Projects

Current Projects

Indonesian Law and Society

Indonesian Law and Society

This project involves partnerships and collaborations with academics and universities in Indonesia to support and mentor scholars and students of…

Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia

Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia

Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia Editor, Melissa Crouch The Indonesian Constitution is an important legal text that governs the world’s third…

Human Rights in Asia

Human Rights in Asia

Members are involved in several initiatives on human rights in Asia. One current collaborative research project is on Reimagining Vulnerability…

Australia’s Asia Education Imperative

Australia’s Asia Education Imperative

From 2019 to 2023, Melissa Crouch and Edward Aspinall (ANU) are co-leading a major educational review of trends in Asian…

Constitutional Change in Authoritarian Regimes

Constitutional Change in Authoritarian Regimes

Chief Investigator Professor Melissa CrouchAustralian Research Council Discovery Project DP180100772 (2018-2021) This project aims to understand how and why constitutions…

Past Projects

Women Judges in Asia and the Pacific

Women Judges in Asia and the Pacific

Women Judges in Asia and the Pacific In 2019, UNSW hosted a workshop on women and the judiciary in Asia…

The Politics of Court Reform: Judicial Change and Legal Culture in Indonesia

The Politics of Court Reform: Judicial Change and Legal Culture in Indonesia

The Politics of Court Reform: Judicial Change and Legal Culture in IndonesiaThis book project is an outcome of a workshop…

Student Overseas Exchange and Internships: ACICIS

Student Overseas Exchange and Internships: ACICIS

UNSW Law students have the opportunity to go on exchange to Indonesia through two main programs run by the Australian Consortium…

Collaboration with Universities in Myanmar

Collaboration with Universities in Myanmar

In 2014, UNSW Law School signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mandalay Law Department, at the University of Mandalay.…

Myanmar/Burma Database at AsianLII

Myanmar/Burma Database at AsianLII

Professor Graham Greenleaf and Philip Chung of the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), in consultation with Melissa Crouch, have established…

Legal Education and Judicial Training Program in Myanmar

Legal Education and Judicial Training Program in Myanmar

From 2016 to 2019, Melissa Crouch led a major legal education project to deliver legal training for lawyers, judges and…

Constitutional Reform and the Peace Process in Myanmar

Constitutional Reform and the Peace Process in Myanmar

The purpose of this project is to support and equip key local actors to contribute to constitutional reform, democratic consolidation…

Australia Myanmar Constitutional Democracy Project

Australia Myanmar Constitutional Democracy Project

In 2013, the Australia-Myanmar Constitutional Democracy Project was established by Sydney University, in cooperation with UNSW, ANU and NUS. This…

Fostering Women’s Empowerment through Digital Entrepreneurship

Fostering Women’s Empowerment through Digital Entrepreneurship

This workshop series will bring leading experts and researchers from Australia, Thailand and Indonesia together to focus on the role…