ALSA 2025 meeting

Social and Legal Implications of the Used Cloting Import Ban Policy on Thrifting Practices in Indonesia: Analysis of General Agreement and Tarrif on Trade 1994

Energy Transition Litigation and Procedural Justice in Japan: Courts as Arenas of Environmental Citizenship?

Afriansyah Tanjung

Digital Smoke Signals: How Grassroots Movements Like Free Net From Tobacco Shape Tobacco Control Policies In Indonesia's Social Media Landscape

Flying Without Wings: The Massive Product of Law Without Natural Resources Accessibility
Legal Consciousness and Translation among Exogenous Law, Customary Rights, and Daily Practice

Ahmad Fachri Faqi, SH., LL.M

Access to Justice through Higher Education: The Transformative Role of Hasanuddin University for Society

Toward Bilingual Legal Competence: Measuring Japanese Language, Legal Knowledge, and Logical Reasoning among Law Students in Asia

Akira Fujimoto (Program Committee)

Opening Plenary Session
Closing Session

Alfatania Sekar Ismaya / Muhammad Anugerah Perdana / Nivia

Power Rescaled, Futures Drowned? Rethinking Coastal Governance in Sinking Semarang

Anugrah Adiastuti

How ASEAN Regulates the Growth of the Nickel Industry in ASEAN Member States: Balancing Economic Development With Biodiversity Depletion

Archariya Wongburanavart

Geographical Indications (GIs) and Sustainable Development in Thailand: Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities

What Does Public Serving Mean for Lawyers?: A Comparative Analysis on Local Government Lawyers

Preparing for future legal challenges in old age: the importance of “preventive access to justice”

Female Judicial Images in the Peking Gazette of The North-China Herald from a Western Perspective

Bektemir Berdimurodov

The "Fear" of Diversity and the Vulnerability of Japanese Society
Problems with Japan's legal system that implicitly and explicitly excludes foreigners

What are the advocacy best practices on state-sanctioned killings for drug offences in East and Southeast Asia?

The legal definition and practical restriction of Workplace bullying through the internal investigation process: the legal consciousness analysis

Bunga Veronika Milania A / Milda Istiqomah

Evaluation of Legal Arrangements in Preventing Extremism in Indonesian Higher Education Institutions

Cantika Zahara Putri

The Ties That Bind: Ambivalent Empowerment of Wives in Economically Neglected Marriages

Judicial Diversity ＆Inclusion in Japan: Insights from Former Judges and Bar Exam Passers

Cenuk Widiyastrisna Sayekti

Police Brutality: Legal Semiotics behind the 2025 Indonesian May Day Rallies

Militant Democracy and the South Korean Constitutional Order: The Uses and Misuses of 'Free Democratic Basic Order'

Livelihood and Environment: Imagining an Equitable and Agro-Ecological Future for Bangladesh

The Effect and Response of AI-assisted Trial to the Justice of Judicial Entitity

The Continuity of Statehood and Peoplehood in Modern Korea: Discursive Practices of the Republic of Korea on the Genealogy of Its Citizenry

Author-Meets-Readers Session: The Palimpsest Constitution: The Social Life of Constitutions in Myanmar

In Response to Constitutional Crisis: The Latent Carl Schmitt in Zhang Junmai’s Legal Theories and Practices

Author_Meets_Reader Session: : Capital Drug Laws in Asia
Indonesia and the Challenges of Piecemeal National Security Laws
Capital Drug Laws in Asia
Law, Democracy and Security in Asia

Japan’s Love Affair with AI Learning

The Problematic Inclusion of a Motive Element in the Indonesian Definition of Terrorism

Administrative Litigation Precedent in the Socialist Judicial Review

David Matas, International human rights lawyer

Challenging the hegemonic framework of organ transplant abuse in China

Debating Virtual Wonderland: Individual Agency, Responsibility, and Emerging Questions for Metaverse Governance

DR. AMITESH DESHMUKH

MSME INSOLVENCY IN ASIA: ARGUING FOR SYNERGY IN REHABILITATION MECHANISM

Dr. Ankit Singh

SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS AND DIGITAL ADVERTISING: UNPACKING THE MYRIAD DIMENSIONS OF INFLUENCER MARKETING CONTRACTS

Dr. Diana Yunhsien Lin

Legalization of Gestational Surrogacy in the East Asian Context? Lessons from the US Experiences

Reimagining Criminal Justice in Asia: Trends in Death Penalty Reform, Juvenile Justice, and Restorative Practices

Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence: Global North and Global South Perspectives

