{"id":3275,"date":"2024-12-18T10:41:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T02:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp3.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/?page_id=3275"},"modified":"2026-10-02T11:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T03:20:35","slug":"prof-bryan-h-druzin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/people\/prof-bryan-h-druzin\/","title":{"rendered":"PROF. BRYAN H. 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BRYAN H. DRUZIN<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cf4a09e people_title elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cf4a09e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Associate Professor<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a980975 people_info elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a980975\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d2c2812\" data-id=\"d2c2812\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>(852) 3943 1044<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6883f549 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6883f549\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>(852) 2994 2505<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c208d5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c208d5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span><a href=\"mailto:bryandruzin@cuhk.edu.hk\">bryandruzin@cuhk.edu.hk<\/a><a href=\"mailto:wolff@cuhk.edu.hk\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20d5bfaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20d5bfaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Room 526<\/span> <br \/><span>Faculty of Law<\/span> <br \/><span>5\/F, Lee Shau Kee Building<\/span> <br \/><span>The Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/span> <br \/><span>Sha Tin, NT, Hong Kong SAR<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-13659b8f people_content elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13659b8f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1aaa97e3\" data-id=\"1aaa97e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2185d5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2185d5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bryan Druzin is Associate Professor of Law and Legal Theory at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on institutional theory, international law, and global governance. He has held teaching positions at King\u2019s College London, Brunel University London, and as a Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He holds a B.A., LL.B., and LL.M. from the University of British Columbia and a PhD in Law from King\u2019s College London. He is the Head of the Faculty Student Disciplinary Committee, former Director of the Faculty\u2019s LLM Programmes, and is a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Law, Conflict and Crisis (CILG) at the University of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Professor Druzin has published widely in journals at leading U.S. law schools, such as Harvard, Cornell, and Columbia, in noted peer-reviewed journals, and has contributed to edited volumes from Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. His work explores how institutions and systems of legal governance emerge, persist, and collapse\u2014particularly where centralized authority is weak or absent. He has written on a range of topics in this area, from the self-ordering potential of international law to the evolution of social norms, rights, and inequality. His current research examines the impact of geopolitical fragmentation on international law. His work has also recently extended to AI governance, which poses the same foundational question: how to establish effective legal governance where centralized authority is weak.<\/p>\n<p>He is the recipient of the CU Research Excellence Award, recognizing his innovative contributions to the study of governance in anarchic systems, and has contributed to media outlets such as the CBC National News, CNN, The Guardian, the National Post, and the South China Morning Post.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ccb16e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ccb16e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">AREAS OF INTEREST<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b60ca98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b60ca98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Institutional Theory<\/li>\n<li>Law and Norms<\/li>\n<li>International Relations Theory<\/li>\n<li>AI Governance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b73e0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b73e0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">SELECTED PUBLICATIONS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-562e9a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"562e9a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Google Scholar Profile: <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=QC3eIqYAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f150e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f150e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Journal Articles<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/389700238_Great_Power_Competition_and_the_Effects_of_Global_Fragmentation_on_International_Law#fullTextFileContent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great Power Competition and the Effects of Global Fragmentation on International Law<\/a>, 58(2) <em>Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law <\/em>341-391 (2025).