Ming-Sung Kuo

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Comparative Constitutional Law; Constitutional & Legal Theory; Administrative Law & Regulatory Theory; Public International Law

School of Law
S1.26, Social Sciences Building
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
United Kingdom

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Office Hours: Mondays and Tuesdays at 1400-1500

Bio

Dr Ming-Sung Kuo joined Warwick Law School as an assistant professor in 2010. He holds a JSD and an LLM from Yale University in the United States and receives his primary legal education in Taiwan where he earned his LLB and first LLM from National Taiwan University. Before continuing to pursue his doctoral studies, he served as a law clerk to Justice Dr. Tze-chien Wang at Taiwan's Constitutional Court. After passing the general examination for his PhD in Law candidacy at National Taiwan University, he studied at Yale Law School . Following the completion of his doctoral dissertation at Yale, he held postdoctoral research positions in the United States and Europe, including a Max Weber Fellowship at European University Institute in Florence, Italy and a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany. His article ‘Between Choice and Tradition: Rethinking Remedial Grace Periods and Unconstitutionality Management in a Comparative Light' (2019)Link opens in a new window was approvingly cited by the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Albashir ([2021] SCC 48)Link opens in a new window. Dr Kuo is the recipient of the 2020 I·CON Best Paper PrizeLink opens in a new window for his article 'Against Instantaneous Democracy' (2019)Link opens in a new window. He is awarded the 2025 Prize for Scholarly Excellence in Constitutional StudiesLink opens in a new window by The Constitutional Studies Program at The University of Texas at Austin in the United States.

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Scholarship

Dr Ming-Sung Kuo's research interests are in the fields of constitutional and legal theory, comparative constitutional law (including USA, Europe, and East Asia), administrative law and regulatory theory, and public international law. His recent scholarship has been focused on the issues of legitimacy in relation to the rise of transnational legal orders and the changing relationship between normalcy and exception in the tendency toward what he terms constitutional presentism in contemporary constitutional developments. He has also written on global constitutionalism and global administrative law (with emphasis on transnational governance and postnational legality), European constitutionalism and integration, and the role of judicial review and its bootstrapping in the context of Taiwan's democratic transition. Dr Kuo's publications have appeared in the leading law journals in his fields, including Modern Law Review, International Journal of Constitutional Law, European Journal of International Law, Ratio Juris, and Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. The Supreme Court of Canada in R v Albashir ([2021] SCC 48)Link opens in a new window has approvingly cited his article 'Between Choice and Tradition: Rethinking Remedial Grace Periods and Unconstitutionality Management in a Comparative Light' (2019)Link opens in a new window. Dr Kuo's article 'Against Instantaneous Democracy' (2019)Link opens in a new window is the winner of the 2020 I·CON Best Paper PrizeLink opens in a new window. Dr Kuo is the recipient of the 2025 Prize for Scholarly Excellence in Constitutional StudiesLink opens in a new window awarded by The Constitutional Studies Program at The University of Texas at Austin in the United States.

All of Dr Kuo's work on SSRN can be accessed at http://ssrn.com/author=1199599Link opens in a new window . Dr Kuo's complete publication list can be accessed at orcid.org/0000-0001-8400-0451Link opens in a new window.

