DAY ONE: 15 December 2023 (Friday)
9:15 am – 10:15 am
10:15 am – 10:30 am
10: 30 am – 11:00 am

Opening CeremonyGroup PhotoCoffee BreakConcurrent Session ONE: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Session I

Panel A1

Panel B1

Panel C1

Panel D1

Panel E1

Panel F1

11:00 am –12:30 pm

Artificial Intelligence

Policing throughRepresentation, Discourses
and the Law: Woman Cops,
Detectives, Minorities &Nature

Business and Economic
Governance I

Rule of Law

Human Rights I

Children, Women, and theLaw

Venue

JC2, Level 1
Sunway University

LT5, Level 1, West Wing
Sunway UniversityLT6, Level 1, West Wing
Sunway University

FR2, Level 1, West Wing
Sunway University

FR3, Level 1, West Wing
Sunway University

LT8, Level 1, West Wing
Sunway UniversityChair

Prof. Masahiro Fujita
Kansai University

Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen,
UC Irvine

Dr. Nafay Choudhury, London Schoolof Economics

Prof. Sida Liu
University of Hong Kong

Prof. Patricia A. Goedde,
Sungkyunkwan University

Prof. Hiroharu Saito
University of Tokyo

Supercop “Madam Sir”: Delhi Crime
and Police Investigations in India

The Authority Deficit: How does
China’s Pharmaceutical
Administration Work?

Constitutional Court as Political Actor
or as Legal Guardian? The Exampleof The Indonesian Constitutional
Court

From Yīns To Yǐnsī: How Freedom ofSpeech Facilitated the Evolution ofPrivacy in Modern China

Law’s Drawing Line: Legal discourseof consent in child sexual abusecases in Japan

Mr. Chan Hou Lou
Tsinghua University

Dr. Hoko Horii
Leiden Law School

Imbalanced Images of Youth Rights
and Duties in Japan

Artificial Intelligence and Tax
Administration in Asia and the Pacific

12Mr.Tang Zihan
Zhongnan University ofEconomics and Law

Jinee Lokaneeta
Drew University

Unveiling Public Expectations: A
Social Survey on Public Perceptionsof Analyzing Public Preferences for AI
Decision-Making and Desired Human
Involvement Intensity in Different
Sorts of Legal Cases

The Romance of the Woman
Detective: Crime, Gender and Placein Bobby Jasoos and Mitin Mashi

Resolving Bank Insolvencies: Is
China Ready to Deliver the Deposit
Insurance Scheme?

Rule of Law in a Legally PluralisticSociety: A Perspective from
Pathalgadi Movement in India

Taking a Human Rights-based
Approach to the UN Sustainable
Development Goals in North Korea

Srimati Basu
University of Kentucky

Ms. Xin Wang
University of Leicester

Akshaya Chandani
University of Victoria

Prof. Patricia A. Goedde,Sungkyunkwan University

Racialization and Radicalization: The
figure of Muslim in Congressional
Hearings

Judicializing Public Interests:
Administrative Performance Under
the Shadow of Judicial Review

Devaraja or Democracy: Tension
between Tradition and Modernity inthe Evolution of the Cambodian
Constitutions

Sangay Mishra
Drew University

Prof. Tianhao Chen
Tsinghua University

Multinational Governance and theLaw within the Trend ofDeglobalization: Focusing on theDeconstruction of Racial Affirmative
Actions

Standing for Rivers and Nature inIndia: Navigating the Sacred andSecular towards Juristic Personhood

Local Regulations Quality and theLocal Economy in Indonesia: A
Geospatial Exploratory Analysis

Sangha Padhy
Ramapo College

Prof. Yuzuru Shimada
Nagoya University

Prof. Masahiro Fujita
Kansai University34Defeat AI threats: the right to consent
in the era of AI
Ms. Ma Xin
Nagoya University

Yuechan SongThe University of Hong Kong

Mauro Zamboni
Stockholm University

Ms. Miao Si
Tsinghua University

Advisory board and policymaking inJapan
Prof. Yuichiro Tsuji
Meiji University

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Lunch (all participants)(For ALSA Board Members: ALSA Board Meeting 12:45-2:15 pm.)

