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.

Below are some recent publications of our faculty members:

Books

• Julien Chaisse and Christoph Herrmann, The International Law of Economic Integration (Oxford University Press 2025).
• Wenwei Guan, The Social Contract Rediscovered: Consent’s Onto-Epistemological Integrity in the Late 20th Century (Routledge 2025).
• Guobin Zhu and Albert HY Chen, How the Constitutional Framework of the Hong Kong SAR was Developed [《香港特區憲制是這樣煉成的》] (City University of Hong Kong Press 2025).

Book Sections

• Julien Chaisse, ‘Taxing the Digital Economy: Cross-Border Data and Trade Policies in Asia’, in Pramila Crivelli and Rolando Avendano (eds), The Role and Future of Digital Economy Agreements in Developing Asia and the Pacific (Asian Development Bank 2025).

Articles

• Jack Burke and Christoph Hafner, ‘AI Literacy in the Legal Context. From Legal Education to Practice’ (Part 1) (June 2025) Hong Kong Lawyer 75-79.
• Jack Burke and Ubaid Rehman, ‘All-hands on Deck: Innovation and Engagement with AI in the CityUHK School of Law’ (May 2025) Hong Kong Lawyer 77-79.
• Julien Chaisse, ‘Arbitration and oppression claims under Cayman Law (PI 1 & PI 2 v. MR)’ (2025), LexisNexis.
• Yang Chen, ‘Copyright Infringement Test (Re)visited: U.S. Spillover into China Yielding a Similar Test?’ (2025) 48(2) Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts 184-236.
• Yang Chen, “Reviving ‘Computer-Generated Works’: Should Hong Kong Copyright Law Adapt the Rule to Harness AI Opportunities?” (2025, advance online publication) Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice.
• 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.
• Wenwei Guan, “‘Intellectual Property Rights’ Trade Relevance” (2025) 59(1) Journal of World Trade 133-160.
• Kenneth Khoo, Sinchit Lai and Chuyue Tian, ‘The Impact of Antitrust Enforcement on China's Digital Platforms: Evidence from SAMR v. Alibaba’ (2025) 83 International Review of Law and Economics 1-17.
• Yihan Wang and Sinchit Lai, ‘Legal Tests for Excessive Pricing and Their Implementation under China's Anti-Monopoly Law’ (2025) 33 Asia Pacific Law Review 1-44.
• Zheng Li, Enshen Li, Sihong Liu and Xifen Lin, ‘The Predictors of Penal Exemption: Evidence from China’ (2025, advance online publication) European Journal on Crime Policy and Research.
• Enshen Li, “Solid in Shape, Shattered in Practice? The ‘Sentencing Pyramid’ in China” (2025) 52(2) Journal of Law and Society 292-314.
• Celeste Tin Yan Lo, Xiaoshan Zhang and Guobin Zhu, ‘The Courts in Shackles: Freedom of Speech in the Era of National Security in Hong Kong’ (2025) 19(2) ICL Journal: Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law 149-179.

For a comprehensive list of School of Law’s research outputs, please visit: CityUHK Scholars