Select Publications
Books
2025, The Palimpsest Constitution: The Social Life of Constitutional Legacies in Myanmar, Oxford University Press
,2021, The Constitution of Myanmar: A Contextual Analysis (in Burmese), Sydney, http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/unsworks_81529
,2019, The Constitution of Myanmar: A Contextual Analysis, Hart Publishing/ Bloomsbury, https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/the-constitution-of-myanmar-9781509927371/
,2013, Law and Religion in Indonesia: Conflict and the Courts in West Java, Routledge
,Book Chapters
2025, 'Judicial Pluralism in Indonesia', in Schultz U; Hydén H (ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Law, Edward Elgar
,2025, 'Facade Constitutions: The View from Myanmar', in Handbook on Law and Authoritarianism, Oxford University Press
,2025, 'The Military and the Separation of Powers', in Delaney E; Chan C; Hailbronner M; Verdugo S; Carolan E; Kosař D; Mendes J (ed.), Handbook on the Separation of Powers, Cambridge University Press
,2025, 'Constitutional Law in Myanmar', in Biddulph S (ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Asian Law, Edward Elgar
,2025, 'Personal Law in Myanmar', in Biddulph S (ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Asian Law, Edward Elgar
,2023, 'The Constitution of Myanmar', in Law D; Lau H; Schwartz A (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Constitutions in Asia, Oxford University Press, Oxford, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198825463.013.17
,2023, 'The Limits of Transformational Authoritarian Constitutions: The Indonesian Experience', in Crouch M (ed.), Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 1 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192870681.001.0001
,2023, 'The Limits of Transformational Authoritarian Constitutions: The Indonesian Experience', in Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia, pp. 1 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192870681.003.0001
,2022, 'Myanmar', in Albert R (ed.), Global Review of Constitutional Law, I•CONnect and the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, Boston, USA
,2021, 'The Promise and Paradox of Women Judges in the Judiciary in Indonesia', in Crouch M (ed.), Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/women-and-the-judiciary-in-the-asiapacific/A3540A0279E0C6C4D820B360DC2F85D7
,2021, 'The Feminisation of the Judiciary in the Global South', in Crouch M (ed.), Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/women-and-the-judiciary-in-the-asiapacific/A3540A0279E0C6C4D820B360DC2F85D7
,2020, 'Authoritarian Straitjacket or Vehicle for Democratic Transition?', in Ginsburg T; Huq A (ed.), From Parchment to Practise: Implementing New Constitutions, Cambridge University Press, pp. 263 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108767859
,2020, 'Myanmar: Law as a Desirable and Dangerous Profession', in Abel R; Hammerslev O; Sommerlad H; Schultz U (ed.), Lawyers in 21st Century Societies, Hart Publishing, pp. 775 - 787, https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/lawyers-in-21st-century-societies-9781509915156/
,2019, 'Constitution-making and public participation in Southeast Asia', in Landau D; Lerner H (ed.), Constitution-making, Edward Elgar, UK, https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/comparative-constitution-making
,2019, 'The Judicial Reform Landscape in Indonesia: Innovation, Specialisation and the Legacy of Dan S Lev', in Crouch M (ed.), The Politics of Court Reform: Judicial Change and Legal Culture in Indonesia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 1 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108636131.001
,2017, 'Judicial Power in Myanmar and the Challenge of Judicial Independence', in Lee HP (ed.), Asia-Pacific Judiciaries: Independence, Impartiality and Integrity, Cambridge University Press, pp. 264 - 283
,2017, 'Negotiating Legal Pluralism in Court: Fatwa and the Crime of Blasphemy in Indonesia', in Bell G (ed.), Pluralism, Transnationalism and Culture in Asian Law: A Book in Honour of M.B. Hooker, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute (Institute for Southeast Asian Studies), Singapore, pp. 231 - 256, https://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/2247
,2017, 'Judiciary', in Simpson A; Farrelly N; Holliday I (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar, Routledge, pp. 248 - 256, https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Contemporary-Myanmar/Simpson-Farrelly-Holliday/p/book/9781138820777
,2017, 'Understanding the Business of Transition in Myanmar', in Crouch M (ed.), The Business of Transition: Law Reform, Development and Economics in Myanmar, Cambridge University Press, https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/business-of-transition/578B5C2087E8F8547F177EB4506A8DA7
,2017, 'The Everyday Emergency: Between the Constitution and the Code of Criminal Procedure in Myanmar', in Harding A (ed.), Constitutional Change and Legal Reform in Myanmar, Hart Publishing/Bloomsbury, UK, pp. 157 - 172, http://www.bloomsbury.com/au/constitutionalism-and-legal-change-in-myanmar-9781509902118/
,2016, 'Legislating reform? Law and conflict in Myanmar', in Cheesman N; Farrelly N (ed.), Conflict in Myanmar: War, Politics, Religion, ISEAS, Singapore, pp. 221 - 245, https://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/2168
,2016, 'Introduction: Islam and the State in Myanmar', in Crouch M (ed.), Islam and the State in Myanmar : Muslim-Buddhist Relations and the Politics of Belonging, Oxford University Press, India, pp. 1 - 8, https://global.oup.com/academic/product/islam-and-the-state-in-myanmar-9780199461202?cc=au&lang=en&