Publications

Journal Articles

‘Four Matters of Interpretation: The Constitutional Phenomenon in Comparative StudiesLink opens in a new window’ (2025) 45 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 301–328.
'Amending the Dual Constituent Deficit: Taiwan’s Tragic Deliberative Choice in the Constitutional Quest for SovereigntyLink opens in a new window’ (2025) 3 Comparative Constitutional Studies 267-291.
‘Militant Democracy Unmoored? The Limits of Constitutional Analogy in International LawLink opens in a new window’ (2024) 35 European Journal of International Law 411–440.
‘Progress, Continuity, and Constitutional Amendment: Envisaging Legitimacy in the pre-Global South’s Quest for Modernity in China and TaiwanLink opens in a new window’ (2024) 19 Asian Journal of Comparative Law 436–456.
‘(Political) Political Liberalism and the Constitutional ProjectLink opens in a new window’ (2024) 22 International Journal of Constitutional Law 209–223.
‘Governing with Limited Learning Capacity? The Question of Institutional Learning and Global Governance’s New Legitimacy ChallengeLink opens in a new window’ (2023) 55 Georgetown Journal of International Law 81–119.
‘Democracy and Emergency: Finding the Constitutional Foundation of the Knowledgeable State in Social DynamicsLink opens in a new window’ (2023) 50 (S1) Journal of Law and Society S45–S64.
‘The Path Towards Sovereign Territory: Reading China’s (Anti)Federal Idea Against Its Modern Territorial Constitutional ImaginaryLink opens in a new window’ (2023) 21 International Journal of Constitutional Law 510–534.
‘The Reign of Constitutional Positivism: Revolution Reconceived in the New Constitutional AgeLink opens in a new window’ (2022) 37 Constitutional Commentary 201–220.
‘Making Constitutionalism Progressive Again: A Primer on City Constitutionalism and State (Re)Formation in a New Constitutional GeographyLink opens in a new window’ (2022) 85 Modern Law Review 801–820.
‘Whither Judicial Dialogue After Convergence? Finding Transnational Public Law in Nomos-BuildingLink opens in a new window’ (2021) 19 International Journal of Constitutional Law 1536–1558.
‘Authenticity: The Ultimate Challenge in the Quest for Lasting Constitutional LegitimacyLink opens in a new window’ (2021) 41 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 265–287.
‘Disaggregating Dismemberment: Nullity, Natality, and the Hollowing of Constitutional Renewal in Designed Written ConstitutionalismLink opens in a new window’ (2020) 7 Revista de Investigações Constitucionais 773–794.
‘Against Instantaneous DemocracyLink opens in a new window’ (2019) 17 International Journal of Constitutional Law 554–575. (Winner of the2020 I·CON Best Paper PrizeLink opens in a new window)
‘Control by Aggregation? Critical Reflections on Global Constitutionalism in the Shadow of Looming Transnational Emergency PowersLink opens in a new window’ (2019) 26 Constellations 241–256.
‘Between Choice and Tradition: Rethinking Remedial Grace Periods and Unconstitutionality Management in a Comparative LightLink opens in a new window’ (2019) 36 UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal 157–200. (Cited by the Supreme Court of Canada:R. v. Albashir, [2021] SCC 48Link opens in a new window)
‘Resolving the Question of Interscalar Legitimacy into Law? A Hard Look at the Principle of Proportionality in Global GovernanceLink opens in a new window’ (2018) 31 Leiden Journal of International Law 793–815.
‘Seventy Years On: The Taiwan Constitutional Court and Judicial Activism in a Changing Constitutional Landscape’ (2018) 48 Hong Kong Law Journal 995–1027 (with Tzu-Yi Lin and Hui-Wen Chen).
‘Politics and Constitutional Jurisgenesis: A Cautionary Note on Political ConstitutionalismLink opens in a new window’ (2018) 7 Global Constitutionalism 75–111.
‘Administration or Federation? Constitutional Self-Image and the World Political Order in Which the EU Finds ItselfLink opens in a new window’ (2017) 9 (2) Perspectives on Federalism 216-239.
‘The Brown Moment in Taiwan: Making Sense of the Law and Politics of the Taiwanese Same-Sex Marriage Case in a Comparative LightLink opens in a new window’ (2017) 31 Columbia Journal of Asian Law 72–149 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
‘“The Clouds Are Gathering”: Developments in Taiwanese Constitutional Law — The Year 2016 in ReviewLink opens in a new window’ (2017) 15 International Journal of Constitutional Law 753–762 (with Jau-Yuan Hwang and Hui-Wen Chen).
‘Moving towards a Nominal Constitutional Court? Critical Reflections on the Shift from Judicial Activism to Constitutional Irrelevance in Taiwan’s Constitutional PoliticsLink opens in a new window’ (2016) 25 Washington International Law Journal 597–641.
‘In the Shadow of Supremacy: Putting the Idea of Judicial Dialogue in Its PlaceLink opens in a new window’ (2016) 29 Ratio Juris 83–104.
‘Reconciling Teaching and Research in Law: An Expatriate Law Teacher’s Interdisciplinary ReflectionLink opens in a new window’ (2015) 32 Journal of Legal Studies Education 229–254.
‘Disparity and Conflict: Envisioning Postnational Peace in the Shadow of Constitutional ExpansionismLink opens in a new window’ (2015) 47 George Washington International Law Review 159–189.
