Ming-Sung Kuo
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Course Director - LLM ALS
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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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. His article 'Between Choice and Tradition: Rethinking Remedial Grace Periods and Unconstitutionality Management in a Comparative Light, 36 UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal 157 (2019)' is cited by the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Albashir, [2021] SCC 48. All of Dr Kuo's work on SSRN can be accessed at http://ssrn.com/author=1199599.
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’ ((2016) 36 UCLA Pacific Basin Law Jorunal 157) was approvingly cited by the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Albashir ([2021] SCC 48). Dr Kuo is the recipient of the 2020 I·CON Best Paper Prize for his article 'Against Instantaneous Democracy' (2019) 17 (2) International Journal of Constitutional Law (I·CON ) 554.
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2024. (Political) political liberalism and the constitutional project. International Journal of Constitutional Law
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2023. The reign of constitutional positivism : revolution reconceived in the new constitutional age. Constitutional Commentary, 37 (2), pp. 201-220
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2023. Governing with limited learning capacity? The question of institutional learning and global governance?s new legitimacy challenge. Georgetown Journal of International Law
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2023. The path towards sovereign territory : reading China?s (anti)federal idea against its modern territorial constitutional imaginary International. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 21 (2), pp. 510-534
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2023. Democracy and emergency : finding the constitutional foundation of the knowledgeable state in social dynamics. Journal of Law and Society, 50 (S1), pp. S45-S64
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2021. Authenticity : the ultimate challenge in the quest for lasting constitutional legitimacy. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 41 (1), pp. 265-287
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2021. Whither judicial dialogue after convergence? Finding transnational public law in Nomos-Building. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 19 (5), pp. 1536-1558
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2020. Disaggregating dismemberment : nullity, natality, and the hollowing of constitutional renewal in designed writtenconstitutionalism. Revista de Investigações Constitucionais ? Journal of Constitutional Research, 7 (3), pp. 773-794
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2019. Between choice and tradition : rethinking remedial grace periods and unconstitutionality management in a comparative light. UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal, 36 (2), pp. 157-200
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2019. Control by aggregation? Critical reflections on global constitutionalism in the shadow of looming transnational emergency powers. Constellations, 26 (2), pp. 241-256
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2019. Against instantaneous democracy. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 17 (2), pp. 554-575
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2018. Politics and constitutional Jurisgenesis : a cautionary note on political constitutionalism. Global Constitutionalism, 7 (1), pp. 75-111
- Lin, Tzu-Yi, Kuo, Ming-Sung, Chen, Hui-Wen, 2018. Seventy years on : the Taiwan constitutional court and judicial activism in a changing constitutional landscape. Hong Kong Law Journal, 48 (3), pp. 995-1027
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2018. Resolving the question of inter-scalar legitimacy into law? A hard look at proportionality balancing in global governance. Leiden Journal of International Law, 31 (4), pp. 793-815
- Hwang, Jau-Yuan, Kuo, Ming-Sung, Chen, Hui-Wen, 2017. The clouds are gathering : developments in Taiwanese constitutionallaw - the year 2016 in review. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 15 (3), pp. 753-762
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, Chen, Hui-Wen, 2017. The Brown moment in Taiwan : making sense of the law and politics of the Taiwanese same-sex marriage case in a comparative light. Columbia Journal of Asian Law, 31 (1)
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2017. Administration or federation? Constitutional self-image and the world political order in which the EU finds itself. Perspectives on Federalism [centro studi sul federalismo], 9 (2), pp. E216-E
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2016. In the shadow of judicial supremacy : putting the idea of judicial dialogue in its place. Ratio Juris, 29 (1), pp. 83-104
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2016. Moving towards a nominal constitutional court? Critical reflections on the shift from judicial activism to constitutional irrelevance in Taiwan's constitutional politics. Washington International Law Journal, 25 (3), pp. 597-641
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2015. Reconciling teaching and research in law : an expatriate law teacher's interdisciplinary reflection. Journal of Legal Studies Education, 32 (2), pp. 229-254
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2015. Semantic constitutionalism at the Fin de Siècle. Transnational Legal Theory, 5 (1), pp. 158-175
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2014. Federation is not only about function : where a neo-federalist plan for global constitutionalism falls short. Melborne Journal of International Law, 15 (1), pp. 271-289
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2013. On the constitutional question in global governance : global administrative law and the conflicts-law approach in comparison. Global Constitutionalism, 2 (3), pp. 437-468
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2013. A dubious Montesquieuian moment in constitutional scholarship : reading the empirical turn in comparative constitutional law in the light of William Twining and his hero. Transnational Legal Theory, 4 (4), pp. 487-501
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2012. Inter-public legality or post-public legitimacy? Global governance and the curious case of global administrative law as a new paradigm of law. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 10 (4), pp. 1050-1075
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2012. From administrative law to administrative legitimation? Transnational administrative law and the process of European integration. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 61 (4), pp. 855-879
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2012. Inter-public legality or post-public legitimacy? Global governance and the curious case of global administrative law as a new paradigm of law. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 10 (4), pp. 1050-1075
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2011. W(h)ither the idea of publicness? Besieged democratic legitimacy under the extraconstitutional hybrid regulation across the Taiwan strait. University of Pennsylvania East Asia Law Review, 7, pp. 221-255
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2011. Taming governance with legality? Critical reflections upon global administrative law as small-c global constitutionalism. New York University Journal of International Law & Politics, Vol.44 (No.1)
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2010. The end of constitutionalism as we know it? Boundaries and the state of global constitutional (dis)ordering. Transnational Legal Theory, 1 (3), pp. 329-369
