Courts, Lawyers and the Administration of Justice

'Courts, Lawyers and the Administration of Justice' discusses topics such as the experience of courts in dealing with COVID-19; the challenges facing courts, lawyers and the administration of justice; the impact of COVID-19 on online justice, criminal justice and open justice, and imprisonment.

You may be interested in reading the ALC Briefing Paper Series, including a number of papers introducing the judicial systems of various Asian countries.

• Talking Indonesia: Acknowledging Past Rights Violations

  Jemma Purdey, Originally posted on Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 2 February 2023

• New Criminal Code Exposes Deep Problems in Indonesian Legal Education

  Ratu Durotun Nafisah, Originally posted on Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 31 January 2023

• Half-Hearted Progress: Religious Freedom After the New Criminal Code

  Zainal Abidin Bagir, Originally posted on Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 17 January 2023

• The Return of Indonesia’s Human Rights Court Brings New Promise and Old Problems

  Kaylana Mueller-Hsia, Kyra Jasper and Natalie Longmire-Kulis, Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 13 December 2022

• Indonesian Courts Rule to Protect the Work Rights of People with Disability

  Dina Afrianty, Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 5 December 2022

• Challenging Japan’s ‘War Laws’: Contemporary Civil Society Action in the Courts

  Adam Eldridge-Imamura, Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 22 November 2022

• The End of Police Reform

  Jacqui Baker, Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 15 November 2022

• Talking Indonesia: Police Reform

  Jemma Purdey, Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 10 November 2022

• Talking Indonesia: the Kanjuruhan Football Disaster

  Dave McRae, Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 13 October 2022

• The DPR Attacks the Constitutional Court – and Judicial Independence

  Jimly Asshiddiqie, Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 10 October 2022

• Talking Indonesia: The Sexual Violence Law

  Jacqui Baker, Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 22 September 2022

• Myanmar’s Kangaroo Courts Hand Aung San Suu Kyi Another Six-Year Term While Sean Turnell Pleads Not Guilty

  Adam Simpson, Originally posted on Asialink, 23 August 2022

• Indonesia’s Last Chance for a Progressive Criminal Code

  Anugerah Rizki Akbari and Genoveva Alicia KS Maya, Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 18 August 2022

• The Executions in Myanmar: What Was the Junta Thinking?

  Andrew Selth, Originally posted on Asialink, 1 August 2022

• Myanmar Executions Reveal Regime Desperation

  Nicholas Coppel, Originally posted on Asialink, 29 July 2022

• Myanmar: Death Penalty the Latest Tactic for Military Junta’s Murderous Regime

  Ronan Lee, Originally posted on The Conversation, 28 July 2022

• Talking Indonesia: Activist Lawyers

  Dave McRae, Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 21 July 2022

• Australia’s Woeful Response to Rising Authoritarianism in India

  Nisha Thapliyal and Priya Chacko, Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 7 June 2022

• How the Law in the Maldives Paved the Way for a Sunni Legal Tradition

  Shamsul Falaah Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 6 June 2022

• Afghanistan’s Laws and Legal Institutions Under the Taliban

  Haroun Rahimi Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 6 June 2022

• Islamic Challenges to Pakistan’s Transgender Rights Law

  Jeffrey A. Redding Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 6 June 2022

• Indonesia Needs a Strong Public Interest Defence to Stem the Tide of Online Defamation Cases

  Eka Nugraha PutraOriginally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 10 May 2022

• Indonesia Finally has a Law to Protect Victims of Sexual Violence. But the Struggle Is Not Over Yet.

  Tunggal Pawestri and Tim MannOriginally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 20 April 2022

• Talking Indonesia: Aceh’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission

  Jacqui BakerOriginally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 19 April 2022

• Special Issue. COVID-19 and the Law: Perspectives from Asia. Introduction

  Joo Cheong Tham, Originally posted on the Australian Journal of Asian Law, 23 March 2022

• State of Emergency in Vietnamese Law: Reflections on the Government Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

  VU Cong Giao and DAO Tri Uc, Originally posted on the Australian Journal of Asian Law, 23 March 2022

• Reproducing Indonesia’s Illiberal Legalism amid COVID-19: Public Health Crisis as a Means of Accumulation

  Rafiqa Qurrata A’yun and Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir, Originally posted on the Australian Journal of Asian Law, 21 March 2022

• The Challenges of Administrative Law Review in the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of India

  Goutham Shivshankar, Originally posted in the Australian Journal of Asian Law, 21 March 2022

• Political Power and the Limits of Academic Freedom in Japan in the Era of COVID-19

  Yuichiro Tsuji, Originally posted on the Australian Journal of Asian Law, 21 March 2022

• Prohibiting Hijab in Educational Institutions: A Constitutional Assessment

  Farrah Ahmed, Mohsin Alam Bhat, Aparna Chandra, Raunaq Jaiswal, Gauri Pillai, Faiza Rahman, Rishika Sahgal, John Sebastian and Anup Surendranath, 17 March 2022

• Vietnam: Emergency Powers in Time of Pandemic and the Role of the Written Constitution

  Le Nguyen Duy HauCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 28 September 2021

• Mural Controversies Expose the Poor Health of Indonesian Democracy

  Maidina Rahmawati and Erasmus at NapitupuluOriginally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 23 August 2021

• COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: Much More Than a Health Crisis

  Gabriel Facal, Ian Wilson, Khoo Ying Hooi, Rosalia Sciortino and Sarah AndrieuOriginally posted on The Conversation, 21 August 2021

• Pre-Departure Tests for Singapore Citizens Returning Home: Possibly Constitutionally Tricky in Theory, but not in Practice