‘Semantic Constitutionalism at the Fin de SiècleLink opens in a new window’ (2014) 5 Transnational Legal Theory 158–175.
‘Federation Is Not Only about Function: Where a Neo-Federalist Plan for Global Constitutionalism Falls ShortLink opens in a new window’ (2014) 15 Melbourne Journal of International Law 271–289.
‘On the Constitutional Question in Global Governance: Global Administrative Law and the Conflicts-Law Approach in ComparisonLink opens in a new window’ (2013) 2 Global Constitutionalism 437–468.
‘Discovering Sovereignty in Dialogue: Is Judicial Dialogue the Answer to Constitutional Conflict in the Pluralist Legal Landscape?Link opens in a new window’ (2013) 26 Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 341–376.
‘A Dubious Montesquieuian Moment in Constitutional Scholarship: Reading the Empirical Turn in Comparative Constitutional Law in Light of William Twining and His HeroLink opens in a new window’ (2013) 4 Transnational Legal Theory 487–501.
‘Inter-Public Legality or Post-Public Legitimacy? Global Governance and the Curious Case of Global Administrative Law as a New Paradigm of LawLink opens in a new window’ (2012) 10 International Journal of Constitutional Law 1050–1075.
‘From Administrative Law to Administrative Legitimation: Transnational Administrative Law and the Process of European IntegrationLink opens in a new window’ (2012) 61 International & Comparative Law Quarterly 855–879.
‘Taming Governance with Legality? Critical Reflections upon Global Administrative Law as Small-c Global ConstitutionalismLink opens in a new window’ (2011) 44 NYU Journal of International Law and Politics 55–102. (Featured on Opinion Juris Blog and accompanied by responses from Professors Karl-Heinz LadeurLink opens in a new window and David GartnerLink opens in a new window, and my replyLink opens in a new window)
‘W(h)ither the Idea of Publicness? Besieged Democratic Legitimacy under the Extraconstitutional Hybrid Regulation across the Taiwan StraitLink opens in a new window’ (2011) 7 University of Pennsylvania East Asia Law Review 221–255.
‘Reconciling Constitutionalism with Power: Towards a Constitutional Nomos of Political OrderingLink opens in a new window’ (2010) 23 Ratio Juris 390–410.
‘Between Law and Language: When Constitutionalism Goes Plural in a Globalising WorldLink opens in a new window’ (2010) 73 Modern Law Review 858–882.
‘The End of Constitutionalism as We Know It? Boundaries and the State of Global Constitutional (Dis)OrderingLink opens in a new window’ (2010) 1 Transnational Legal Theory 329–369.
‘Cutting the Gordian Knot of Legitimacy Theory? An Anatomy of Frank Michelman’s Presentist Critique of Constitutional AuthorshipLink opens in a new window’ (2009) 7 International Journal of Constitutional Law 683–714. (Accompanied by a reply from Professor Frank MichelmanLink opens in a new window)
‘The Concept of “Law” in Global Administrative Law: A Reply to Benedict KingsburyLink opens in a new window’ (2009) 20 European Journal of International Law 997–1004.
‘From Myth to Fiction: Why a Legalist-Constructivist Rescue of European Constitutional Ordering FailsLink opens in a new window’ (2009) 29 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 579–602.
‘(Dis)Embodiments of Constitutional Authorship: Global Tax Competition and the Crisis of Constitutional DemocracyLink opens in a new window’ (2009) 41 George Washington International Law Review 181–242.
‘Between Fragmentation and Unity: The Uneasy Relationship between Global Administrative Law and Global ConstitutionalismLink opens in a new window’ (2009) 10 San Diego International Law Journal 439–467.
‘(Em)Powering the Constitution: Constitutionalism in a New Key’ (2009) 9 (2) Global Jurist 20122006.
‘The Duality of Federalist Nation-Building: Two Strains of Chinese Immigration Cases RevisitedLink opens in a new window’ (2003) 67 Albany Law Review 27–87.
‘Judicial Review as a Solution to Political Gridlocks? A Study of Taiwan’s Grand Justices Council Interpretations Regarding the Jurisdictional Disputes within the Political Branch’ (2001) 30 (2) National Taiwan University Law Journal 251–289 (in Chinese).
‘From Territoriality to Citizenship: Towards a Strategy to Constitutionalize the Special State-to-State Relationship between Taiwan and China’ (2000) 245 Taipei Bar Journal 14–48 (in Chinese).
‘The Development of Modern Western Legal Education: A Perspective of Institutional History’ (2000) 25 (3) Constitutional Review 99–115 (in Chinese).
‘On the Transformation of Modern Constitutional Functions from the Perspective of the Paradigmatic Ideas of Property: A Comparison of Lochner v. New York and Goldberg v. KellyLink opens in a new window’ (1999) 29 (3) EurAmerica: A Journal of European and American Studies 143–180 (in Chinese).
‘Agency Responses to Impacts of the Newly Enacted Administrative Procedure Act in Taiwan’ (1999) 24 Socioeconomic Law and Institutional Review 1–41 (with Jiunn-rong Yeh) (in Chinese).
‘Civic Republicanism and the U.S. Legal Scholarship: Genesis and Implications’ (1998) 38 Taiwan Law Review 97–109 (in Chinese).
‘On the Constitutionality of the Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: An Analysis of the Political Question Doctrine and the Justiciability of Constitutional Amendments’ (1998) 23 (4) Constitutional Review 1–22 (in Chinese).