Dr. Muhammad Zulfan Hakim SH., MH

Analysis of Regional Government Authority for Environmental Protection in the Gold Mining Sector in Luwu Regency

Dr. Priyanka Dhar

Aadhaar and Digital Welfare Delivery in India: Inclusion or Exclusion? A Comparative Analysis with Indonesia’s e-KTP

Dr. Tamara Relis, LL.B, LL.M, PhD(law)

Beyond Legal Rights: Complex Psychologies and Epistemologies Determining Indian Legal & Lay Actors’ Decisions in Situations of Violence 2006-2024

IT-Driven Civil Court Procedures: A Comparative Perspective on Japan and Indonesia

Cause Lawyers Against Urban Dispossession

‘Property Orders Are Appropriate to Deal with the Issue’: The Fate of Frozen Embryos upon Divorce

GREY AREA INTEGRATED MARITIME AND HOMELAND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WATCH (GRIHAM-LAW) MODEL: Managing Legal Challenges for Indonesia Maritime Borders

Fachrizal Afandi

From Procedure to Power: How KUHAP Shapes and Distorts Indonesia’s Rule of Law

Fahri Jundi Daula

Between Embracing Equality and Guarding the Majority: A Critical Review of Indonesia’s Regulation on Places of Worship

Legal Institutions as Social Feedback Mechanisms: Rethinking Treaty Reform through Asian Models of Judicial–Legislative Interaction

Invisible Labour, Visible Inequality: Gendered Exclusions in Indonesia’s MSME Labour Policy

Gakuto TAKAMURA

Compliance-oriented Legalization and the Legal Consciousness of Forestry Workers in Japan: Regarding the Conflict between Customary Rights and Irregular Registration
Legal Consciousness and Translation among Exogenous Law, Customary Rights, and Daily Practice

Garima Maheshwari

Climate Justice and Just Energy Transitions in India's Climate Governance

Artificial Intelligence in Criminal Justice: An Empirical Study on Human-AI Collaboration and Cultural Sensitivity

Mechanism of “Buy Marga” for Intertribal Marriage in the Batak Toba Tribe

Reintegrating “Victims Turned Offenders” into Society: From a Restorative Justice Perspective

Algorithmic Justice or Digital Impunity?: A Socio-Legal Study on Legal Pluralism in Corruption Enforcement in the Era of Indonesian E-Government

Mediating under the Shadow of AI: Public Reactions to Procedural and Substantive Roles of AI in Court-Annexed Mediation

Helena Whalen-Bridge

Beyond Mandatory Pro Bono: Compulsory Law Mechanisms in Access to Justice

Herlambang Perdana Wiratraman

Militarised ‘free nutritious meal’ governance: Human rights abuses in implementing the right to food in Indonesia
Law, Democracy and Security in Asia

Heru Kurniawan, Tazkiya Lidya Alamri, Muhammad Anugrah Ramadan Haryo Putra

Excessive Use of Force Against Suspects During the Investigation Stage: The Urgency for Judicial Scrutiny and Compulsory Investigator Certification

Reconsidering Age of Candidacy in Japan: Survey Insights on Youth Political Eligibility

Hitoshi USHIJIMA

Public Participation in Renewable Energy Facilities Setting

Hsu Myat Noe Htet

Beyond Ownership: Decolonizing Intellectual Property Law to Protect Indigenous Cultural Heritage in Myanmar

From Regulation to Litigation: Empirical Insights into “Public Order and Good Morals” in Taiwan’s Broadcasting Law (1998–2024)

Affective Politics at the Grassroots: Renqing, Resistance, and Police Mediation in China

Ifta Irodatul Utami

The Evolving Landscape of Indonesia’s Building Regulations

Silenced Voices: Violence Against Women in the Shadow of Social Norms and Living Law

Care as a Constitutional Value: A Korean Perspective

Corporate Governance and Inclusive Growth: Reimagining Equity in Korean Corporate Law

Understanding Farmland Reallocation Preferences Among Farmers in the North China Plain: The Role of Legal Knowledge
Legal Consciousness and Translation among Exogenous Law, Customary Rights, and Daily Practice

Situated Waters: The Social Life of Water Rights

Jiaqi Deng, Ph.D Student, School of Law, Renmin University of China

Runaway Daughters-in-Law: Kinship Disjunctions and the Absence of Co-Sharable Capital in Frontier Divorce—An Ethnographic-Legal Study from the Sino–Myanmar Border

Formal Equality in Legal Consciousness: Fieldwork on China's People's Congress System During the 2021 Election Cycle

The Fall of the Patron Saint of Justice: How Judge Movement affects Court Rulings in China

