Selected Publications

Research and Scholarly Writing

Selected research projects, working papers, conference papers, and academic writing on constitutional theory, Raja Ali Haji, Malay intellectual history, private law, and governance.

My scholarship seeks to recover overlooked constitutional traditions and bring them into dialogue with contemporary legal theory.

Featured Work

FeaturedConstitutional Law
2026

Reconstructing Indigenous Constitutionalism in Indonesia: Raja Ali Haji, Colonial Modernity and Constitutional Governance in the Malay World

Ibrahim Sjarief Assegaf Fellowship Research Project

A legal-constitutional reconstruction of Raja Ali Haji’s writings and their contribution to indigenous constitutionalism, comparative constitutional law, and contemporary Indonesian governance.

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FeaturedComparative Constitutional Theory
2026

Malay Ethical Constitutionalism

Current Working Paper

A conceptual framework grounded in Malay political institutions, Islamic legal traditions, ethical authority, consultation, public responsibility, and constitutional accountability.

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Additional Selected Work

Publications and Research Outputs

Selected works by year

2025

Islamic Legal Thought

Published

The Riau-Lingga Sultanate in the Perspective of Maqasid al-Shariah

Doctoral Research, UIN Sultan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi

Research examining Muqaddimah fi Intizam Waza'if al-Malik, Tsamarat al-Muhimmah, and Gurindam Dua Belas as sources of ethical, political, and legal thought.

Details forthcoming

2025

Malay Constitutional Thought

Forthcoming

Raja Ali Haji and Constitutional Accountability

Conference Paper

An examination of justice, consultation, ethical leadership, public responsibility, and the moral limits of political power in Raja Ali Haji’s writings.

Details forthcoming

2025

Private Law

Working Paper

Vicarious Liability and Corrective Justice

Current Research

A comparative inquiry into attribution, employer liability, control, course of employment, and corrective justice in civil law.

Details forthcoming