Book Chapters

‘Finding the Place in Constitutional Democracy’ in Mark Graber, Antonia Barragia, Mark Tushnet and Sanford Levinson (eds), Constitutional Democracy in Crisis? (Vol. II) (OUP, forthcoming) (with Hui-Wen Chen).
‘Born out of Crisis? “Emergency Europe” and the Question of Intertemporal Conflict Management in Constitutional GovernanceLink opens in a new window’ in Leone Niglia (ed), Europe's New Frontiers: Law, Crisis, Governance, Constitutional Transformations, Volume 1 (Bloomsbury, forthcoming).
‘The Reception of Constitutional Convention in Taiwan: A Constitutional Damp SquibLink opens in a new window’ in Richard Albert and Oran Doyle (eds), Constitutional Conventions in Civil Law Traditions (OUP, forthcoming).
‘Rawls’s Justice Challenge in Global GovernanceLink opens in a new window’ in Aoife O’Donoghue, Ruth Houghton and Cher Weixia Chen (eds), Research Handbook on Global Governance 79-97 (Edward Elgar 2025).
‘Between Institutional Choices and Natural Forces: A Primer on Professor Jiunn-rong Yeh's Works on Constitutional Change’ in Wen-Chen Chang and Chun-Yuan Lin (eds), Constitutional Change: Professor Jiunn-rong Yeh’s Scholarly Dialogue 353-366 (Sharing 2025) (in Chinese).
‘From Institutional Sovereignty to Constitutional Mindset: Rethinking the Domestication of the State of Exception in the Age of NormalizationLink opens in a new window’ in Richard Albert and Yaniv Ronzai (eds), Constitutionalism under Extreme Conditions: Law, Emergency, and Exception 11-32 (Springer 2020).
‘Law-Space Nexus, Global Governance, and Global Administrative Law’ in Diane Stone and Kim Moloney (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Global Policy and Transnational Administration 328-345 (OUP 2019).
‘Between Fact and Norm: Narrative and the Constitutionalization of Founding MomentsLink opens in a new window’ in Richard Albert, Menaka Guruswamy, and Nishchal Basnyat (eds), Founding Moments in Constitutionalism 11-32 (Hart 2019).
‘Killing in Your Name: Pathology of Judicial Paternalism and the Mutation of the “Most Serious CrimesLink opens in a new window” Requirement in Taiwan’ in Jerome Cohen, William Alford and Chang-fa Lo (eds), Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation 331-384 (Springer 2019) (with Hui-Wen Chen).
‘The Moment of Schmittian Truth: Conceiving of the State of Exception in the Wake of the Financial CrisisLink opens in a new window’ in Cristian Joerges and Carola Glinski (eds), The European Crisis and the Transformation of Transnational Governance 83-98 (Hart 2014).
‘The Concept of the State in Globalization: The Case of the Environmental Cooperation Commission of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)’ in Sabino Cassese et al (eds), Global Administrative Law: The CasebookLink opens in a new window 38-46 (3rd ed, Institute for Research on Public Administration (IRPA, Rome) – International Institute for Law and Justice (IILJ, NYU School of Law), 2012).

