For those in Sydney, a workshop on the Indonesian Constitutional Court will be held today and tomorrow. Details below:
Workshop on “The Constitutional Court & Democracy
in Indonesia: Judging the First Decade”
11-12 December
2014
Sydney
Presented by the
Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW Law Faculty
and Centre for
Asian and Pacific Law, Sydney law School
Draft Program
11 December, UNSW Faculty
of Law
4-5.30pm Opening Plenary (Law School Theatre) – Panel Discussion with
Prof. Dr. Jimly Asshiddiqie, SH, founding Chief Justice of the
Constitutional Court
Prof. Dr. Denny Indrayana, SH, former Deputy Minister
for Justice
Chairs: Professor
Rosalind Dixon and A/Prof Simon Butt
5.30-7pm Opening Reception – UNSW Staff Seminar
Room, Level 2
12 December, University of Sydney Faculty of Law
Venue: Sydney Law School, room 446
Welcome
9.30-9:40am Dean’s Welcome (Professor Joellen Riley)
9:40-10am Introducing
participants and conference themes (A/P
Simon Butt)
10-11.30am Workshop
Session 1: The Court, the Constitution
& Democratic Consolidation
·
Fritz Siregar (UNSW), The Creation & Consolidation of the Constitutional
Court
·
Dr Stefanus
Hendrianto (Santa Clara), ‘Who are We
Now? Political Liberalism and the Indonesian Constitutional Court’
Commentators: Prof. Dr. Denny Indrayana, Mark Tushnet (Harvard Law)
Chair: Professor
Rosalind Dixon (UNSW)
11.30-11.45 Morning Tea
11.45-1.15pm Workshop Session 2: The Constitutional Court, Islam &
Democracy
·
Dr Melissa Crouch, Islam and the Constitutional Court
·
Dr Nadirsyah Hosen (Wollongong) The Constitutional Court & ‘Islamic’ Judges
Commentators: Prof. Dr. Jimly Asshiddiqie, SH, Simon Butt (Sydney)
Chair: Dr Lucas Lixinski
(UNSW)
1.15-2.00pm Lunch
2.00-3.30pm Workshop
Session 3 Case Studies
·
Professor
Tim Lindsey (Melbourne), Hatta, Art 33 and the Constitutional Court
·
Dr
Arskal Salim (UWS), Piety and Penalty in
the Practice of Charity in Indonesia: A Judicial Review of Law 23 of 2011 on
Zakat
Commentators: Pan Faiz (UQ), Joel Harrison (Macqaurie)
Chair: Professor Theunis
Roux (UNSW)
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