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Sarah Tan Yen Ling

Senior Lecturer

Sarah Tan Yen Ling is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya. She teaches, researches and writes on Environmental and comparative legal issues. She has published widely in academic journals as well as legal websites. She is also the Managing Editor of the Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law and the Academic Editor for the University of Malaya Law Review. She has advised and worked with ministries and NGOs on environmental issues and existing projects.

Papers and Publications
  • Sarah Tan Yen Ling et.al., Comparative Study on E-Waste Management and The Role of the Basel Convention in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia: A Way Forward, (2020) Indonesia Law Review 1: 63-84 (Non-WoS/Non-SCOPUS)
  • Sarah Tan Yen Ling et.al., Sustainable E-Waste Management in Malaysia: Lessons from Selected Countries, 2020, 28 (2) IIUMLJ 415-447. (Non-WoS/Non-SCOPUS)
  • Achieving Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals and Environmental Lessons for Malaysia, 2020, Trans-Regional and National Studies of Southeast Asia, Vol 7, Issue 2, November 2019, Cambridge University Press. (SCOPUS)
  • Sarah Tan Yen Ling et.al., "Green Banking Frameworks in Asia with an in-depth focus on Bangladesh and China", Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, Volume 22, Issue 1, 2019, p. 93. (SCOPUS)
  • Kunhibava, S. Tan, S.Y.L, Ruslan, M.K. (2018). Sustainable Financing and Enhancing the Role of Islamic Banks in Malaysia. Arab Law Quarterly, 32(2), 1-29. (SCOPUS)
  • Sarah Tan Yen Ling, "An Assessment of the New Environmental Quality (Prescribed Activities) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Order 2015", (2017) 1 MLJ xliv (Non-WoS/Non-SCOPUS)
  • Sarah Tan Yen Ling, (2017) ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution: Exploring Mediation as a Way Forward, The Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 20.pp.138-161 (Non-WoS/Non-SCOPUS)
  • Sarah Tan Yen Ling, (2017), Mui Tsai in Strait Settlements (Malaya) 1920s -1950s: A Conflict of Law and Definition, Jurnal Sejarah, [S.1] v. 26, October 2017 (Non-WoS/Non-SCOPUS)
  • Sujata Balan, Saw Tiong Guan and Sarah Tan Yen Ling, 2014, Directors Duties of Care, Skill and Diligence: An Analysis of Some Developments in Malaysia, Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law, 41(2) JMCL 53. (Non-WoS/Non-SCOPUS)
  • A Constitutional Environmental Protection for Malaysia: Some Possibilities [2013] 1 LNS(A)xl (Non-WoS/Non-SCOPUS)
  • The Reid Constitutional Commission: The Lost Environmental Proposals of Malaysia [2013] 16 Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 195. (SCOPUS)
  • Sarah Tan Yen Ling, The Malaysian Environmental Framework: Jurisdictional Weaknesses and the Effects of a Constitutional Provision, (2011) Vol 14 (1-2) Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, 63 (SCOPUS)

Book

  • Sarah Tan Yen Ling, Mohammad Ershadul Karim, Izura Masdina Zakri and Pardis Moslemzadeh Tehrani, "Emerging Technologies in Malaysia and ASEAN: Selected Legal and Policy Issues," University of Malaya Press, Kuala Lumpur, 2019, ISBN 978-967-488-125-2.

Book Chapter

  • Aida Idris, Nurliana Kamaruddin (Eds.), "ASEAN Post-50: Emerging Issues and Challenges", Sarah Tan Yen Ling and Hanim Kamaruddin, Environmental Challenges within ASEAN: Contemporary Issues and Future Considerations, (2019) Palgrave Macmillan, Chapter 8.

Article in Proceedings

  • Kunhibava, Sherin & Tan, Sarah. 2016. Green Banking for Islamic Banks in Malaysia, International Conference on Sustainable and Inclusive Governance @ Pangkor Dialogue, 4th September at Casuarina@Meru Hotel, Ipoh, Perak (Non-WoS/Non-SCOPUS)