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Maartje De Visser

Maartje De Visser is a Professor of Law at the Yong Pung How School of Law and College of Integrative Studies, Singapore Management University. Her research is in the field of comparative constitutional law writ large, with a special focus on constitutional engagement by courts and non-judicial actors. She also has an abiding interest in comparative methodology, including the role of language, questions of constitutional design in small states and the role of international advice vis-a-vis national constitutional law. Maartje has published widely on these topics, with her work appearing in leading peer-reviewed journals including the International Journal of Constitutional Law, Global Constitutionalism, the American Journal of Comparative Law, and the Asian Journal of Law and Society.  She is the founding co-chair of the Singapore Chapter of ICON-S.


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They are the last- mile in creating realities for government policies. Cities are the spaces where individuals encounter the state. Cities are social spaces and they are places where you can experiment with urban democracy and urban rights protection.

Maartje De Visser , Constitutionalising Cities: In Conversation with Professor Maartje De Visser