Asian Comparative Constitutional Law: Volume I - Constitution-Making

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Day 1: 21 April 2022

8:55-9 am – Introduction: Ngoc Son Bui (Oxford) and Mara Malagodi (CUHK)

9-10 am – Panel 1, Chair: Nick Barber (Oxford)

•  Ryan Mitchell, CUHK, The Making of China’s 1982 Constitution
•  Zhaoxin Jiang, Shandong University, The Making of 1946 Constitution of the Republic of China
•  PY Lo, HKU: Hong Kong Basic Law

10-11 am – Panel 2, Chair: Ewan Smith (Oxford)

•  Akiko Ejima, Meiji University, Japan’s Postwar Constitution (1947) 
•  Jeong-In Yun, Korea University, Founding and/or Refounding: 1948 Constitution of South Korea
•  Gunbileg Boldbaatar, Mongolian Bar Association, Mongolia’s 1992 Constitution 

11-12.15 pm – Panel 3, Chair: Van Anh Le (Oxford)

•  Eugene Tan Kheng Boon, Singapore Management University, Singapore’s Constitution
•  Jonathan Liljeblad, ANU, Unrest, Resistance, and an Alternative Future: The Relevance of Environmental Constitutionalism in Myanmar’s Constitutional Discourses
•  Rawin Leelapatana, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand’s Competing Notions of Constituent Power: The Making of the 2017 Constitution in the Binary-Star Scenario

Day 2: 22 April 2022

9-10 am – Panel 4, Chair: Samuli Seppänen CUHK LAW

• Bo Tiojanco, Tokyo University, The Making of the 1987 Philippine Constitution
•  Ratana Taing, Paññāsāstra University, Constitution-Making: Cambodia’s 1993 Constitution
•  Abdurrachman Satrio, Institute for Migrant Rights, Indonesia’s 1945 Constitution

10-11 am – Panel 5, Chair: Hao Zhang CUHK LAW

•  Mara Malagodi, Nepal’s 2015 Constitution
•  Mario Gomez, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, The Failure of Transformative Constitution-Making in Sri Lanka
•  Jashim Ali Chowdhury, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh’s 1972 Constitution 

11-12 am – Panel 6, Chair: Christopher Roberts CUHK LAW

•  Trang (Mae) Nguyen, Temple University Beasley School of Law, Vietnam’s 2013 Constitution
•  Mithi Mukherjee, University of Colorado, Justice as Equity and the Making of the Indian Constitution
•  Clark Lombardi, Washington University, Pakistan’s 1973 Constitution 

12-1pm – Concluding Remarks: Ngoc Son Bui (Oxford) and Mara Malagodi (CUHK)