Short Book Reviews

‘Taking Constitutional Statecraft Beyond the Courts – a Book Review of Yvonne Tew’s “Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts ”Link opens in a new window’ Int’l J. Const. L. Blog, 07/05/2021.
Book ReviewLink opens in a new window (reviewing Anne Twomey, The Veiled Sceptre: Reserve Powers of Heads of State in Westminster Systems. OUP, 2018). (2020) 68 American Journal of Comparative Law 228-233.
Book ReviewLink opens in a new window (reviewing Nico Krisch, Beyond Constitutionalism: The Pluralist Structure of Postnational Law. OUP, 2010). (2011) 21 Law and Politics Book Review 247-252.
Book ReviewLink opens in a new window (reviewing Ruling the World? Constitutionalism, International Law, and Global Governance by Jeffrey L. Dunoff and Joel P. Trachtman (eds). CUP, 2009). (2010) 20 Law and Politics Book Review 73-77.

Reports

Co-authored, with Jau-Yuan Hwang and Hui-Wen Chen, the annual report on the development of constitutional law in Taiwan in Global Review of Constitutional Law edited by Richard Albert et al. (since 2016—present).

Taiwan, The 2024 Global Review of Constitutional LawLink opens in a new window, pp. 313-318 (2025)
TaiwanLink opens in a new window, The 2023 Global Review of Constitutional LawLink opens in a new window, pp. 368-372 (2024)
TaiwanLink opens in a new window, The 2022 Global Review of Constitutional LawLink opens in a new window, pp. 334-339 (2023)
TaiwanLink opens in a new window, The 2021 Global Review of Constitutional LawLink opens in a new window, pp. 242-247 (2022)
TaiwanLink opens in a new window, The 2020 Global Review of Constitutional LawLink opens in a new window, pp. 299-304 (2021)
TaiwanLink opens in a new window, The 2019 Global Review of Constitutional LawLink opens in a new window, pp. 338-343 (2020)
TaiwanLink opens in a new window, The 2018 Global Review of Constitutional LawLink opens in a new window, pp. 303-308 (2019)
TaiwanLink opens in a new window, The 2017 Global Review of Constitutional LawLink opens in a new window, pp. 286-290 (2018)
Taiwan, The 2016 Global Review of Constitutional LawLink opens in a new window, pp. 206-210 (2017)

Highlighted

‘Against Instantaneous DemocracyLink opens in a new window’ (2019) 17 International Journal of Constitutional Law 554–575. (Winner of the 2020 I·CON Best Paper PrizeLink opens in a new window).

‘Four Matters of Interpretation: The Constitutional Phenomenon in Comparative StudiesLink opens in a new window’ (2025) 45 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 301–328.

‘Amending the Dual Constituent Deficit: Taiwan’s Tragic Deliberative Choice in the Constitutional Quest for SovereigntyLink opens in a new window’ (2025) 3 Comparative Constitutional Studies 267-291.

‘Militant Democracy Unmoored? The Limits of Constitutional Analogy in International LawLink opens in a new window’ (2024) 35 European Journal of International Law 411–440.

‘Democracy and Emergency: Finding the Constitutional Foundation of the Knowledgeable State in Social DynamicsLink opens in a new window’ (2023) 50 (S1) Journal of Law and Society S45–S64.