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2010. Between law and language : when constitutionalism goes plural in a globalising world. The Modern Law Review, Vol.73 (No.5), pp. 858-882
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2010. Reconciling constitutionalism with power : towards a constitutional nomos of political ordering. Ratio Juris, Vol.23 (No.3), pp. 390-410
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2009. (Dis)embodiments of constitutional authorship : global tax competition and the crisis of constitutional democracy. The George Washington International Law Review, Vol.41 (No.1), pp. 181-242
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2009. (Em)powering the constitution : constitutionalism in a new key. Global Jurist, 9 (2)
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2009. Cutting the Gordian knot of legitimacy theory? : an anatomyof Frank Michelman's presentist critique of constitutional authorship. International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol.7 (No.4), pp. 683-714
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2009. From myth to fiction : why a legalist-constructivist rescue of European constitutional ordering fails. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol.29 (No.3), pp. 579-602
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2009. The concept of ?law' in global administrative law : areply to Benedict Kingsbury. European Journal of International Law, Vol.20 (No.4), pp. 997-1004
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2009. Between fragmentation and unity : the uneasy relationship between global administrative law and global constitutionalism. San Diego International Law Journal, Vol.10, pp. 439-467
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2003. The duality of federalist nation-building : two strains ofChinese immigration cases revisited. Albany Law Review, Vol.67 (No.1), pp. 27-87
- 'Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2020. 'From institutional sovereignty to constitutional mindset : rethinking the domestication of the state of exception in the age of normalization. In Albert, Richard; Roznai, Yaniv (eds.), Constitutionalism Under Extreme Conditions : Law, Emergency, Exception, Cham, Springer International Publishing, pp. 21-39
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2019. Between fact and norm : narrative and the constitutionalization of founding moments. Albert, Richard; Guruswamy, Menaka; Basnyat, Nishchal (eds.), Founding Moments in Constitutionalism, Oxford, Hart Publishing Ltd
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2019. Law-space nexus, global governance, and global administrative law. Stone, Diane; Moloney, Kim (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Global Policy and Transnational Administration, Oxford, Oxford University Press
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, Chen, Hui-Wen, 2017. Killing in your name : pathology of judicial paternalism and the mutation of the ?most serious crimes' requirement in Taiwan. Alford, William; Cohen, Jerome; Lo, Chang-fa (eds.), Human Rights Performance of Taiwan ? Self-Inclination and International Context, Springer
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2014. The moment of Schmittian truth : conceiving of the state of exception in the wake of the financial crisis. Joerges, Christian; Glinski, Carola (eds.), The European crisis and the transformation of transnational governance : authoritarian managerialism versus democratic governance, Oxford, Hart Publishing
- 'Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2022. 'Making constitutionalism progressive again : a primer on city constitutionalism and state (re)formation in a new constitutional geography. The Modern Law Review, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pp. 801-820
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2014. Disparity and conflict : envisioning postnational peace in the shadow of constitutional expansionism. University of Warwick
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2014. The moment of Schmittian truth : conceiving of the state of exception in the wake of the financial crisis. University of Warwick
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2013. Federation is not only about function : where a neo-federalist plan for global constitutionalism falls short. University of Warwick
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2013. On the constitutional question in global governance : global administrative law and the conflicts-law approach in comparison. University of Warwick
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2013. Discovering sovereignty in dialogue : is judicial dialogue the answer to constitutional conflict in the pluralist legal landscape?. University of Warwick
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2013. A dubious Montesquieuian moment in constitutional scholarship : reading the empirical turn in comparative constitutional law in light of William Twining and his hero. University of Warwick
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2013. Semantic constitutionalism at the Fin De Siècle : what if constitutional ordering is simply a reflection of constitutional episteme?. University of Warwick
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2012. From administrative law to administrative legitimation? Transnational administrative law and the process of European integration. University of Warwick
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2012. Inter-public legality or post-public legitimacy? Global governance and the curious case of global administrative law as a new paradigm of law. University of Warwick
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2011. Review of Beyond constitutionalism : the pluralist structure of postnational law. Law and Politics Book Reviews, American Political Science Association, pp. 247-252
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2011. W(h)ither the idea of publicness? Besieged democratic legitimacy under the extraconstitutional hybrid regulation across the Taiwan Strait. University of Warwick
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2011. Taming governance with legality? Critical reflections upon global administrative law as small-c global constitutionalism. Staatlichkeit im Wandel
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2010. Review of Ruling the world? Constitutionalism, international law, and global governance edited by Dunoff, Jeffrey L. and Trachtman, Joel P.. Law and Politics Book Reviews, American Political Science Association, pp. 73-77
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2009. (Em)powering the constitution : constitutionalism in a new key. University of Warwick, School of Law
- Kuo, Ming-Sung, 2008. A farewell to constitutional authorship? A critique of the presentist turn in the legitimacy of constitutional democracy. European University Institute MWP (Max Weber Programme)
UG Modules
Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
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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 |
Cited by the Supreme Court of Canada.
R. v. Albashir [2021] SCC 48 (Reason for Judgment, delivered by Karakatsanis J., with Wagner C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Côté, Martin and Kasirer JJ. concurring, para 64)
Ming-Sung Kuo’s legal comment on the diplomatic row between Taiwan and the Philippines in the wake of the Philippine Coast Guard’s fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fishing boat on 9 May 2013 drew interest from several commentators.
I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD supervisees. However, please ensure that you have a research proposal which corresponds with the University of Warwick School of Law requirements.
Current PhD students:
- Dorothy Degabrielle