Dr. Yu-Yin Tu
Tamkang University

Prof. Hiroharu Saito
University of Tokyo

The Appeal of Domestic Litigation for
Post-Conflict Justice: A Study of the'Comfort Women' Redress Movement
Ms. Jaeye Baek
University of Massachusetts Amherst

DAY ONE: 15 December 2023 (Friday)
Concurrent Session TWO: 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Session II

Panel A2

Panel B2

Panel C2

Panel D2

Panel E2

Panel F2

2:30 pm –4:00 pm

Internet GovernanceBusiness and Economic
Governance II

Legal Consciousness andActivism across Boundaries

Human Rights II

Law and CourtVenue

JC2, Level 1,Sunway University

Gendered Justice: ThePeculiar Legal Treatment ofWomen in China
LT5, Level 1, West Wing,
Sunway University

LT6, Level 1, West Wing,
Sunway University

FR2, Level 1, West Wing,
Sunway University

FR3, Level 1, East Wing,
Sunway University

LT8, Level 1, East Wing,
Sunway University

Chair

Prof. Chen Tianhao
Tsinghua University

Xiaohong Yu
Tsinghua University

Dr. Nafay Choudhury,London School of Economics

Lynette Chua
National University of Singapore

Prof. Wen-Chen Chang
National Taiwan University

Dr.Rahela Khorakiwala
BITS Law School

Gender Norms and Gender Effect inChinese Courts

Institutional Analysis of Corporate
Governance Mechanisms in StateOwned Enterprises in Sri Lanka

Women’s Rights Activism ThroughBorders: How Transnational Norm
Entrepreneurs Localized CEDAW inTaiwan

Home, housing, and rehabilitation: An
enquiry into 'Garima Greh' - a state
shelter home project for transgenderpersons across two cities in India

Power Dissonance: Activism or
Passivism, the Dilemma Choices
Thailand’s Judiciary Faces

Hsiao-wei Kuan
National Taipei University

Ms. Nayan Prabha
Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi

Agency and Transformative Power ofLegal Consciousness: Mobilizing for
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’
Self-Government in Taiwan

Legal Education in Myamar’s ConflictZone

12

Malaysia Anti-Extremism Legislation
and Internet Censorship
Insp. Mohd Norzikri Kamaruddin
Universiti Malaya

Xiaohong Yu
Department of Political Science,
Tsinghua University, China

Public Perceptions of Digital
Surveillance - A Case Study on
China's QR Health Code System

Uncovering China’s Population
Control Policy: From a Perspective ofFamily Law Exceptionalism

Dr. Michelle Miao
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Ying Wu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University

China: From Over Thirty LLM
Behemoths to One BM Leviathan or
the Sovereign Individuals

34Prof. Weidong Ji
Shanghai Jiao Tong University(By Prof. Tianhao Chen
Tsinghua University)

Female Protection under Confucian
Patriarchy: Assessing the Effect ofVictim Gender on Capital Sentencing
in China
Zongyue Xue
Tsinghua University

Dr. Rangika PalliyaarachchiWestern Sydney University
Legal Entanglements in Asia: MesoLevel Governance between State andMarket
Dr. Nafay Choudhury
London School of Economics

Wang, Hsiao-Tan
National Chengchi University

Political Dissent and Companies’
Responsibilities: Cases in Asia andBeyond

Relational Legal Consciousness ofFirst-Generation Chinese Immigrants
to CanadaDenis De Castro Halis,
UNESA/Rio de Janeiro

Qian Liu
University of Calgary

Mothers at the crossroad: Gendergenerational Inequality during
Republican China’s Legal Reforms

How do we create market-based
norms? Focusing on wealthy
Japanese farmers

Ms. Xiangyi (Tami) Ren
University of Chicago

Dr. Yohei Katano
Meiji University

4:00 pm – 4:15 pm Coffee BreakDr. Jonathan Liljeblad
Australian National University
Compromised or Reconfigured?
Human Rights in Public Health
Emergency from a Multi-Level
Regulatory Perspective
Prof. Wen-Chen Chang &Dr Pei-Jung Li
National Taiwan University

Mrs. Sirikarn Dittabhakdi
Nagoya University
Limits of the Law: Contempt andVexatious Litigation in the Bombay
High Court
Dr.Rahela Khorakiwala
BITS Law School
The Rigid and Moderate Orientationof the Original Intent Method and Its
Practice in the IndonesianConstitutional Court: A Socio-LegalApproach
Prof. Susi Dwi HarijantiDAY ONE: 15 December 2023 (Friday)
Concurrent Session THREE: 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm
Session III

Panel A3

Panel B3

Panel C3

Panel D3
Contested Legality and
Unsettled Justice:
Diverse Groups and Dynamic
States in Social Control
Processes

