Kevin Tan教授作為一位深具法律史研究背景的憲法學者,其撰述廣泛地遍及於法律史與憲法學。他以藉由對於歷史文本與其他文獻資料之關注,作為其對於亞洲憲政主義的研究進路。他受邀作為此次圓桌會議主講人,並分享了他長年專注於憲政主義在亞洲國家中之法律與政治正當性的研究成果。他剖析了在許多亞洲國家中所引發之失序的政治與法律現象,並將這些現象置於各個國家的研究脈絡中探討。
英文摘要
Professor Kevin Tan is an expert in constitutional law. With a background in legal history he has written widely on both legal history and constitutional law. He approaches the study of constitutionalism in Asia by focusing on historical and other different contexts. In this round table he was invited to share his knowledge on constitutionalism and the search for legal and political legitimacy in Asia. He dissects political and legal phenomena that caught many Asian states in frenzy and puts them in their respective context.