,2016, 'Between endurance and change in South-East Asia: the military and constitutional reform in Myanmar and Thailand', in Annual Review of Constitution Building Processes: 2015, International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Sweden, pp. 67 - 82, http://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/annual-review-constitution-building-processes-2015
,2016, 'Islamic Law and Society in Southeast Asia', in Emon A; Ahmed R (ed.), The Oxford Handbook on Islamic Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199679010.013.44
,2016, 'Myanmar’s Muslim Mosaic and the Politics of Belonging', in Crouch M (ed.), Islam and the State in Myanmar: Muslim-Buddhist Relations and the Politics of Belonging, Oxford University Press, India, pp. 9 - 38, https://global.oup.com/academic/product/islam-and-the-state-in-myanmar-9780199461202?cc=au&lang=en&
,2016, 'Personal Law and Colonial Legacy: State-Religion Relations and the Practise of Islamic Law in Myanmar', in Crouch M (ed.), Islam and the State in Myanmar: Muslim-Buddhist Relations and the Politics of Belonging, Oxford University Press, India, pp. 69 - 97, https://global.oup.com/academic/product/islam-and-the-state-in-myanmar-9780199461202?cc=au&lang=en&
,2015, 'Ethnic Rights and Constitutional Change: The Constitutional Recognition of Ethnic Nationalities in Myanmar/Burma', in Harding A (ed.), Central-local Relations in Asian Constitutional Systems, Hart Publishing/Bloomsbury, pp. 105 - 124, http://www.bloomsbury.com/au/central-local-relations-in-asian-constitutional-systems-9781849466400/
,2014, 'The inter-religious harmony forum, the ombudsman, and the state: Resolving church permit disputes in Indonesia?', in Religious Diversity in Muslim-majority States in Southeast Asia: Areas of Toleration and Conflict, pp. 113 - 132
,2014, 'A Short Research Guide to Myanmar’s Legal System', in Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar, Hart/Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 21 - 32
,2014, 'Introduction: Myanmar, Law Reform and Asian Legal Studies', in Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar, Hart/Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 3 - 20
,2014, 'Proselytization, Religious Diversity and the State in Indonesia: The Offense of Deceiving a Child to Change Religion', in Proselytizing and the Limits of Religious Pluralism in Contemporary Asia, Springer Singapore, pp. 17 - 40
,2014, 'The Common Law and the Constitutional Writs in Myanmar', in Crouch M (ed.), Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar. Oxford: Hart Publishing, Hart/Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 141 - 158, http://www.bloomsbury.com/au/law-society-and-transition-in-myanmar-9781849465977/
,2014, 'The Layers of Legal Development in Myanmar', in Crouch M (ed.), Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar, Hart/Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 39 - 58, http://www.bloomsbury.com/au/law-society-and-transition-in-myanmar-9781849465977/
,2008, 'Indonesia’s National and Local Ombudsman Reforms: Salvaging a Failed Experiment?', in Indonesia: Law and Society, Federation Press, pp. 382 - 406
,Edited Books
Crouch M, (ed.), 2022, Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia, Oxford University Press, Oxford, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192870681.001.0001
Crouch M, (ed.), 2021, Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icon/moad039
Crouch M, (ed.), 2019, The Politics of Court Reform: Judicial Change and Legal Culture in Indonesia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/politics-of-court-reform/986FFA2061FF7759B08FD0C699939811
Crouch M, (ed.), 2017, The Business of Transition: Law Reform, Development and Economics in Myanmar, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/business-of-transition/578B5C2087E8F8547F177EB4506A8DA7
Crouch M, (ed.), 2016, Islam and the State in Myanmar: Muslim-Buddhist Relations and the Politics of Belonging., Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India, https://global.oup.com/academic/product/islam-and-the-state-in-myanmar-9780199461202?cc=au&lang=en&
Crouch M; Lindsey T, (ed.), 2014, Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar, Hart Publishing/Bloomsbury, UK, http://www.bloomsbury.com/au/law-society-and-transition-in-myanmar-9781849465977/
Journal articles
2024, 'The Military Turn in Comparative Constitutional Law: Constitutions and the Military in Authoritarian Regimes', Annual Review of Law & Social Science, 20, pp. 53 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-041822-044807
,2024, 'What Counts as Constitutionalism in the Global South? An Anthropological Perspective on Comparative Constitutional Law as Buddhism’', Comparative Constitutional Studies
,2024, 'The Rise and Decline of Constitutionalism in the Global South: The Case of Indonesia’s Constitutional Court', VRU/World Comparative Law, https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/0506-7286-2024-1-147/the-rise-and-decline-of-constitutionalism-in-the-global-south-the-case-of-indonesia-s-constitutional-court-volume-57-2024-issue-1?page=1
,2023, 'Judicial Loyalty to the Military in Authoritarian Regimes: How the Courts Are Militarized in Myanmar', Law and Social Inquiry, 48, pp. 632 - 659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/lsi.2022.41
,2021, 'The challenges for court reform after authoritarian rule: The role of specialized courts in indonesia', Constitutional Review, 7, pp. 1 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.31078/consrev711
,2020, 'Constitutional Touchstones: Peace Processes, Federalism and Constitution-making in Myanmar', International Journal of Constitutional Law, 18, pp. 1350 - 1372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icon/moaa089
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