Jonathan Liljeblad

Epistemic Justice in the Return of Indigenous Cultural Heritage to Southeast Asia

Memory Law in Japan: Legal Frameworks and Historical Narratives

The Social Order of the Stablecoin Market: Illegal Stablecoin Trading in Mainland China
Author_Meets_Reader Session: Wang, P. & Lin, Wanlin (2025), Extralegal Governance: The Social Order of Illegal Markets in China. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Sustaining Legal Infrastructure in an Aging and Depopulating Society: A Projection of Japan’s Legal Profession in 2045

Leavides Domingo-Cabarrubias

Author_Meets_Reader Session: : Capital Drug Laws in Asia
Locating the right to food in the work of International Financial Institutions: The case of the Asian Development Bank
Capital Drug Laws in Asia

How Private Insurers Regulate Misconduct in China’s Society: A Theoretical Consideration

A Structural Analysis of Judicial Deference in Chinese Tax Administrative Litigation: An Empirical Study Based on 391 Court Judgments

Why authors become poorer in the digital age? -- The reestablish of a creator-friendly copyright

Does Gender Matter in Drug Sentencing in China? A Comparative Perspective from Yunnan and Shandong

The Anti-Discrimination Policy Sandbox: A Preemptive Institutional Framework for Difference-Sensitive Governance in Asia

Between “Everything” and “Nothing”: Rethinking the Forms and Exoneration of Responsibility in Chinese Legal Judgment

Identification of Forensic Ballistic Test Patterns in Shooting Cases: A Study of Indonesian Court Decisions

Author_Meets_Reader Session: : Capital Drug Laws in Asia
Capital Drug Laws in Asia

Vernacularizing Human Rights: The Legal Consciousness of Myanmar People During and After the 1988 – 2011 Military Rule
Legal Consciousness and Translation among Exogenous Law, Customary Rights, and Daily Practice

The Ghost Treaties and Legal Resistance: The Failed Italian Protectorate Project in Aceh (1860–1873)

Author-Meets-Readers Session: The Palimpsest Constitution: The Social Life of Constitutions in Myanmar

Whom Should the Legislation be For? A Participatory Democracy Perspective on Defining the Ideal Legislative Audience

Mayank Shrivastava

Corporate Law Innovation and Start-up Ecosystems in Asia: Legal Reform as a Catalyst for Entrepreneurial Growth

Postcolonial Legal Pluralism in Practice: How Timor-Leste’s Hybrid System Negotiates State Law and Customary Lisan

Law, Democracy and Security in Asia
The Military as a Legal Actor
Author-Meets-Readers Session: The Palimpsest Constitution: The Social Life of Constitutions in Myanmar

Social Order in Inmate Society: Hierarchies within a Chinese Women’s Prison
Author_Meets_Reader Session: Wang, P. & Lin, Wanlin (2025), Extralegal Governance: The Social Order of Illegal Markets in China. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Constitutionalising Dynasty: Abusive Courts in Indonesia's Electoral Politics

Author_Meets_Reader Session: : Capital Drug Laws in Asia
Capital Drug Laws in Asia

THE LATEST DYNAMICS OF ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW IN THE CONTEXT OF MUTILATION OF WALI IJBAR IN THE RULES OF INDONESIAN MARRIAGE LAW FROM A SOCIOLEGAL PERSPECTIVE

The future of I.P.R. enforcement using Dispute Resolution Mechanism and A.I. tools: Potential of innovation In India

Mokhamad Gisa Vitrana

The Recognition of State Governments and Its Implications in the International Community

Muh Aldian Maharani

Optimizing Quantitative Legal Research as a Tool to Challenge Legal Inequality and Promote Policy Reform: A Case Study on Non-Discrimination in Indonesian Local Laws

Muhammad Djaelani Prasetya

Persons with Disabilities against the Law in Indonesia: The Role of Institutions and Problems

HOUSING, LAND AND PROPERTY RIGHTS (HLP) AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN INDONESIA: 1998-2024

Nabilla Desyalika Putri

Whose Land? A Critical Legal Study of Comparative Customary Land Registration in Indonesia and the Philippines

Nabiyla Risfa Izzati

“Pay to Work”: Childcare Costs as a Barrier to Women’s Employment

The Formation of Emerging "New Nationalism" based on Social Movements Utilizing SNS in Japan
The "Fear" of Diversity and the Vulnerability of Japanese Society

The Increasing Utilization of the Adult Guardianship System on a Remote Island in Japan.

