Dr Kerstin Steiner - Researcher Profile

Kerstin Steiner

Address

Monash University, Caulfield

Contact Details

Tel: +61 3 990 34302

Email: Kerstin.Steiner@monash.edu


Biography

Dr Kerstin Steiner is a senior lecturer in the Department of Business Law and Taxation.

Kerstin holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Bielefeld in Germany and a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne. She completed her doctoral studies at the University of Melbourne in 2007.

Prior to joining Monash, Kerstin was a staff member of the Asian Law Centre at the University of Melbourne from 2001 to 2008, working on a variety of projects with different members of the Centre. From 2005 to 2008 she was a research fellow at the Centre for Islamic Law and Society, and in 2008, she was a lecturer at the National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies. In 2009, Kerstin was appointed as first non-Muslim visiting scholar at the Department of Shariah and Law, Academy of Islamic Studies at University of Malaya. In 2010, she was appointed as Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Politics and Law at Osaka University.

Kerstin has taught and guest-lectured at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at various universities prior to commencing her position at the Department of Business Law and Taxation. She has also been educational consultant, working on various projects around subject design and development, and innovative teaching methodologies.

Her research and supervision interests include Southeast Asian legal systems, Islamic law in Southeast Asia, comparative law and international law. She is currently supervising PhD students examining various aspects of legal and regulatory transformation in Malaysia and Vietnam.

Keywords

Comparative law (with a focus on SEAsia), Law and Politics, Law and Society, Legal Institutions

Qualifications

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 2012
DOCTOR OF PHILOSPHY
Institution: University of Melbourne
Year awarded: 2007
LL.M
Institution: The University of Melbourne
Year awarded: 2002
BACHELOR OF LAWS
Institution: The University of Bielefeld
Year awarded: 2000

Publications

Books

Lindsey, T., Steiner, K., 2012, Islam, Law and the State in Southeast Asia: Volume II: Singapore, IB Tauris, London UK.

Book Chapters

Steiner, K., 2012, 'Unpacking' a global norm in a local context: An historical overview of the epistemic communities that are shaping zakat practice in Malaysia, in Law and Development and the Global Discourses of Legal Transfers, eds John Gillespie and Pip Nicholson, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, pp. 356-377.

Steiner, K., 2008, Regional Interpretations of Human Rights - Asia, in Transnational Human Rights - Steps towards a worldwide framework of human rights, eds Richter, Ingo, Barbara Buderich Publisher, Leverkusen, Germany, pp. 299-319.

Quang, N.H., Steiner, K., 2005, Ideology and professionalism: The resurgence of the Vietnamese bar, in Asian Socialism and Legal Change: The Dynamics of Vietnamese and Chinese Reform, eds John Gillespie and Pip Nicholson, ANU E Press and Asia Pacific Press, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 191-211.

Journal Articles

Steiner, K., 2011, Madrasah in Singapore: Tradition and modernity in religious education, Intellectual Discourse [P], vol 19, issue 1, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia, pp. 41-70.

Steiner, K., 2011, Religion and politics in Singapore - Matters of national identity and security? A case study of the Muslim minority in a secular state, Osaka University Law Review [P], vol 58, Osaka University School of Law and Politics, Osaka Japan, pp. 107-134.

Steiner, K., 2005, 'Asian values' and human rights: In search of a new taxonomy for the analysis of comparative human rights studies in Southeast Asia, Hikaku Ho Kenkyu (Comparative Law Journal), vol 66, Hikaku Ho Gakkai (Japan Society of Comparative Law), Japan, pp. 191-207.

Conference Proceedings

Steiner, K., 2009, National identity and religious harmony - secularism the 'Singaporean Way': The state and the Muslim minority in Singapore, Urban Governance: Innovation, Insecurity and the Power of Religion. Tenth Berlin Rountables on Transnationality, 18 March 2009 to 23 March 2009, Irmgard Coninx Foundation, Germany, pp. 1-12.

Steiner, K., 2007, Protecting human rights under religious laws, national laws and international law: A case study of freedom of religion in Malaysia, Proceedings of the International Conference on Law and Society in the 21st Century: Transformations, Resistances, Futures, 25 July 2007 to 28 July 2007, Humboldt University, Germany, pp. 1-14.

Steiner, K., 2005, 'Asian values': Challenging the paradigms of international human rights?, Proceedings of the Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality: Reframing Human Rights, 3 October 2005 to 7 October 2005, Irmgard Coninx Stiftung, Berlin, Germany, pp. 1-12.

Steiner, K., 2004, Globalisation, Economic Development and Human Rights in Asia, Euroseas Paris 2004 Programme, 01 September 2004 to 04 September 2004, AFRASE, France, p. 128.

Steiner, K., 2004, How Asian are 'Asian values'? A global perspective of the 'Asian values' debate - Case study of South Africa's apartheid regime, Proceedings of the 'New Researchers, New Research' Conference, 30 September 2004 to 1 October 2004, The University of Adelaide Law School, Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 1-40.

Steiner, K., 2004, Singapore's Role in Developing 'Asian Values' - Role Model for the Region?, Euroseas Paris 2004 Programme, 01 September 2004 to 04 September 2004, AFRASE, France, p. 127.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
A study on the international legal framework in the implementation of ASEAN free trade area.
Supervisors:
Steiner, K (Main), Gillespie, J (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
China's growing influence on IPRs regulation of pharmaceuticals and renewable energy technologies.
Supervisors:
Shi, C (Main), Steiner, K (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Legal regulation of mergers and acquisitions in the transitional Vietnam.
Supervisors:
Steiner, K (Main), Gillespie, J (Associate), Sweeney, B (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The contest between regulatory communities in resolving civil disputes in contemporary Vietnam.
Supervisors:
Gillespie, J (Main), Steiner, K (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The implications of legal transplantation on the regulation of industrialisation in Malaysia.
Supervisors:
Gillespie, J (Main), Steiner, K (Associate).