CityUHK School of Law Research Excellence: Recent Publications

CityUHK School of Law is committed to foster a broad research culture that integrates empirical, theoretical, and interdisciplinary approaches. Our research efforts explore the interaction between law and society, drawing on perspectives from various fields of inquiry.

Recent publications of our faculty include the following:

Books

• Fozia Nazir Lone, Guobin Zhu, Anthony Carty (eds.). Human Rights and Gender Based Violence in Asia: A Comparative Critical Analysis (Routledge 2025).

Books Chapters

• Julien Chaisse, ‘Legal Duality in Blockchain Technology: Linking Investment and Innovation’, in P. Delimatsis, G. Dimitropoulos, and A. Gourgourinis (eds), Digitalisation, New Technologies and International Investment Law (Cambridge University Press 2026).
• Mandy Meng Fang, ‘Between Carbon Neutrality, Energy Security, and Industrial Competitiveness: Local Content Requirements in Offshore Wind Energy and the WTO’ in Ying-jeou Ma (ed), Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs, Volume 42 (Brill | Nijhoff 2025)
• Fozia Nazir Lone, ‘Gender-Based Violence in Ongoing Conflicts: A Nuanced Analysis on Empowering Women for Sustainable Peace in Kashmir’ in Lone, Zhu and Carty (eds), Human Rights and Gender Based Violence in Asia: A Comparative Critical Analysis (Routledge 2025).
• Fozia Nazir Lone and Anthony Carty, ‘Unveiling Women's Rights in Asia; Advancements and Uphill Battles’ in Lone, Zhu and Carty (eds), Human Rights and Gender Based Violence in Asia: A Comparative Critical Analysis (Routledge 2025).

Articles

• Jack Burke and Christoph A. Hafner, ‘Responding to the AI Pandora’s Box in Common Law Legal Sectors. An Analysis of Regulatory Responses in Australia, Singapore and England and Wales’ (2025), 12:2, Journal of International and Comparative Law 371-390.
• Julien Chaisse, ‘Investment Facilitation Agreements and Treaty Function Reordered: A Theory of Procedural Treaty Design’ (2026) 74(4) International and Comparative Law Quarterly 841-874.
• Julien Chaisse, ‘Fixing the asymmetry: giving governments access to arbitration through state contracts’ (2025) 419 Columbia FDI Perspectives 1–3.
• Julien Chaisse, ‘Investments Ltd v China National Gold Group Hong Kong Ltd and Another [2025] HKCFI 4514’, LexisNexis (2025).
• Yang Chen, ‘The Promise and Perils of Enterprise Data as Trade Secrets’ (2026) 29 Stanford Technology Law Review 1.
• Mandy Meng Fang, ‘Environmental Regulation of Plastic Pollution at a Crossroads: The Evolution and Limits of China’s Legal Response’ (2026) 43(2) Wisconsin International Law Journal  91-126.
• Mandy Meng Fang, ‘When Electrification Meets Reindustrialization: The First EU Green Electric Vehicle Subsidies and the WTO Consistency’ (2025) 35(1) Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 77-128.
• Mandy Meng Fang and Simon Lester, ’From Defense to Offense in WTO Disputes: China’s Shifting Role in the Global Clean Energy Industrial Competition’ (Georgetown Journal of International Law Blog, 21/01/2026) <https://www.law.georgetown.edu/international-law-journal/blog/from-defense-to-offense-in-wto-disputes/>
• Virginia Harper Ho, ‘China, The Environment & the Global Green Finance Transition’ Symposium: “China & the Environment: Taking Stock of Domestic & Global Developments in Law & Governance’ (2024) 41(2) UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal 121.

These works collectively have advanced our understanding of law’s role in diverse societal contexts. For a comprehensive list of School of Law’s research outputs, please visit: CityUHK Scholars