By Professor Melissa Crouch

Book Chapters

Crouch M, 2026, 'Comparative Law and Society as Asian Legal Studies: The Case of Australian Law Schools', in Ballakrishnen S; Garth B (ed.), Handbook on Global Legal Education, Edward Elgar, UK

Crouch M, 2025, 'Sociolegal Studies in Southeast Asia', in Schultz U; Hydén H (ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Law, Edward Elgar

Crouch M, 2025, 'Facade Constitutions: The View from Myanmar', in Handbook on Law and Authoritarianism, Oxford University Press

Crouch M, 2025, 'Judicial Pluralism in Indonesia', in Elgar Encyclopedia of Sociology of Law, Edward Elgar

Crouch M, 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

Crouch M, 2025, 'Constitutional Law in Myanmar', in Biddulph S (ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Asian Law, Edward Elgar

Crouch M, 2025, 'Personal Law in Myanmar', in Biddulph S (ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Asian Law, Edward Elgar

Crouch M, 2024, 'Myanmar', in Law D; Lau H; Schwartz A (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Constitutional Law in Asia, Oxford University Press, Oxford, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198825463.013.17

Crouch M, 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

Crouch M, 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

Crouch M, 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

Crouch M, 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, pp. 149 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781009000208.006

Crouch M; Naidu N, 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

Crouch M, 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

Crouch M, 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/

Crouch M, 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

Crouch M, 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

Crouch M, 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

Crouch M, 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

Crouch M, 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

Crouch M, 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

Crouch M, 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/

Crouch M, 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

Crouch M, 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&

Crouch M; Ginsburg T, 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

Crouch M, 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

Crouch M, 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&

Crouch M, 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&

Crouch M, 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/

Crouch M, 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

Crouch M; Cheesman N, 2014, 'A Short Research Guide to Myanmar’s Legal System', in Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar, Hart/Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 21 - 32

Crouch M; Lindsey T, 2014, 'Introduction: Myanmar, Law Reform and Asian Legal Studies', in Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar, Hart/Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 3 - 20

Crouch M, 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

Crouch M, 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/

Crouch M, 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/

Crouch M, 2008, 'Indonesia’s National and Local Ombudsman Reforms: Salvaging a Failed Experiment?', in Indonesia: Law and Society, Federation Press, pp. 382 - 406

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