“Alternative Histories of Judicial Review”

Melissa Crouch, University of New South Wales

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Abstract: In this talk Crouch will argue for an expanded and pluralist view of histories of judicial review. She charts the itinerary of a curious constitutional invention, the constitutional writs in South Asia and other parts of the British empire. Crouch takes Myanmar as a case study, exploring the origins and growth of these remedies and its contemporary fate.

Biography: Melissa Crouch is Professor at the Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW, Australia.  Her research contributes to the fields of law and society;  comparative constitutional studies, and law and religion with a focus on Asia. Melissa established and runs the Southeast Asia Law & Policy Forum. Melissa’s recent book is The Constitution of Myanmar: A Contextual Analysis (2019) was shortlisted for the Australian Legal Research Awards book prize; in 2021 the book was profiled by the leading policy-institute Chatham House and listed as a top book by International Affairs (UK). Melissa is currently working on a project on Constitutional Change in Authoritarian Regimes: The Case of Myanmar, which is funded by the Australian Research Council. 
 
Melissa has published in a range of peer-reviewed journals including the Law & Society Review, International Journal of Constitutional Law and the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies.  She is the editor of several volumes, including Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific (CUP 2021). Melissa has worked with local and international organizations in Asia with a focus on constitutional and administrative law reforms and legal education. She is the Vice-President of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), the peak academic body for Asian studies in Australia. She is also co-director with Theunis Roux of the project on Constitutionalism in the Global South. In 2021 she received the UNSW Postgraduate Supervisor Award.