Teaching and Researching International Law in Asia

In 2001, the Foundation for the Development of International Law in Asia (DILA) and its Society of International Law in Singapore (SILS) organised a two-day conference on ‘Teaching and Researching International Law in Asia’. The conference dealt with three broad objectives:

1. To create an on-going conversation between scholars and teachers of international law in Asia.
2. To take stock of the terrain and milieu in which international law teachers and scholars operate today; and
3. To appreciate the various influences and changes in the world that impact the way in which international law is taught.

Professor Kevin YL Tan of NUS Faculty of Law was one of the main organisers of the 2001 DILA-SILS Conference.

Read Professor Tan’s report and reflections here.

Useful Resources

• BS Chimni, Teaching, Research and Promotion of International Law in India Past, Present and Future
• Hikmahanto Juwana, Teaching International Law in Indonesia
• Kazuhiro Nakatani, Developing a Realistic International Law Curricula for the New Asia A Personal View
• KI Vibhute, International Law in India, Developing Curricula and Teaching Some Reflections
• Li Zhaojie,Legacy of Modern Chinese History Its Relevance to the Chinese Perspective of the Contemporary International Legal Order
• M Sornarajah, The Asian Perspective to International Law in the Age of Globalization
• Miyoshi Masahiro, Curricula for Teaching of International Law in Asia, Any Asian Perspective
• Thio Li-ann, Formalism, Pragmatism and Critical Theory Reflections on Teaching and Constructing an International Law Curriculum in a New (Post-Colonial) Asia
• Tommy TB Koh, My Adventure with International Law