Institutional Articulation of Religious Authority and State Governance in Muslim-majority Countries: A Legal Pluralist Perspective

Napattamon Kaikaew

Procedural Barriers to Civil Justice for Informal Workers in Thailand: A Comparative Perspective with Indonesia

Narandra Adhika Rizaldi

Anticipating the Attack on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Asia: Lessons Learned and Implications from Trump 2.0

Ataraxia and the Environmental Balance of Tin-Producing Islands

Transplanting plea bargaining in socialist criminal justice system

Nuanchan Changchit

From Fragmentation to Integration: Legal harmonisation of Multimodal Transport under the AFAMT and the Paradox of Regional Integration in ASEAN

Nurini Aprilianda

Victim Protection: A Critical Examination of Indonesian Criminal Procedure Reform

Nuthamon Kongcharoen

Right to Traditional Land for Indigenous Peoples: Comparative Study of Thailand and Indonesia

Oinam Priyalata Devi

Beyond Torchlight Vigils: The Expanding Role of Meira Paibi in Meitei Community Governance

Layperson's Legal Decision-Making: Fact-Finding, Negligence, and Damages

Constitutional Changes in ASEAN Member States: Regional Dynamics

Author_Meets_Reader Session: Wang, P. & Lin, Wanlin (2025), Extralegal Governance: The Social Order of Illegal Markets in China. New York: Cambridge University Press.

The Experimentalist Court: The Supreme People’s Court and the Making of Commercial Legal Institutions in China

Strengthening Sustainable Development in Asia: Judicial Activism and Systematic Treaty Interpretation By International Tribunals

From Doctrine to Practice: Overcoming Procedural Barriers to International Human Rights Norms in South Korean Constitutional Adjudication

Rahela Khorakiwala

Navigating Growth: The Challenges of Maintaining Legal Education Quality in India's Expanding Law Schools

Rangika Palliyaarachchi

Corporate Actors and Gender Equality in Sri Lanka: Bridging Legal Gaps through Governance Practices

recca ayu hapsari

Regulating Digital Assets in Indonesian Bankruptcy Law: Addressing Legal Challenges in the Digital Economy Era

Richo Andi Wibowo

Civil Servant Disobedience: An Alternative Legal Strategy To Prevent Bureaucratic Pathology

Rikiya Kuboyama

The "Fear" of Diversity and the Vulnerability of Japanese Society
Are Japanese people "weak"?

Beyond Monolithic Theories: Towards Contextual Legitimacy in Asian Criminalisation

Legal Protection of “Abdi Dalem” Employment Rights in the Yogyakarta Privilege System

R. Yando Zakaria

Laws that do not bring justice: Laws of recognition politics for the rights of indigenous peoples in Indonesia

Ryan Leung / Alison Sile Chen-Zhao / Patrick Chester

Testing the Rule of Law: Authoritarian Institutional Shock in Hong Kong

Sepalika Welikala

Apology by Law: A Sociolegal Perspective on Public Apology in Sri Lanka

Factors Influencing the Evaluation of AI-Based Legal Advice: The Effects of Punishment Severity and Personal Involvement

Sharon Xiaohan Zhang

Multifaceted Regulatory Objectivity: Examining Expert Administration in the U.S. and China

Examining the Strategic Interpretation Rules: Lessons from the Labour and Environmental Provisions under EU FTAs

Tramming Authoritarian Legacy for the Present: Constitutional Review of National Security Law in South Korea and Taiwan

Historical perspective of the weak Indonesian judiciary: Career of Judges in the Dutch East Indie and Indonesia

Shinta Dewi Rismawati

Law in Dilemma: Unraveling the Turbulence of the Meaning of Domestic Violence and its Implications for Justice for Victims

Governing at the Margins: Administrative Control and the Functional Displacement of Law in China’s Irregular Migration Regime

Racing Technology to the Bottom: The Rise of Internet-Promoted Law Firms in China
Author-Meets-Readers Session: The Palimpsest Constitution: The Social Life of Constitutions in Myanmar
Author_Meets_Reader Session: Wang, P. & Lin, Wanlin (2025), Extralegal Governance: The Social Order of Illegal Markets in China. New York: Cambridge University Press.

