Asian Law Centre

🎥 🎥 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 🎥 🎥

𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘄: 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝘄

This presentation by Associate Professor Jonathan Liljeblad outlined an ongoing project promoting Indigenous perspectives of international law, with an edited volume scheduled for publication in 2027. The project follows Indigenous Studies discourses that assert the existence of Indigenous ‘inter-nations’ legal orders which exist concurrent to the prevailing state-based international legal system. The presentation proposed an approach for understanding such legal orders, highlighting literature on Indigenous knowledge systems as offering a means for clarifying 1) Indigenous perspectives of ‘inter-nations’ law and 2) their implications for the current international legal system. The presentation reviewed the current status of the project, with a survey of publications that include the Australian Journal of Asian Law and the Proceedings of the American Society of International Law. The presentation finished with a summary of the project’s wider call for a dedicated research agenda to advance Indigenous conceptions of international law.

This seminar was co-hosted by the Asian Law Centre and the Institute for International Law and the Humanities.

𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼:https://buff.ly/bmV3vEe

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 🎉

We are overjoyed to share that our Law Academic Associate 2025, Ratu Ayu Asih Kusuma Putri , has officially been awarded her PhD!

We wish Dr Ayu all the very best in this next chapter of her brilliant career! 👏

Ayu's Bio: https://buff.ly/M7EYfla

📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀:𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

The 22nd Annual CILIS Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference will be held on 9-10 November 2026. The conference will be held via Zoom.

🌏 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀
Dates: 9–10 November 2026
Format: Online via Zoom

📝 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆?
If you are a current postgraduate student studying in any research area relating to Islam, you may like to consider presenting a paper at the conference. If you are a supervisor, you may like to recommend this conference to your postgraduate students.

Speakers will gain invaluable feedback from leading scholars and researchers, as well as from fellow students.

Possible presentation themes include:

• Islam, Culture and Society
• Islam and Education
• Islam, Gender and Sexuality
• Islam and Identity
• Islam and Modernity
• Islam and Radicalism
• Islamic Thought

⏳ 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁
Submit an online application form along with a max. 100-word biography and a max. 100-word abstract.
𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝟱:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠, 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟭 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
Application form: https://buff.ly/W8xgMZl

⚠️ Note: Speaker spots are strictly limited to a total of 15 participants, so early application is strongly encouraged.

📩 For more information or inquiries, reach out to: [email protected]

📝 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽 📝

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗮𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝘄, 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗟 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗟 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 (𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝘂𝗯) 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 (𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗙) 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟴–𝟭𝟵 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗸𝗼𝗸, 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗮𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗙 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗚𝗼𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗻 (Associate Director (Asian Commercial Law), Asian Law Centre) presented a paper on “Insolvency Law and Digital Assets – The Scorecard from Australia”. He also chaired a practitioners’ panel exploring the “Intersection of Insolvency and Arbitration”, which featured 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 (Former Judge, Supreme Court of Victoria). 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗺𝗶, a graduate researcher associated with the Asian Law Centre, presented a paper on “Transaction Avoidance, Wrongful & Fraudulent Trading Provisions Under the Indian Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016: Pitfalls and the Way Forward”.

The academic forum brought together leading scholars, judges, practitioners, and researchers from across the Asia–Pacific and beyond, ensuring lively debates and critical reflection on key issues in insolvency and restructuring. Sessions explored themes such as the regulation of digital assets and new technologies during insolvency, corporate rescue and restructuring frameworks, cross-border insolvency and regional cooperation, the design of effective creditor and debtor protections and the impact of insolvency regimes on society. Participants engaged in in-depth discussions on law reform trends, comparative jurisprudence, and emerging issues in Asia-Pacific corporate insolvency regimes.

🚨🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 🚨🚨

The next episode of 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 features Dr Ben Hopper, who joins Sarah Biddulph to explore fan fiction and the law in China. They discuss the legal challenges fan fiction poses for copyright and personality rights, the landmark lawsuit between wuxia author Jin Yong and fan fiction writer Jiang Nan, and the infamous “227” incident involving a fictionalised romance inspired by 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥.

You can listen now on Spotify (https://buff.ly/dqCnAj5 https://buff.ly/dqCnAj5) and Apple Podcasts (https://buff.ly/PYJYg0k https://buff.ly/PYJYg0k).

𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 presents interviews with an array of expert voices on legal issues throughout Asia, covering the law and its myriad connections with politics, culture, art, society and the everyday.

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀: 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 🌏

'You cannot be what you cannot see' by William Lye OAM QC

The 2021 Census shows that almost half of Australians have a parent born overseas. There are now more than 250 ancestries and 350 languages being spoken. Mandarin is the second most common language, after English, following by Arabic and Punjabi. Australia’s population is getting more diverse. Yet, at the upper echelon of the legal profession there seems to be a lack of diversity beyond gender. In this seminar, William Lye OAM QC will share how he navigates a multiplicity of cultures to become a successful and honored barrister in Australia.

The Asian Law Centre launched a series of seminars on Celebrating Asian Legal Careers in 2022. This series was co-hosted with the Asian Australian Lawyers Association (AALA).

📺 Catch up on the full recording: https://buff.ly/sOm11MM

Session originally held: 2 August 2022

Celebrating Asian Legal Careers - “You cannot be what you cannot see” Celebrating Asian Legal Careers - “You cannot be what you cannot see”

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀: 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 🌏

From India to Australia - The Legal Journey' by Molina Asthana

Molina discussed understanding the practice of law in India and Australia through her journey in the legal profession in both countries. This included both similarities and differences in legal systems, procedures and the practice of law. She also discussed opportunities and challenges of practicing in an Asian jurisdiction.

The Asian Law Centre launched a series of seminars on Celebrating Asian Legal Careers in 2022. This series was co-hosted with the Asian Australian Lawyers Association (AALA).

📺 Catch up on the full recording: https://buff.ly/Ff43Szq

Session originally held: 16 August 2022

Celebrating Asian Legal Careers - 'From India to Australia - The Legal Journey' by Molina Asthana Celebrating Asian Legal Careers - 'From India to Australia - The Legal Journey' by Molina Asthana

🚨🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧 🚨🚨

𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘄
𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝟮𝟳 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮

The latest issue (volume 27 number 2) of the Australian Journal of Asian Law is now available on-line. This is a Special Issue, edited by Guest Editors, Kirsty Gover and Jonathan Liljeblad, on ‘Indigenous People and the Law in Asia’.

Access the AJAL from SSRN: https://buff.ly/5qTtQmk

AJAL volume 27 number 2 contains the following articles:

1. Kirsty Gover and Jonathan Liljeblad (editors), ‘Indigenous Peoples of Asia: Global Concepts and Local Practice’

2. Binota Moy Dhamai, ‘Jumma Peoples’ Struggle for Self-Determination in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh’

3. Kham Khan Suan Hausing, ‘Indigeneity, Territoriality and Citizenship in Northeast India’

4. Dak (Lajiadou) Lhagyal, ‘Indigenous Denialism and State-Imposed Colour-blindness: Mother-Tongue Education in China’

6. Jonathan Liljeblad and Hsu Myat Noe Htet, ‘The Status of Indigenous Rights Movements in Myanmar’s Current Conflict’

6. Girli Ron Mahayunan, ‘Strengthening Indigenous Peoples’ Recognition and Participation in Indonesia’s Just Transition’

7. Lilis Mulyani, ‘Group Legal Personhood: The Stalemate in Indigenous and Customary Community Recognition’

8. Rakiba Nabi, ‘Safeguarding Unique Ethnic Cultures in Bangladesh: Autonomy and the Right to Self-Determination’

9. Yuko Osakada, ‘Struggle of the Ainu for Their Salmon Fishing Rights: Learning from the Sámi Experience’

10. Yogeswaran Subramaniam, ‘Constitutional Recognition of Malaysia’s “Indigenous Peoples”: Legal Centralism for Land Rights?’

Melbourne Law School is delighted to welcome law students from the City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) for the 2026 Global Legal Education and Awareness (G-LEAP) Project, delivered through the Asian Law Centre.

Running from 19 June to 16 July, the 4-week program introduces 36 students to Australian law, legal institutions and professional practice. The program combines classroom learning with educational visits to courts, law firms, regulators and cultural institutions, with sessions covering Australia’s legal system. Students will examine topics including legal history, courts and dispute resolution, regulation, law reform, legal practice, cultural diversity and emerging issues such as AI.

We are pleased to support this international learning experience and strengthen our connection with CityUHK.