Andrew Harding Author & Editor

Professor Andrew Harding is Director, Centre for Asian Legal Studies at the National University of Singapore. He is a leading scholar in the fields of Asian legal studies and comparative constitutional law. He commenced his academic career at NUS before moving to SOAS, University of London, where he became Head of the Law School and Director of the Centre for South East Asian Studies. He joined NUS, as Director of the Centre for Asian Legal Studies and Director of the Asian Law Institute, from the University of Victoria, BC Canada, where he was Professor of Asia-Pacific Legal Relations and Director of the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives. Professor James Chin is Professor of Political Science and Head of the School of Arts & Social Sciences, Monash University, Sunway Campus in Malaysia. He has published extensively on Malaysian politics and was co-editor of the bestseller Awakening: Abdullah Badawi Years in Malaysia. Prof Chin is involved with the following organisations: Advisory Board, Centre for Public Policy Studies; Senior Fellow, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS); Programme Director, Jeffrey Cheah Institute of Southeast Asian Studies; Executive Committee, Transparency International Malaysia Branch (2009-2012) and Senior Visiting Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) Singapore.