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 has co-edited seven books and contributed chapters to more than 30 edited volumes. Maartje is the recipient of six Lee Kong Chian Fellowships for research excellence, and a member of the editorial board of the Hart Studies in Constitutional Theory Series, the Hart Constitutional Systems of the World Series, Comparative Constitutional Studies, Constitutional Studies as well as the European Yearbook of Constitutional Law.
Qualifications
- Ph.D. (cum laude), Tilburg University
- M.Jur. (with distinction), Oxford University
- LL.M. (cum laude), Maastricht University
Course Taught in SMU
- Comparative Legal Systems
- Constitutions, Cultures and Context
- Creating Integrative Solutions through Projects
- Conceptualising Integrative Solutions through Research Design
Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation
- Constitutional engagement by courts and non-judicial actors
- Constitutional literacy
- Comparative constitutional methodology and epistemology