In this conversation with Assistant Editor Gaurav Mukherjee, Melissa Crouch discusses the rapidly evolving situation involving the military coup in Myanmar on 1 February 2021. Prof. Crouch is Professor and Associate Dean Research at the Law School, University of New South Wales, Syndey. While Prof. Crouch’s research contributes to the fields of comparative constitutional law; law and society; and law and religion, she is the author of the definitive book on the 2008 constitution of Myanmar, titled “The Constitution of Myanmar: A contextual analysis” (2019), which was shortlisted for the Australian Legal Research Awards inaugural book award.

Link to “The Constitution of Myanmar: A Contextual Analysis”: https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/the-constitution-of-myanmar-9781509927371/

Link to Prof. Crouch’s writings on the military coup on her personal website: https://melissacrouch.com/

Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.