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/380668334_Confronting_Catastrophic_Risk_The_International_Obligation_to_Regulate_Artificial_Intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Confronting Catastrophic Risk: The International Obligation to Regulate Artificial Intelligence<\/a>, 46(2) <em>Michigan Journal of International Law <\/em>173-217 (2025) (with Anatole Boute and Michael Ramsden).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/378292186_How_to_Destroy_the_Liberal_International_Order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Destroy the Liberal International Order<\/a>, 34(1) <em>Duke Journal of Comparative &amp; International Law<\/em> 1-37 (2024).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/374191613_Rights_Power_and_Inequality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rights, Power, and Inequality<\/a>, 75(3) <em>Oklahoma Law Review<\/em> 499-530 (2023).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/374191600_The_Limits_of_Law_as_an_Instrument_of_Normative_Change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Limits of Law as an Instrument of Normative Change<\/a>, 29(3) <em>Virginia Journal of Social Policy &amp; the Law<\/em> 204-230 (2022).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/353196504_Tipping_Points_and_the_Formation_of_the_European_Union_Birth_Brexit_and_Beyond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tipping Points and the Formation of the European Union: Birth, Brexit, and Beyond<\/a>, 27(1) <em>Columbia Journal of European Law<\/em> 68-96 (2021).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/349444808_Can_the_Liberal_Order_be_Sustained_Nations_Network_Effects_and_the_Erosion_of_Global_Institutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Can the Liberal Order be Sustained? Nations, Network Effects, and the Erosion of Global Institutions<\/a>, 42(1) <em>Michigan Journal of International Law<\/em> 1-45 (2020).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/327186183_Institutional_Lock-in_within_the_Field_of_Investment_Arbitration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institutional Lock-in within the Field of International Investment Arbitration<\/a>, 39(3) <em>University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law<\/em> 707-749 (2018) (with Andrea K. Bjorklund).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/318164295_Authoritarianism_and_the_Internet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Authoritarianism and the Internet<\/a>, 43(4) <em>Law &amp; Social Inquiry<\/em> 1427-1457 (2018) (with Gregory S. Gordon).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/362468099_Escaping_the_Logic_of_Anarchy_A_New_Model_of_Collective_Security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Escaping the Logic of Anarchy: A New Model of Collective Security<\/a>, 19(3) <em>Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution<\/em> 565-612 (2018).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/312273581_Towards_a_Theory_of_Spontaneous_Legal_Standardization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Towards a Theory of Spontaneous Legal Standardization<\/a>, 8(3) <em>Journal of International Dispute Settlement<\/em> 403-431 (2017).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/319617824_The_Coming_Collapse_of_the_Paris_Agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Coming Collapse of the Paris Agreement<\/a>, 45 <em>Harvard Journal on Legislation<\/em> 1 (2017) (online).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/310674402_Censorship's_Fragile_Grip_on_the_Internet_Can_Online_Speech_Be_Controlled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Censorship\u2019s Fragile Grip on the Internet: Can Online Speech be Controlled? <\/a>49(2) <em>Cornell International Law Journal<\/em> 369-414 (2016) (with Jessica Li).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/299369159_A_Plan_to_strengthen_the_Paris_Agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Plan to Strengthen the Paris Climate Agreement<\/a>, 84 <em>Fordham Law Review<\/em> 101 (2016) (online).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/307556145_Why_does_Soft_Law_Have_any_Power_Anyway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why does Soft Law have any Power anyway? <\/a>7(2) <em>Asian Journal of International Law<\/em> 1-18 (2016).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/332106167_The_Art_of_Nailing_Jell-O_to_the_Wall-_Reassessing_the_Political_Power_of_the_Internet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Art of Nailing Jell-o to the Wall: Reassessing the Political Power of the Internet<\/a>, 24(1) <em>Journal of Law &amp; Policy<\/em> 1-39 (2016) (with Jessica Li).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/311345886_The_Parched_Earth_of_Cooperation_How_to_Solve_the_Tragedy_of_the_Commons_in_International_Environmental_Governance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Parched Earth of Cooperation: How to solve the Tragedy of the Commons in International Environmental Governance<\/a>, 27(1) <em>Duke Journal of Comparative &amp; International Law<\/em> 73-105 (2016).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/275574306_Using_Social_Norms_as_a_Substitute_for_Law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Using Social Norms as a Substitute for Law<\/a>, 79(1) <em>Albany Law Review<\/em> 67-100 (2016).