The Chinese Security State and the Unsafe Foreign Land

Regulating mobility of diverse populations: Criminal law and technology in contemporary Pakistan

Mock Jurors' Understanding and Credibility Judgment of Sexually Abused Child Victim's Testimony

Stanislaw Piasecki

Navigating the issue of space debris governance: legal pluralism and norm formation in Japan's regulatory framework

Development and Issues of Disaster Legal Response in Japan: From the Principle of Application by Party Concerned to the Disaster Case Management and Beyond

Real life impact of the "one-person, one-vote" rule

The Non-Criminalization Principle in Human Trafficking: Addressing Victim Criminalization with Insights from Southeast Asia

Thaatchaayini Kananatu

Author_Meets_Reader Session: : Capital Drug Laws in Asia
Capital Drug Laws in Asia
Drugs and death in Malaysia: race, class and gendered identities of convicted drug traffickers

ESG Disclosure as Extraterritorial Command: Legal Tensions Between the EU Digital Product Passport and Asian Data Sovereignty

Tossapon Tassanapan

Prospects on Enhancing Victim Compensation and Suppression of Technology Crimes, Lessons from Thailand

Trang (Mae) Nguyen

Laws for the Fragmented Flying Geese: Coordinating Industrial Policy for 'Factory Asia'

Tran Hoang Tu Linh

Regional Legal Pluralism in Vietnamese Commercial Arbitration: Embracing Diversity, Enhancing Equity

Reconstructing a biography and pathology of the criminal: The mentally disordered offender as a familial subject in sentencing

Vania Lutfi Safira Erlangga

Sovereignty, Impunity, and Environmental Harm: A Rights-Based Critique of Wildlife Trafficking in Indonesia

Vera W. Setijawati Soemarwi

Undemocratic to Democratic Processes of Jakarta Spatial Regulation (Re)-Making 2014 – 2022: Urban Politics and Economics of Space, Land, and River

From Disclosure to Duty: Taiwan’s Legal Adaptation to the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)

Should Indonesian Courts Always Apply Their Own Law in Transnational Employment Cases?

Wing-Cheong Chan

Author_Meets_Reader Session: : Capital Drug Laws in Asia
Capital Drug Laws in Asia

Provenance over Jurisdiction: Building Equitable Access to AI-Generated Digital Evidence in Asia’s Diverse Legal Landscapes

Propaganda’s Paradox: How Elevated Expectations Undermine Trust in Courts

Composing “Child” in Japan’s Criminal Justice System: A Relational-Constructivist Approach

Dual Challenges in Host State Regulation on Transnational Corporate Damages: China's Dilemma and Breakthrough

The Intersection of Economic Reform and Political Leadership: The Impact of Economic Conditions on China's Death Penalty from 1980 to 2000

The Constitutional Review System in China: Navigating Order, Rights, and Justice through Comparative Insights

Navigating the Regulatory Void: A Social-Legal Exploration of Third-Party Funding in Mainland China

Opening Plenary Session
Closing Session

‘Mnemonic Regeneration’: Revitalizing the Sacredness of China’s Constitutional Ideology of ‘Heroes and Martyrs’

Yanrong Jiang / Haixian Song

Research on the Equity Realization Mechanism of Border Residents' Trade Policy from the Perspective of Legal Geography—Case Study of Legal Practices in China-Laos and China-Myanmar Border Areas

History and Jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Korea

Regulating Cross-Border Data Flows: A Law and Economics Perspective on cross-border insolvency data assets

Prioritizing different identities and laws: Relational Legal Consciousness in the Deprivation of Land Rights of Married-Out women in Rural China

Promoting Rights and Disciplining Movement: Legal Mobilization for Women’s Rights in China’s New Era

Opening Plenary Session
Board of Trustees Meeting
Closing Session
Distinguished Book Award Panel

Apparent Agency in the Perspective of Civil and Commercial Distinction

Research on the Issue of Arbitral Precedent in International Investment Arbitration

The "Fear" of Diversity and the Vulnerability of Japanese Society
Exploring the Possibility of Harmonizing Individualism and Nationalism in a Society Seeking Diversity

Learning Outcomes of Teaching Japanese Law in Japanese: Insights from Interviews with Paralegal Graduates of the Centre for Japanese Law

Yukyong Jung Yun Choe

Unfulfilled Reform: Legal Education and Judicial Transformation in South Korea (2009–2025)

Author_Meets_Reader Session: Wang, P. & Lin, Wanlin (2025), Extralegal Governance: The Social Order of Illegal Markets in China. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Frame (De)bridging in Legal Mobilization: Expressions and Resonance in Anti-Sexual Harassment Cases in China

Yvonne Kezia D. Nafi / Jufrina Rizal (non-attending)

Revisiting Jean Carbonnier’s Sociologie Législative: A Socio-Legal Inquiry into Indonesian Lawmaking

Balancing Tension and Relaxation: Examining the Petition System in China’s Socioeconomic Framework. Zheng Zimo

Valuing Inclusivity and Autonomy: Democratic Dispute Resolution in Online Platform Community