2nd Annual Conference of the ALSA Criminal Law Chapter
‘Criminal Law Reform: Then and Now’
Date: 9–10 June 2025
Venue: Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, Thaprachan Campus, Bangkok, Thailand
Programme (as of 20 April 2025) can be viewed at this link.
The Criminal Law Chapter of the Asian Law Schools Association (ALSA) proudly announces its second annual conference and invites academics and emerging scholars from ALSA member institutions and other relevant organisations to participate.
The two-day conference starting on Monday, 9 June 2025 12noon, kindly hosted by Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, will be focusing on the topic of “Criminal law reform: then and now”, examining the origins and colonial influence of criminal law in the Asia Pacific and the principal present-day criminal law reform issues under consideration by governments in the region. The Chapter welcomes presentations and contributions from legal academics, postgraduate students, and other experts working on criminal law history and criminal law reform, including substantive criminal law, criminal procedure, and criminology.
Persons seeking to present at the conference should register before 9 April 2025. Registration for other participants remains open until 26 May 2025.
Participation in the conference are free-of-charge. Participants bear their own costs for travel, accommodation, and local transportations. Refreshments will be provided
Please register for the event at this link.
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Save the Date Announcement (October 2024)
The Criminal Law Chapter of the Asian Law School Association (ALSA) proudly announces its next meetings and invites academics and emerging scholars from ALSA member institutions and other relevant organisations to participate.
For 2024-2025, the ALSA Criminal Law Chapter will be focusing on the topic of “Criminal law reform: then and now”, examining the origins and colonial influence of criminal law in the Asia Pacific and the principal present-day criminal law reform issues under consideration by governments in the region.
On 9 and 10 June 2025, the Chapter will hold a two-day symposium on this topic and invites presentations and contributions from legal academics, postgraduate students, and other experts working on criminal law history and criminal law reform, including substantive criminal law, criminal procedure, and criminology. The symposium will be held at Thammasat University Faculty of Law in Bangkok Thailand. The co-chairs of the Criminal Law Chapter, Professors Mrinal Satish and Andreas Schloenhardt express their sincere thanks to Professors Amnart Tangkiriphimarn and Ronnakorn Bunmee for once again kindly offering to host the meeting of the group.
A registration website along a with call for presentations and further details about the symposium will be available from about March 2025 and ALSA members will receive further information at that time.
On 2 December 2024 between 3 and 4pm Singapore time, the Chapter will hold an online meeting to further plan the structure, content, and speakers of the June 2025 symposium. We invite all existing members of the Group, staff, and postgraduate students from ALSA member institutions, and others with an interest in contributing to the June 2025 symposium to join this short meeting.