4:15 pm –5:45 pm

Career Development Panel

Law, Litigation and Movement

China, Comparative Law andRegulation

Venue

JC2, Level 1,Sunway University

LT5, Level 1, West Wing,
Sunway University

LT6, Level 1, West Wing,
Sunway University

Chair

Wen-Chen Chang
National Taiwan University

Professor Helena Whalen-Bridge
National University of Singapore

Dr. Peter Chi Hin CHAN

Jize Jiang
Tongji University

Comparative Study of Regulatory
Frameworks on Indoor Air Quality

China’s New Global Health
Governance

Rehabilitation as Performance:
Symbolizing Penal Welfare in
Chinese Parole Practices Presenter

Ms. Ifta Irodatul Utami
Tokyo Institute of Technology

Jingyuan Zhou
Chongqing University

Narrative Observations on
Environmental Personhood

Constitutional Dialogism under “OneCountry, Two Systems”

Semi-illegality in Paradoxical
Immigration Control

Professor Helena Whalen-Bridge
National University of Singapore

Dr. Shucheng (Peter) Wang
City University of Hong KongSiyu LuoFudan University

From “Line Appraisal” to “CaseProcess Ratio”: Will the New Case
Quality Assessment System Facilitate
the Changing Role of the Chinese
Prosecutor?

Coercive Rehabilitation or
Therapeutic Control: Reproducing
Social Disadvantages in Policing
Drug Users

1

Prof. Sida Liu, Hong Kong University

2Assistant Professor Qian Liu
University of Calgary, Department ofSociology

3Prof. Patricia A. Goedde Professor,
Sungkyunkwan University, School ofLaw

4Dr Nafay Choudhury British AcademyResearch Fellow, London School of
Economics

Toxic Workplaces in Japan: A Law
and Emotions Approach
Prof. Leon Wolff
Hitotsubashi University

Sustainability and the Paradox ofPrevention: Dispute Mitigation byMultilateral Development Banks
Prof. Shahla Ali
University of Hong Kong

Dr. Peter Chi Hin CHAN

FR2, Level 1, West Wing,
Sunway University

Jize Jiang
Tongji University

Apei Song
University of New South WalesCan I Please Sue You? Climate
Change Litigation in China: Legal
Barriers at the Initial Stage ofProceeding
Dr. Monika Prusinowska
University of Barcelona

5:45 pm – 6:30 pm
ALSA Presidential Address – Lynette J. Chua(Drinks provided)“Similarities, Differences and the Taken-for-Granted: Developments in Asian Law & Society Scholarship and Their Significance”
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Welcome DinnerDAY TWO: 16 December 2023 (Saturday)
Concurrent Session FOUR 9:30 am – 11:00 am
Session IV

Panel A4

Panel B4

Panel C4

Panel D4

Panel E4

9:30 am –11:00 am

Law and Technology

Environmental Sustainabilityand Law

Litigation

Labour Law

Legal Education

Venue

JC2, Level 1,
Sunway University

LT5, Level 1, West Wing,
Sunway University

LT6, Level 1, West Wing,
Sunway University

FR2, Level 1, West Wing,
Sunway University

FR3, Level 1, East Wing,
Sunway University

Chair

Prof. Tianhao Chen
Tsinghua University

Prof. Eri Osaka
Toyo University

Prof Denis De Castro Halis,
UNESA/Rio de Janeiro

Dr. Shucheng (Peter) Wang
City University of Hong Kong

Prof. Atsushi Shiraki
University of the Ryukyus

Data as the New Element for
Sustainable Development: FeasibilityRisk Analysis and Legal Response

Legal Regimes Concerning theGovernance of Space Debris in
Light of the Sustainable
Development of China’s Space
StationA comparative review of the peremptory
challenge in the United States and theJapanese requests for nonappointment without stating grounds

Promoting Decent Work in Taiwan's
Zero-Carbon Future: Centered onSocial Dialogue and Taiwan'sCollective Agreement Act

New Leaders in Law-Related
Education in Japan: The Role of theCollege Student-led NPO

1Ms. Huachen Shi
Renmin University of China

2

Why Does Decentralized Economy
Comply with Centralized
Regulations? The Case of Crypto
Exchanges
Huina Xiao
Macau University of Science andTechnology

3

Reconstructing Personal Data
Protection and Information Security of
Wearable Healthcare Devices under
The Concept of Free Flow of Data
Dr. Wan-Ju Yeh
National Cheng-Kung University

