Short Profile:Gar Yein Ng is a scholar and expert in the field of judicial organization and comparative constitutional law. She obtained her PhD from the faculty of law at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, in March 2007. The title of her thesis is: "Quality of the Judicial Organisation and Checks and Balances". This project looks at how organisational quality (i.e. TQM and quality standards) operates alongside constitutional principles of judicial independence and accountability. She has academic backgrounds in both civil and common law systems having obtained her LLB (Hons) degree in English law from the University of Central England, Birmingham (1999), and her LLM degree in comparative and international law from the University of Maastricht (2000). After completing her studies, she held lecturing positions from the universities of Passau, Germany, and Maastricht, the Netherlands. She has a mixed teaching experience in public and private law. She has published across various subject matters within the framework of judicial organization and accountability. She is and has been connected to projects for the Commission for the Efficiency of Justice, at the Council of Europe. From August 2008, Gar Yein Ng holds a position as an assistant professor at the Legal Studies Department of the Central European University in Budapest. Law graduate LLB (Hons) University of Central England, Birmingham, UK (1999), LL.M University of Maastricht (2000), PhD, University of Utrecht (2007)

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