Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne
Tim Lindsey is Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society at the Melbourne Law School. He holds Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Letters degrees from the University of Melbourne and completed his PhD thesis in Indonesian studies. He teaches and researches Indonesian law, Islamic law in Southeast Asia, comparative law and law reform in developing countries. He is the Chair of the Australia Indonesia Institute and a barrister. His publications include Indonesia: Law and Society; Law Reform in Developing Countries; The Indonesian Constitution; Corruption in Asia; and Islam, Law and the State in Southeast Asia. He is a founding editor of The Australian Journal of Asian Law.
A twist in Indonesia's presidential election does not bode well for the country’s fragile democracy
Oct 25, 2023 05:33 am UTC| Politics
On Valentines Day next year, Indonesia will go to the polls for its most important election in ten years. The incumbent president, Joko Widodo (known as Jokowi), has built a broad supporting coalition of political...
Dec 08, 2022 10:44 am UTC| Law
Indonesias controversial new criminal code was passed into law on Tuesday, replacing a clunky old code dating back to at least 1918. Lawmakers have tried for decades to replace it. In fact, the last time legislators tried...
Is Indonesia retreating from democracy?
Jul 09, 2018 08:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
This is an edited extract from Tim Lindseys essay Retreat from Democracy, which appears in Australian Foreign Affairs #3, published 9 July. For much of the past 20 years, Indonesia has been held up as a model of...
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