4

Unveiling Current and Future
Application of Digital Forensics inIndonesian Law Enforcement:
Ensuring Fairness and Justice inTechnology for Human Life
Mr. Wishnu Agung Baroto
Tokyo Institute of Technology

Ms. Yanru Chen
Hong Kong University
Local Movement against theRecycling Policy of Radioactive Soilin the Greater Tokyo Area
Prof. Eri Osaka
Toyo University
The Role of FinTech in Advancing
Green Finance: A Legal
Perspective
Ms.Yuting Tan
University of Macao

Ms.Agasa Horiguchi
Meiji University

Ms. Chiharu Sugizaki
Senshu University

Ms. Shan-Pei Su
National Yang Ming Chiao TungUniversityLocal Government Affiliated Access toJustice in Bangladesh: Analysis of theVillage Court System as a Small Claim
Dispute Resolution Mechanism

Everyone for him/herself: The
overtime pay legal consciousness ofthe employer, manager, and the staff
Assistant professor

Mr. Mohammad Abdul Kader
Bangladesh Judicial Service

Bo-Shone Fu
National Taipei University

Establishing Jurisdictional Protection
for Weak Parties in International Choiceof Court Agreements Toward a
Sustainable Economy: Implications forThailand

From Legal Mobilization to Law andPolicy-making in Japan: the Case ofLabor Law Reforms

Insights into the Objectives andExpected Outcomes for Japanese
Law Preparatory Institutions Students

Dr. Adrienne Sala
Waseda University

Ms. Yuki Kawarai
Nagoya University

Dr. Apipong Sarntikasem
Court of Justice of Thailand
Marriage Litigation in Japan andbeyond: Could there be an “equalalternative”?
Dr. Takeshi Akiba
Waseda University

Professionalism Standards and Legal
Regulations in the Emerging Industryof Gendered Gig Work in Mumbai,
India
Swethaa Ballakrishnen &Ms. Isha Bhallamudi
University of California Irvine

11:00 am – 11:15 am Coffee BreakLearning Foreign Law in Foreign
Language - Measuring Learning
Achievement
Prof. Akira Fujimoto
Nagoya University

Japanese Judge without Legal Ethics
Prof. Atsushi Shiraki
University of the Ryukyus

DAY TWO: 16 December 2023 (Saturday)
Concurrent Session FIVE 11:15 am – 12:45 pm
Session VPanel A5

Panel B5

Panel C5

Panel D5

Panel E5

11:15 am –12:45 pm

Consumer Protection Law andIntellectual Property Rights

Law, Culture, and Customs

Law Reform

Lawyers

Criminal Law I

Venue

JC2, Level 1,
Sunway University

LT5, Level 1, West Wing,
Sunway University

LT6, Level 1, West Wing,
Sunway University

FR2, Level 1, West Wing,
Sunway University

FR3, Level 1, East Wing,
Sunway University

Chair

Prof. Antonios Karaiskos
Ryukoku University

Dr. Summaiya Zaidi
York University

Prof Denis De Castro Halis,UNESA/Rio de Janeiro

Prof. Sida Liu
University of Hong Kong

Prof. Shozo Ota
Meiji University

Buy-Now-Pay-Later: Digital
Disruption and Latest Risks for
Vulnerable Consumers

Gifts or Wages? The Legal andCustomary Regulation of Holiday
Bonuses in Southeast Asia

Legal Ordering, Lawyers, andGlobalization in the Shadow of theSoviet Empire

Out of Their Lanes: The Political Turnof Professional Associations in HongKong

From Convicts to Victims: Acquiring
Victimhood through Litigation

Dr. Vivien Chen
Monash UniversityMs. Amanda Darshini Selvarajah
Monash University

Dr. Naoko Kuwahara
Iwate Prefectural UniversityProf. Sida Liu
University of Hong Kong

Livestream Retailing in China:
Consumer Protection on Social
Media Platforms

Too Much Law, Too Little Legal
Consciousness

The adversarial principle inVietnamese administrative
proceedings law: The Soviet legacy
of inquisitorialism versus the global
spread of due process

Old Laws and TechnologicalInnovation ―Who Does the Lawyers'
Law Protect?

