Professor of Asian Laws at the University of Oxford, UK.Munin Pongsapan is Associate Professor at Thammasat University, Thailand.

• Preface, Andrew Harding (University of Reading Malaysia)Introduction, Ngoc Son Bui (University of Oxford, UK) and Munin Pongsapan (Thammasat University, Thailand)Part I: Comparative Law Methodology and Theory 1. The Grammars of Comparative Law Discourse (A La/Pace Harding), Arif A Jamal (National University of Singapore)2. Confronting Global Complexity and Crisis: Lessons from the “Nomic Din” in Southeast Asia, Victor V Ramraj (University of Victoria, Canada)3. Why Comparative Public Law is no Longer a Neglected Discipline: A Tribute to Andrew Harding, Justin Orlando Frosini (Bocconi University, Italy)Part II: Comparative Constitutional Law4. Comparative Constitutional Law and Asia: Conspectus and Prospectus, Kevin Tan (National University of Singapore)5. The Westminster Model Constitution Home and Abroad: Texts and Contexts?, Peter Leyland (SOAS, University of London, UK)6. Wrestling with Eastminster: Monarchy in Malaysia, Tom Ginsburg (University of Chicago, USA)7. Negotiating Religious Federalism in Malaysia, Dian A H Shah (National University of Singapore)8. Gender Constitutionalism and Reproductive Politics – Lessons from Asia, Mara Malagodi (University of Warwick, UK)9. Moving Forward in a Backward Democracy: Reflections on the Thai Constitutional Court’s Lèse-Majesté Campaign Decision, Rawin Leelapatana (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)10. Independence Captured: Thailand’s Independent Accountability Agencies and Democratic Backsliding, Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)Part III: Legal Transplants, Law and Development11. Echoes Of Veracity: Localising the War on Fake News in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, Lasse Schuldt (Thammasat University, Thailand)12. The Centenary of Thailand's 1923 Civil and Commercial Code: Failure or Beta Test? Surutchada Reekie (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) and Adam Reekie (Thammasat University, Thailand)13. Local Participatory Democracy Promotes Economic Development: Philippine People Power and the Schumpeterian Proviso, Bryan Dennis Gabito Tiojanco (University of Tokyo, Japan)14. Local Lawmaking for Urban Development in Late-Colonial Bandung, Indonesia: Looking Back in Anger? Jan Michiel Otto (Leiden University, the Netherlands)Part IV: Comparative Law and Society15. Religion and the Semi-Autonomous World of Constitutional Law, Benjamin L Berger (York University, Canada)16. Relational Law and Transplanted Law in Village Thailand, David M Engel (The State University of New York, USA)17. ‘Dual State’, Authoritarian Rule of Law and the Case of China, Albert HY Chen (University of Hong Kong)