Blogs/Op-eds

‘Three Opposites in Taiwan’s Refracted Constitution: A Postscript to Taiwan’s (Unsuccessful) Democratic Experiment with Mass RecallLink opens in a new window’, Verfassungsblog, 07/08/2025.
‘On the Dangerous Road to Instantaneous Democracy: Judicial Remedy and the Dismantling of Institutional Decelerator in Trump v CASALink opens in a new window’, IACL-AIDC Blog, 03/07/2025.
‘After Courting Death: Taiwan’s (Rump) Constitutional Court Caught in the Political CrossfireLink opens in a new window’, IACL-AIDC Blog, 04/02/2025 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
‘Taiwan Constitutional Court’s Solomonic Judgment: Upholding the Constitutionality of Death Penalty at the Limits of ReformLink opens in a new window’, Int’l J. Const. L. Blog, 10/10/2024 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
‘The Constituent Power’s Two FacesLink opens in a new window’, UK Constitutional Law Association (UKCLA) Blog, 16/09/2024.
‘A Commentary on the UK's Judicial Nomination for the International Court of JusticeLink opens in a new window’, Up Media, 09/09/2024 (in Chinese).
‘G7 and “the Peacefully Established Status of Territories” after the 2023 Hiroshima Summit: One Year OnLink opens in a new window’, Up Media, 17/06/2024 (in Chinese).
‘Turning to the ICC? Reflections on Taiwan's Grand Deterrence Strategy vis-a-vis China's Threat of ForceLink opens in a new window’, Up Media, 04/01/2024 (in Chinese).
‘Letter to the Editors: The “constitutional court of China”? Setting the Record StraightLink opens in a new window’, (2024) 22 International Journal of Constitutional Law4-5.
‘Letter to the Editors: Naming and (Mis)informing in Academic PublicationsLink opens in a new window’, (2023) 21 International Journal of Constitutional Law 723-724.
‘Still Trapped in the Closet of One China Policy: G7, UN, and Taiwan's International PresenceLink opens in a new window’, Up Media, 23/09/2023 (in Chinese).
‘Law, Institution, and Constitutional Time in Politics As MarketsLink opens in a new window’, Election Law Blog, 14/09/2023.
‘Facing the Global South: Taiwan's Road to the United NationsLink opens in a new window’, Up Media, 04/09/2023 (in Chinese).
‘Not So Much About Lawfare As About Grey-Zone Conflict: Does It Matter that PLA Aircraft Approach the 24 Nautical-Mile Line of the Airspace Around TaiwanLink opens in a new window’, Up Media, 26/06/2023 (in Chinese).
‘Having Taiwan in Mind? The Principle of Non-Use of Force and the “Peacefully Established Status of Territories”Link opens in a new window’, EJIL: Talk!, 09/06/2023.
‘Making Sense of “Peacefully Established Status of Territories” in the G7 Hiroshima Leaders’ Communiqué: An International Law PerspectiveLink opens in a new window’, Up Media, 25/05/2023 (in Chinese).
‘”Context Is Open to Interpretation, Too”: A Response to “Taiwan and the Myth of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758”Link opens in a new window’, Verfassungsblog, 20/04/2023.
‘Reading President Tsai Ing-Wen's Four Commitments Through the Lens of International Law’Link opens in a new window, Up Media, 03/03/2023 (in Chinese).
‘A Constitution’s Hollow Promise: Taiwan’s Stalled Constitutional Reform and Its (Absent) SovereignyLink opens in a new window’, Verfassungsblog, 03/12/2022.
‘Defending the Contiguous Zone? Taiwan's Dilemma on the SeaLink opens in a new window’, Up Media, 15/11/2022 (in Chinese).
‘Democracy and the (Non)Statehood of TaiwanLink opens in a new window’, EJIL: Talk!, 03/11/2022.
‘“Look Who’s Talking!” The Strange Story of Disownment in Taiwan’s New Experiment on Constitutional ReviewLink opens in a new window’, Int’l J. Const. L. Blog, 28/04/2022 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
‘Constitutional Review 3.0 in Taiwan: A Very Short Introduction of Taiwan’s New Constitutional Court Procedure ActLink opens in a new window’, Int’l J. Const. L. Blog, 07/01/2022 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
‘Taiwan, an Unrecognized State? Why Diplomatic Recognition MattersLink opens in a new window’, Up Media, 19/10/2020 (in Chinese).
‘China’s Legal Blitzkrieg in Hong KongLink opens in a new window’, The Diplomat, 08/08/2020.
‘“The Parliament Is Dead, Long Live the Court”: Thirty Years after the Rise of the Taiwan Constitutional Court from the Ashes of Taiwan’s Very Long ParliamentLink opens in a new window’, Int’l J Const L Blog, 27/06/2020 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
‘A Liberal Darling or an Inadvertent Hand to Dictators? Open-Ended Lawmaking and Taiwan’s Legal Response to the Covid PandemicLink opens in a new window’, Int’l J Const L Blog, 30/04/2020.
‘The Question of Frontiers and the Levelling of Constitutional SpaceLink opens in a new window’, Public Jurist, 01/2020, at 17-19 (published by BSocSc (Govt & Laws) & LLB programme at University of Hong Kong).
‘”Four Interpretations (Barely) Make One Footnote’: Pension Trio, Same-Sex Marriage, and the Casting of the TCC’s Reform Jurisprudence in Justice StoneLink opens in a new window’, Int’l J Const L Blog, 27/08/2019 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
‘Living in the Shadow of Flawed Peace: How General International Law Is Implicated in the Trade War between Japan and South KoreaLink opens in a new window’, EJIL: Talk!, 22/08/2019.
‘Hong Kong’s Extradition Bill and Taiwan’s Sovereignty DilemmaLink opens in a new window’, The Diplomat, 26/06/2019.
‘Finding the Living Constitution in its Guardian’s Many Lives: Four ParallelsLink opens in a new window’, Int’l J Const L Blog, 12/12/2018 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
‘Why Diplomatic Allies Matter to TaiwanLink opens in a new window’, The Diplomat, 30/08/2018.
‘”The Place of the Constitution Is Empty”: Chinese Political Aesthetics of Commanding Constitutional FaithLink opens in a new window’, Verfassungsblog, 23/03/2018.
‘Support in US Congress is no reason to feel safeLink opens in a new window’, Taipei Times (Page 6), 18/06/2017.
‘Responsibility and Judgment in a Muted 3-D Dialogue: A Primer on the Same-Sex Marriage Case in TaiwanLink opens in a new window’, Int’l J Const L Blog, 26/05/2017 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
‘The Brexit Judgment of the UK High Court and DeglobalizationLink opens in a new window’, Initium Media, 22/11/2016 (with Hui-Wen Chen) (in Chinese).
‘The Unredeemable Republic of China: Why Professor Lung-Chu Chen’s Theory of Effective Self-Determination May Be Harmful to Taiwan’s Statehood ClaimLink opens in a new window’, Opinio Juris Blog, 20/05/2016.
‘Will the Constitution Become Nominal Too? Reflections on Taiwan’s Nominal National Day’, The Asia Dialogue (University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute Blog), 15/10/2013.
‘Legal Notes on the Taiwan-Philippines DisputeLink opens in a new window’, Taiwan Communiqué No 142 (June/July 2013).
‘Responds to Comments on His Article by David Gartner & Karl-Heinz LadeurLink opens in a new window’, Opinio Juris Blog, 09/12/2011.