12Yuxing He
Bond University

34

Sustainability and Consumer(Education) Law in Japan
Prof. Antonios Karaiskos
Ryukoku University

Dr. Summaiya Zaidi
York University

The Role of Immigration Law inMitigating Population Decline: A
Study of Foreign Student Enrollment
at South Korean Universities
Prof. Michelle Kwon
Inha University

A.Prof.Dr. Dat T. Bui
Vietnam National University
A Brief History of Restorative Justicein South Korea
Prof. Won Kyung Chang
Ewha Womans University

Prof. Kyoko Ishida
Waseda University

Ms.Hyangseon Ahn

The Impacts of Crime Victim
Participation in Japan
Prof. Shozo Ota
Meiji University

The Problems and prospects on theprotection of Human Rights Defenderin Thailand

Not So Powerless: How Chinese
Criminal Defense Lawyers
Encourage Judge-Prosecutor
Disagreement

Assoc.Prof. Dr. Tossapon
Tassanakunlapan
Chiang Mai University

Jieun Kim
NYU Shanghai

Cultural Rights and the Meaning of
Human Rights in the Era of
Sustainable Development

Lawyers as cultural, discursive andlinguistic mediators: a focus on
Malaysia's bijural practitioners

Prof. Si Jin Oh
Kangwon National University

Dr. Richard Powell
Nihon University

12:45 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch

DAY TWO: 16 December 2023 (Saturday)
Concurrent Session SIX 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Session VI

Panel A6

Panel B6

Panel C6

Panel D6

Panel E6

2:00 pm –3:30 pm

Sustainability

Governance and the Law

Chinese Legal System

Law, Family and AgingSociety

Criminal Law IIVenueJC2, Level 1,Sunway University

LT5, Level 1, West Wing,
Sunway University

LT6, Level 1, West Wing,
Sunway University

FR2, Level 1, West Wing,
Sunway University

FR3, Level 1, East Wing,
Sunway University

Chair

Prof. Takayuki Ii
Senshu University

Prof. Wen-Chen Chang
National Taiwan University

Dr. Michelle Miao
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. Swethaa Ballakrishnen

Prof. Masahiko Saeki
Rikkyo University

1

The "toilet revolution" under the
influence of multi-rule systeminteraction: A case study on D village
in central China

The Government Lawyers’ Way toServe the Public: Opportunities andChallenges

The Rise of the Chinese Judiciaryand Its Limits: Administrative
Litigation in the Reform Period

When Law Regulates Life: Insightsfrom South-Australia’s Voluntary
Assisted Dying Reform for AsianSocieties

Dr. Wang Weinan
University of Kent

2

Party Participatory Disaster andAccident Law in Action: Toward
Securing Law, Life and Sustainability
in JapanWill legalized and principled foreign
relations laws reform and transform
global governance?
Jingyuan Zhou
Chongqing University

Prof. Takayuki Ii
Senshu University

3

Prof. Ayako Hirata
University of Tokyo

Exploring the Impact of Management
Liabilities in Taiwanese PsychiatricWards: In the Case of IntimateRelationship

E.S.G. to the Sustainability? : In
Perspective of Asian-PacificCountries' Norms and Reflection
Dr. Yukyong Choe
Korea Legislation Research Institute

Mr. Huan-Wen Chen
National Yang Ming-ChiaoTung
University

Mr. Yuxia Zhang
University of Hong Kong
Imbalanced Criminal Justice in China:
Goal Perceptions amongst Police andProsecutors and Their Implications
for Balancing Due Process and Crime
ControlShuyu Huang
University of Amsterdam
Criminal Incidental Civil Public
Interest Litigation: the PRC’s New
Approach to Deterring Pangolin
Crime and Maintaining EcologicalSustainability
Ms. Ziying Liang
University of Hong Kong

Dr. Esther - Inge Johanna – Erlings
Macquarie University

Legal Realism in the Reparative
Mechanisms of the International
Criminal Court: Implications forKorean Criminal Compensation
ProcedureProf. Jin Kim
Kyung Hee University Law School

How is voluntary guardianship usedby older people in Japan? A mixedmethods approach

From Risk Assessment toRehabilitation: The Social
Investigation Scheme in China

Dr. Aya Yamaguchi
Tokai University

Ms. Chengchen He
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Kanoon ke Sarange: The Non-Minor
Jurisprudences of Law and Love

Pragmatic Views on Criminal Policy:
Japanese Case

Prof. Swethaa Ballakrishnen

Prof. Masahiko SaekiRikkyo University

Temporary Trust: Legal Cynicism,
Protection, and the Paradox of Victim
Participation in Justice4Jingwei Liu
Chinese University of Hong Kong

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm Coffee Break
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

ALSA Business Meeting (for all ALSA members)

Closing Ceremony: Award Presentation & Presentation by ALSA 2024 Host