Publications

Here is a list of select journal articles and conference papers:

• “Finding Justice Scalia in Burma: Constitutional Interpretation and the Impeachment of Myanmar’s Constitutional Tribunal.” Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal (forthcoming 2014).
• “Understanding the Myanmar Supreme Court’s Docket: An Analysis of Case Topics from 2007 to 2011” (with Lwin Moe). In Law, Society, and Transition in Myanmar, Tim Lindsay and Melissa Crouch, eds. (forthcoming 2014).
• “Book Review: Free Burma: Transnational Legal Activism and Corporate Accountability.” Journal of World-Systems Research. Winter 2013.
• “Using Latent Text Analysis to Compare Democratic and Authoritarian Constitutions.” Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 13, 2013.
• “Divided We Judge? A Model of Judicial Behavior in Indonesia’s Constitutional Court.” Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 13, 2012.
• “Discipline-Flourishing Constitutional Review: A Legal and Political Analysis of Myanmar’s New Constitutional Tribunal.” Australian Journal of Asian Law 12: 1. 2011.
• “The Irony of Outlawing AIDS: A Human Rights Argument Against the Criminalization of HIV Transmission” (with Erin Langley). Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law XI: 743. 2010.
• “Do Indonesian Judges Need Scientific Credibility? Indonesia v. Newmont and a Proposal on the use of Scientific Evidence in Indonesian Courts.” Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 21: 113. 2008.

Here is a list of select op-eds I have written in various magazines and blogs:

• “The Politics of Law & Order in Myanmar – A review of The Politics of Law and Order in Myanmar, by Nick W. Cheesman.” Dissertation Reviews. January 16, 2014.
• “Untilting the Constitutional Playing Field in Burma (Myanmar)?” I-CONnect – Blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law and ConstitutionMaking.org, December 31, 2013.
• “Will Democracy and Constitutionalism Mix in Myanmar?” I-CONnect – Blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law and ConstitutionMaking.org, October 24, 2012.
• “After impeachment, a balancing act.” The Myanmar Times. October 1, 2012.
• “When not to swear in public.” New Mandala Blog. April 30, 2012.
• “Burma’s Constitution: Straightjacket or Red Herring?” New Mandala Blog. February 29, 2012.
• “Burma’s incentive for reform?” New Mandala Blog. February 6, 2012.
• “Myanmar’s Discipline-Flourishing Constitutionalism.” Comparative Constitutions Blog, May 20, 2011.
• “Thai Institutions: Constitutional Court.” New Mandala Blog. August 10, 2010.
• “Thai Institutions: Judiciary.” New Mandala Blog. July 12, 2010.
• “Suo Moto Tango in Pakistan.” Comparative Constitutions Blog. May 30, 2010.
• “Book Review: An Eye in the Storm.” The Irrawaddy 18(5). May 2010.
• “Courting Constitutional Chaos in the Philippines.” Comparative Constitutions Blog. Mar. 25, 2010.
• “Afrika boleh ajar piawaian hak asasi kepada ASEAN.” Malaysiakini. September 17, 2009.
• “Notes from the Field: From the Philippines: Impunity, Apathy, and Human Rights.” In Asia Blog. July 9, 2008.
• “Burmese Monks Give Peace a Chance.” The Georgetown Voice. October 4, 2007.
• “The Green Monks.” The Irrawaddy 14(2). February 2006.