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/harvardhrj.com\/2015\/02\/the-power-of-the-keystroke-is-social-media-the-radical-democratizing-force-weve-been-led-to-believe-it-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Power of the Keystroke: Is Social Media the Radical Democratizing Force we\u2019ve been led to believe it is? <\/a><em>Harvard Human Rights Journal<\/em> (2015) (online) (with Jessica Li).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/265723258_The_Theatre_of_Punishment_Case_Studies_in_the_Political_Function_of_Corporal_and_Capital_Punishment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Theatre of Punishment: Case Studies in the Political Function of Corporal and Capital Punishment<\/a>, 14(3) <em>Washington University Global Studies Law Review <\/em>357-398 (2015) (with Anthony Wan).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/332106298_Myth_meets_Reality_Civil_Disobedience_in_the_Age_of_the_Internet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Myth meets Reality: Civil Disobedience in the Age of the Internet<\/a>, <em>Virginia Journal of International Law<\/em> (2015) (online) (with Jessica Li).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/268983815_Anarchy_Order_and_Trade_A_Structuralist_Account_of_Why_a_Global_Commercial_Legal_Order_is_Emerging\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anarchy, Order, and Trade: A structuralist Account of why a global Commercial Legal Order is emerging<\/a>, 47(4) <em>Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law<\/em> 1049-1090 (2014).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/265851592_Restraining_the_Hand_of_Law_A_Conceptual_Framework_to_Shrink_the_Size_of_Law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Restraining the Hand of Law: A conceptual Framework to shrink the Size of Law<\/a>, 117(1) <em>W. Virginia Law Review<\/em> 59-95 (2014).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/264038631_Planting_Seeds_of_Order_How_the_State_Can_Create_Shape_and_Use_Customary_Law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planting Seeds of Order: How the State can create, shape, and use Customary Law<\/a>, 28(2) <em>Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law<\/em> 373-413 (2014).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/261720926_Opening_the_Machinery_of_Private_Order_Public_International_Law_as_a_Form_of_Private_Ordering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Opening the Machinery of Private Order: Public International Law as a Form of Private Ordering<\/a>, 58(2) <em>Saint Louis University Law Journal<\/em> 423-466 (2014).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/257663272_Eating_Peas_with_One's_Fingers_A_Semiotic_Approach_to_Law_and_Social_Norms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eating Peas with one\u2019s Fingers: A Semiotic Approach to Law and Norms<\/a>, 26(2) <em>International Journal for the Semiotics of Law<\/em> 257-274 (2013).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/45532460_The_Criminalization_of_Lying_Under_what_Circumstances_if_any_should_Lies_be_made_Criminal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Criminalization of Lying: Under what Circumstances, if any, should Lies be made criminal?<\/a>, 101(2) <em>Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology<\/em> 529-573 (2011) (with Jessica Li).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/299369358_Law_Selfishness_and_Signals_An_Expansion_of_Posner's_Signaling_Theory_of_Social_Norms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Law, Selfishness, and Signals: An Expansion of Posner\u2019s Signaling Theory of Social Norms<\/a>, 24(1) <em>Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence<\/em> 5-53 (2011).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/41133689_Law_Without_the_State_The_Theory_Of_High_Engagement_and_the_Emergence_of_Spontaneous_Legal_Order_within_Commercial_Systems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Law without the State: The Theory of High Engagement and the Emergence of Spontaneous Legal Order within Commercial Systems<\/a>, 41(3) <em>Georgetown Journal of International Law<\/em> 559-620 (2010).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/41373106_Buying_Commercial_Law_Choice_of_Forum_Choice_of_Law_and_Network_Effect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buying Commercial Law: Choice of law, Choice of Forum, and Network Effect<\/a>, 18(1) <em>Tulane Journal of International &amp; Comparative Law<\/em> 131-188 (2009).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Published Conference Papers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/works.bepress.com\/bryan_druzin\/34\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/329131943_Using_Network_Effects_to_Strengthen_International_Institutions_in_a_Time_of_Global_Instability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Using Network Effects to Strengthen International Institutions in a Time of Global Instability<\/a>, <em>European Society of International Law (ESIL) 2018 Research Forum<\/em>, (September 8, 2018).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Book Chapters<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/cr\/academic\/subjects\/law\/international-trade-law\/regulation-global-water-services-market?format=HB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Drip, Drip of Depletion: Solving the Tragedy of the Commons in Global Water Conservation<\/a>, in <em>Governance and Regulation of the Global Sanitation and Water Services Market<\/em> (Julien Chaisse, ed.): Cambridge University Press (2017), 242-260.