  Benjamin Joshua OngCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 4 August 2021

• Preventive Detention for Bursting Myths: The Draconian National Security Act in India

  Shreyam SharmaCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 4 August 2021

• COVID-19 and Courts Symposium: The Active Role of the Nepalese Judiciary in Guiding Nepal’s COVID-19 Response

  Manish ShresthaCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 30 July 2021

• COVID-19 and Courts Symposium: India: COVID-19, the Executive, and the Judiciary

  Gautam BhatiaCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 26 July 2021

• Sexual Violence, Conflict and COVID-19: An Invisible Pandemic

  Vincent OchiletOriginally posted on Asialink Insights, 22 June 2021

• Fighting Platforms and the People, not the Pandemic: #ResignModi and Disinformation Governance in India – An Update

  Maximilian Beyer and Sangeeta Mahapatra Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 7 June 2021

• India’s New Intermediary Guidelines: The Gloves Come Off in the Assault on Civil Liberties

  Tanmay Singh and Abhinav SekhriCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 1 June 2021

• Himalayan Blunders: Nepal’s Political Crisis Amid Pandemic Puts Democratic Gains Under Strain

  TOI EditCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 25 May 2021

• India: The Dubious Dilemma, Muzzling Fake News or Gagging Freedom of Speech and Expression

  Toshaar Trivedi and Achyutam BhatnagarCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 12 May 2021

• The State Advances, the People Retreat: China’s Political and Legal Responses to COVID-19

  Xin HeCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 4 May 2021

• The Philippines a Year under Lockdown: Continuing Executive Dominance, Threats to Democracy, and Unclear Pandemic Response

  Maria Ela L. AtienzaCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 26 April 2021

• Bangladesh’s COVID-19 Year in Review

  Ridwanul HoqueCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 25 March 2021

• One Year After the Pandemic in Indonesia: From Health Crisis to the Crisis of Constitutional Democracy

  Abdurrachman Satrio and Mohammad IbrahimCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 15 March 2021

• Surviving Executive-Led Pandemic Control in Executive-Led Hong Kong: A Year in Review

  Pui-yin LoCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 3 March 2021

• COVID-19 and the Crisis in Indian Democracy

  Thulasi K. RajCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 26 February 2021

• Breeding More Social Turbulence? – Thailand’s Unprepared Response to the Second Wave of COVID-19

  Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang and Rawin LeelapatanaCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 23 February 2021

• Mandatory Vaccination Will Not Solve Indonesia’s COVID-19 Problem

  Usman HamidOriginally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 23 February 2021

• Coronavirus and the Constitution – XXXIV: The Bombay High Court

  Adv. Manoj HaritCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 14 July 2020

• Indian Courts’ Crusade Against COVID-19 and Executive Underreach

  Yashasvi Jain and Hetal DoshiCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 7 July 2020

• Pandemic, Emergency & the Bangladesh Constitution: A Reflection

  Kawser AhmedCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 2 July 2020

• Coronavirus and the Constitution – XXXIII: N-95 Masks and the Bombay High Court’s Dialogic Judicial Review

  Aakanksha SaxenaCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 28 June 2020

• Responses to COVID-19 and Japanese Criminal Justice

  Reegan Grayson-Morison and Stacey Steele, 24 June 2020

• Judicial Responses to COVID-19: Japanese and Victorian Courts' Use of Technology

  Reegan Grayson-Morison and Stacey Steele, 23 June 2020

• Embracing Asian Law Centre Communities and Opportunities: Alumni Gathering of Japanese Judicial Visitors

  Stacey Steele, 18 June 2020

• 'Judicialising' the Pandemic in Pakistan

  Yasser Kureshi, 28 May 2020

• Delivering Justice During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future Use of Technology

  Standing International Forum of Commercial CourtsOriginally posted on SIFCC, 29 May 2020

• Checking the Unchecked Power: The Role of the Indonesian Constitutional Court during the Pandemic

  Abdurrachman SatrioOriginally posted on the IACL-AIDC Blog, 26 May 2020

• Coronavirus and the Constitution – XXVIII: Dialogic Judicial Review in the Gujarat and Karnataka High Courts

  Vasudev Devadasan, Gautam Bhatia and Mihir NaniwadekarCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 24 May 2020

• Taking Jokowi to Court Over COVID-19: Is the Government Liable?

  Linda Rae BennettOriginally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 12 May 2020

• A Liberal Darling or an Inadvertent Hand to Dictators? Open-Ended Lawmaking and Taiwan’s Legal Response to the Covid Pandemic

  Ming-Sung KuoCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 30 April 2020

• COVID-19 Lawsuits Against China

  Jon BellingerCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 24 April 2020

• Will COVID-19 help Corruptors get out of Jail?

  Leopold SudaryonoOriginally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 13 April 2020

• Coronavirus and the Constitution – IX: Three Curious Bail Orders

  Gautam BhatiaCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 5 April 2020

• COVID-19 Pandemic, Social Distancing, and the Courts: Notes from Hong Kong

  P.Y. LoCo-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 14 March 2020

• Women Judges Respond to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

  International Association of Women Judges provides a database of articles showing how women judges worldwide are responding to COVID-19

• Remote Courts Worldwide

  'Remote Courts Worldwide' is a database of articles showing how countries worldwide are introducing various forms of 'remote court'

• The (New) Normal under the State of Emergency in Timor Leste

  Ricardo Sousa da Cunha, Originally posted on the Australian Journal of Asian Law, 21 March 2022