Teaching Projects

Title	Funder	Award start	Award end
An Inquiry into the Status of Taiwan in International Law: Through the Lens of the US-China Strategic Competition	ESRC	01 Oct 2023	30 Sep 2024
Unmoored from International Legality: Rights Internationalism and Taiwan's Embrace of International Human Rights Law	Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange	01 Jul 2016	30 Jun 2019
The Rise and Fall of Juristocracy in Taiwan: Lessons from the Role of the Taiwan Constitutional Court in Managing the Jurisdictional Conflict between the Political Departments, 1948-2012	Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange	01 Jul 2013	30 Jun 2015

Impact

Case Law

My article ‘Between Choice and Tradition: Rethinking Remedial Grace Periods and Unconstitutionality Management in a Comparative Light' (2019)Link opens in a new window was approvingly cited by the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Albashir, [2021] SCC 48Link opens in a new window (Reason for Judgment, para 64 (delivered by Karakatsanis J.)).

Public Understanding

Interviewed and quoted by the Central News Agency, TaiwanLink opens in a new window for Taiwan’s participation in the INTERPOL (08/11/2024).
Interviewed and quoted by the Central News Agency, TaiwanLink opens in a new window for UNGA Resolution 2758 and Taiwan’s participation in the UN (19/08/2024).
Interviewed and quoted by the South China Morning PostLink opens in a new window for a special report on Taiwan’s 2024 presidential and general elections and the US-Taiwan-China relations (13/01/2024).
My work on ‘Peacefully Established Status of Territories’ in the G7 Hiroshima Leaders’ Communiqué has been covered by leading media outlets in Taiwan, including Liberty TimesLink opens in a new window (28/05/2023) and The Storm MediaLink opens in a new window (29/05/2023).
Interviewed and quoted by The GuardianLink opens in a new window for a special report on Taiwan’s international legal status and diplomatic challenges (04/04/2023).
Interviewed and quoted by Agence France-Presse (AFP)Link opens in a new window for a special report on the trials under Hong Kong National Security Law (03/02/2023).
Interviewed and quoted by Al JazeeraLink opens in a new window for a report on the criminal case that prompted Hong Kong Government’s introduction of the (defunct) Extradition Bill (23/10/2019).
Cited in CommonWealth MagazineLink opens in a new window – a leading business magazine in Taiwan – for commenting on Brexit and the Miller case (07/12/2016).

Research Supervision