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com.hk\/books?id=bFM7DwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA243&amp;dq#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breaking the Market Dominance of ICSID? An Assessment of the Likelihood of Institutional Competition<\/a>, in <em>Asia\u2019s Changing International Investment Regime: Sustainability, Regionalization, and Arbitration<\/em> (Julien Chaisse, ed.): Springer (2017), 243-260 (co-authored with Andrea K. Bjorklund).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/the-role-of-arbitration-in-shipping-law-9780198757948?cc=hk&amp;lang=en&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spontaneous Standardization and the New\u00a0Lex Maritima<\/a>, in <em>Oxford International Arbitration Series: The Continued Development of Shipping Law<\/em> (Miriam Goldby, ed.): Oxford University Press (2016), 63-69.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/332106194_From_Chaos_to_Cooperation_Preventing_Global_Dispute_over_Resources_in_Chinese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From Chaos to Cooperation: Preventing Global Dispute over Resources<\/a>, in <em>Resolution of Public Disputes and Rights Protection<\/em> (Michael Palmer &amp; Xiankui Mou, ed.): UK-China Comparative Law Symposium (2015), 51-55 (in Chinese)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/41182223_Finding_Footing_in_a_Postmodern_Conception_of_Law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Finding Footing in a Postmodern Conception of Law<\/a>, in <em>Postmodern Quests in Applied Philosophy<\/em> (Salman Shaikh, ed.): Editura Lumen (2013), 29-42.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Book Reviews<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/ajcl\/article\/68\/1\/222\/5807953?guestAccessKey=edd7afb6-43c4-4606-bcc9-118638bd2dd2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Review of \u201cThe Laws and Economics of Confucianism: Kinship and Property in Preindustrial China and England (Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society)\u201d by Taisu Zhang (2017)<\/a>, 68(1) <em>American Journal of Comparative Law<\/em> 222-227 (2020).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newramblerreview.com\/book-reviews\/philosophy\/uncommon-ground\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shouldering the Burden of Utilitarianism<\/a>, <em>The New Rambler<\/em> (edited by Eric Posner &amp; Adrian Vermeule) (2016), review of \u2018The Moral Landscape: How Science can determine Human Values\u2019 by Sam Harris (2010).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/332106450_A_Review_of_Towards_a_Chinese_Civil_Code\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Review of \u2018Towards a Chinese Civil Code: Comparative and Historical Perspectives\u2019 by Leu Chen &amp; C.H. (Remco) van Rhee (2012)<\/a>, 44(1) <em>Hong Kong Law Journal<\/em> 345-351 (2014).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ebd80e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ebd80e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bb1576 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7bb1576\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><strong>Presenter, <\/strong>\u201cThe Option to Exit: The Impact of Institutional Fragmentation on International Legal Regimes,\u201d <em>Eleventh WINIR Conference: Private &amp; Public Institutions for Good Governance<\/em>, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy (July 2026).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invited Participant, <\/strong><em>Law-Following AI Workshop<\/em>, Institute for Law &amp; AI (LawAI) and the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI), Christ\u2019s College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (June 2026).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter, <\/strong>\u201cThe Focal-Point Power of UNIDROIT,\u201d <em>Asian Law and Economics Association (AsLEA) 2026 Annual Conference<\/em>, Singapore Management University, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore (June 2026).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter, <\/strong>\u201cInstitutional Fragmentation and the Future of International Law in Asia,\u201d <em>23rd Asian Law Institute Conference (ASLI)<\/em>, Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia (June 2026).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invited Panelist,<\/strong> \u201cBeyond Human Control: AI Safety and a Governance-First Model,\u201d <em>Responsible AI in Action: Cross-Disciplinary Strategies for Ethics<\/em>, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (December 2025).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Co-organizer and speaker,<\/strong> \u201cLegal Responses to the Existential Threat Posed by Artificial Intelligence,\u201d Centre for Legal Innovation and Digital Society (CLINDS), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (September 2025).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invited Participant,<\/strong> <em>Law-Following AI Workshop<\/em>, Institute for Law &amp; AI (LawAI) and the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI), Christ\u2019s College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (August 2025).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invited Panelist,<\/strong> \u201cGlobal Perspectives on AI Governance,\u201d <em>Penn Wharton China Center &amp; Wharton Accountable AI Lab<\/em>, Peking University, Beijing, China (May 2025).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter,<\/strong> \u201cTaking Intergenerational Rights Seriously,\u201d <em>Distributive Justice in International Law Joint Conference<\/em>, Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG) and the Centre for International and Strategic Studies (CISS), LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy (October 2024).