Since 2004 I have been Professor of Asia-Pacific Legal Relations and since 2009 also
Director of the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives at the University of Victoria, BC,
Canada. My previous appointments were at SOAS, University of London, and the National
University of Singapore. I have visiting appointments at NUS, the University of
Washington, and Melbourne Law School. 

My main interest is in law in SE Asia, but I also have interests in comparative public
law, environmental law, and comparative law theory. 

My main projects at present are -- 

* A book for the Hart Publishing Series on Constitutional Systems of the World -
'The Constitutions of Thailand: a Contextual Analysis', which I am co-authoring
with Peter Leyland. This is in press. 

* Co-editing (also with Peter Leyland) the same book series: see
http://www.hartpub.co.uk/books/series.asp?sc=Constitutional+Systems+of+the+World&st=C
onstitutional+Systems+of+the+World+ 

We have 8 books published, and the series will be launched at IACL Mexico City on 7
December 2010. 

* A co-authored book chapter (with Amanda Whiting) entitled '"Custodian of
civil liberties and justice in Malaysia": the Malaysian Bar and the moderate
state', which will appear as Chapter 6 of TC Halliday, L Karpik and M Feeley (ed),
Fortunes and Misfortunes of Political Liberalism: the Legal Complex on the British
Post-Colony, forthcoming with Cambridge University Press, 2011 

* Organising an Asian Law Summer Program at the University of Victoria June-August 2011;
and, with Amanda Whiting, a conference entitled 'Law and Society in Malaysia: Islam,
Pluralism and Development', to be held in Victoria 14-17 July 2011 

For my faculty biodata see http://law.uvic.ca/faculty_staff/faculty_directory/harding.php 

See also my CAPI webpage at http://www.capi.uvic.ca/people/harding 

And my Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000152311256

Books

Special Economic Zones in Asian Market Economies (with Connie Carter) (2010)
 

Constitutional Courts: A Comparative Study (with Peter Leyland) (2009)
 

New Courts in Asia (with Pip Nicholson) (2009)

New courts have mushroomed in Asia with little comparative analysis of their experience. While country...

 

Constitutional Landmarks in Malaysia: the First 50 Years (2007)
 

Access to Environmental Justice: a Comparative Study (2007)
 

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Contributions to Books

"Custodian of civil liberties and justice in Malaysia": the Malaysian Bar and the moderate state (with Amanda Whiting), Fortunes and Misfortunes of Political Liberalism: the Legal Complex in the British Post-Colony (2011)
 

The Rukunegara Amendments of 1971, Constitutional Landmarks in Malaysia: the First 50 Years (2007)
 

Access to Environmental Justice in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Access to Environmental Justice: a Comparative Study (2007)
 

Access to Environmental Justice: Some Introductory Perspectives, Access to Environmental Justice: a Comparative Study (2007)
 

Southeast Asia 1997-2003: Two Case Studies on the Politics of Law and Development, Globalisation and Resistance: Law Reform in Asia since the Crisis (2007)