Critics agree that much of Southeast Asia desperately needs judicial reform and rule of law. Yet, there is remarkably little comparative scholarship on law and legal institutions in the region. In this blog, I'll follow constitutional developments in Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
And the second trial moves on
VOA Khmer has some more analysis of the second trial at the Khmer Rouge. Two key issues are whether the (admittedly less legalistic) 1979 trial under the Vietnamese or the 1996 amnesty preclude another trial. John Ciorciari, a professor of law and public policy at the University of Michigan (my home institution), says no to both questions. Read on here to find out more about the debate.
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