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invited Chair,<\/strong> <em>European China Law Studies Association (ECLS) Annual Conference<\/em>, Hong Kong (September 2024).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter,<\/strong> \u201cExporting Legal Standards along the Belt and Road,\u201d <em>Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) Intersessional Conference<\/em>, Almaty, Kazakhstan (May 2024).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invited Speaker,<\/strong> \u201cUNCITRAL and the Spontaneous Harmonization of Legal Standards,\u201d <em>10th Anniversary UNCITRAL RCAP-UM Joint Conference<\/em>, Macau, China (December 2023).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter,<\/strong> \u201cLaw\u2019s War on Social Norms: Examining the Limits of Law as an Instrument of Normative Change,\u201d <em>Asian Law and Economics Association (AsLEA) Annual Conference<\/em>, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (August 2023).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invited Speaker,<\/strong> &#8220;A World unraveling: Can Multilateral Environmental Governance be sustained?&#8221; <em>Liberalism and Ecology in the Anthropocene<\/em>, European Society of International Law (ESIL) Interest Group on International Legal Theory and Philosophy, University of Messina, Messina, Italy (June 2022).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter,<\/strong> \u201cLit Matches and Dry Prairie Fields: The Internet as a Source for Abrupt Normative Change,\u201d <em>Canadian Law &amp; Economics Conference (CLEA)<\/em>, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Toronto, Canada (September 2019).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter,<\/strong> \u201cDigital Lemmings: Internet Control and Herd Behavior,\u201d <em>15th Annual Meeting of the Asian Law and Economics Association (AsLEA)<\/em>, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (June 2019).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invited Speaker,<\/strong> \u201cOnline Communication, Cyber-speech Cascades, and Sudden Changes in Mass Behavior,\u201d University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law, Copenhagen, Denmark (June 2019).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invited Speaker,<\/strong> \u201cDoes the Return of Great-Power Rivalry mean the end of the Liberal International Order?\u201d <em>International Law in Times of Trade Wars and Global Environmental Problems<\/em>, European Society of International Law (ESIL) Interest Group on International Environmental Law, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (May 2019).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter,<\/strong> \u201cThe Possibility of Using Network Effects to Strengthen International Environmental Governance,\u201d <em>Society for Environmental Law and Economics (SELE) Meeting<\/em>, Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile (March 2019).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invited Speaker,<\/strong> \u201cSustaining Multilateral Environmental Agreements in a Period of Shifting Geopolitical Power,\u201d <em>6th WOC Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS)<\/em>, Hong Kong (November 2018).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter,<\/strong> \u201cThe Coming Collapse of International Economic Integration,\u201d <em>Joint North American Conference on International Economic Law<\/em>, American Society of International Law (ASIL), the Canadian Council on International Law (CCIL), and the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), McGill University Faculty of Law, Montreal, Canada (September 2018).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter,<\/strong> \u201cNetworks and Institutional Power,\u201d <em>14th Annual Meeting of the Asian Law and Economics Association (AsLEA)<\/em>, Singapore Academy of Law, Singapore (August 2018).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invited Panelist,<\/strong> \u201cCorporate Responsibility and the Limits of Soft Law,\u201d <em>Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Annual Conference<\/em>, Kyoto, Japan (June 2018).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter,<\/strong> \u201cStrengthening Global Governance in an Era of International Disorder,\u201d <em>European Society of International Law (ESIL) Research Forum<\/em>, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (February 2018).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invited Speaker,<\/strong> \u201cControlling Public Opinion in the Digital Age,\u201d <em>Law and the Digital Age<\/em>, Qatar University College of Law, Doha, Qatar (February 2018).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invited Speaker,<\/strong> \u201cEscaping Institutional Lock-in,\u201d <em>The Future of Asian Trade Deals and IP<\/em>, Singapore Management University, Singapore (December 2017).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter,<\/strong> \u201cThe Rise of Soft Law,\u201d <em>2nd Annual Conference of the French Association of Law and Economics (AFED)<\/em>, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (November 2017).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter,<\/strong> \u201cToward a Network Model of Soft Law,\u201d <em>3rd European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN)<\/em>, Johannes Gutenberg 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