{"id":3343,"date":"2020-01-23T09:21:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T01:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp3.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/?page_id=3343"},"modified":"2026-10-09T16:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:49:33","slug":"prof-luke-marsh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/people\/prof-luke-marsh\/","title":{"rendered":"PROF. LUKE MARSH"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3343\" class=\"elementor elementor-3343\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-db837b9 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"db837b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_direction&quot;:&quot;out-in-out&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:40,&quot;end&quot;:60}},&quot;background_motion_fx_range&quot;:&quot;viewport&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-03c9245\" data-id=\"03c9245\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\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-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c6339f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c6339f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\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-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-716694ee\" data-id=\"716694ee\" 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-3b502034 people_back elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b502034\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/people\/\">&lt;  People<\/a><\/h4>\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-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2deba321 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2deba321\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\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-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15527b58\" data-id=\"15527b58\" 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-13d3cc53 people_name elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13d3cc53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PROF. LUKE MARSH<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39d223c4 people_title elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39d223c4\" 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\tAssociate Professor\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-f766160 people_info elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f766160\" 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-73d7682\" data-id=\"73d7682\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Email<\/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-6911d25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6911d25\" 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>Office<\/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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca40e07\" data-id=\"ca40e07\" 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-51d7ed75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51d7ed75\" 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>(852) <span>3943 4422<\/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-83222ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83222ad\" 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>(852) 2994 2505<\/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-7756aedf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7756aedf\" 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><a href=\"mailto:luke.marsh@cuhk.edu.hk\">luke.marsh@cuhk.edu.hk<\/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-35aad48c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35aad48c\" 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 528<\/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-2a2f7bf7 people_content elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a2f7bf7\" 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-5b55fbb\" data-id=\"5b55fbb\" 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-319c9e5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"319c9e5f\" 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>Luke Marsh teaches criminal law and criminal procedure, has served as supervisor to the Faculty\u2019s Clinic Programme and instructs students on Trial Advocacy (PCLL). Luke has practised as a criminal barrister at one of the UK\u2019s leading Chambers, representing and consulting clients in the Youth Court, Magistrates Court, Crown Court and Court of Appeal. He received the prestigious Baron Dr. Ver Heyden De Lancey Prize for the best performance by a Middle Temple member in the Bar Examinations. Before he joined the academic community, Luke was an Erasmus Scholar, receiving a grant to work at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Whilst there he was legal assistant to trial attorneys tasked with the indictment of Bosnian Genocide suspect, Radovan Karadzic. He has taken on cases for Justice Centre Hong Kong (formerly Hong Kong Refugee Advice Centre) providing legal representation to asylum seekers appearing before the UNHCR. His most recent scholarly work includes a detailed examination of the erosion of the adversarial process in the English criminal justice system. Luke was selected for the Faculty\u2019s inaugural Research in Teaching &amp; Learning Award, in recognition of his research on the advancement of the teaching and learning experience.<\/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-a61c09e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a61c09e\" 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;\">EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS<\/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-0f75a61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f75a61\" 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><li>MSt International Human Rights Law (Oxford)<\/li><li>LL.M (Northumbria) (Distinction)<\/li><li>LL.B (Hons) (King\u2019s College, London)<\/li><li>Barrister of England and Wales<\/li><\/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-03b886a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03b886a\" 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;\">AWARDS &#038; APPOINTMENTS<\/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-41885a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41885a8\" 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><li>Visiting Fellow, LSE Law School (2025-26)<\/li><li>Faculty Award for Academic Impact in Legal Scholarship (2024)<\/li><li>Chinese University of Hong Kong, Young Researcher Award (2022)<\/li><li>Visiting Academic, City Law School, University of London (2022)<\/li><li>Deputy Director, Juris Doctor (JD) Programme (2021-)<\/li><li>Chinese University of Hong Kong, Research Excellence Award (2018-19)<\/li><li>Door tenant, 25 Bedford Row, London<\/li><li>Advisory Board Member, PILnet (Hong Kong)<\/li><li>Visiting Research Fellow, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (2019)<\/li><li>Visiting Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles (2018)<\/li><li>Visiting Academic, University College London, UK (2017-2018)<\/li><li>Visiting Scholar, Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham (2014)<\/li><li>Visiting Fellow, University of Auckland, Faculty of Law (2014)<\/li><li>Visiting Scholar, Columbia University Law School (2013)<\/li><li>Global Exchange Researcher, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (2013)<\/li><li>Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford \u2013 Refugee Studies Centre (2012)<\/li><li>Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge \u2013 Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (2010)<\/li><li>Crown Prosecution Service Advocate (Level 1)<\/li><li>Baron Dr Ver Heyden De Lancey Prize for best Bar Exam performance by a Middle Temple member<\/li><li>Certificate of Honour, ranked outstanding on Bar Vocational Course by Middle Temple<\/li><li>Hague Bursary, The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple<\/li><li>Erasmus Scholar \u2013 received EU grant to work at the UNICTY<\/li><\/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-70464b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70464b0\" 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;\">RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/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-c3e5166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3e5166\" 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><li>The Criminal Process<\/li><li>Clinical Legal Education<\/li><\/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-94529fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94529fb\" 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;\">MEMBERSHIP<\/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-1f1d84c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f1d84c\" 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><li>Socio-Legal Studies Association<\/li><li>The Society of Legal Scholars<\/li><li>The Honourable Society of Middle Temple<\/li><li>Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA)<\/li><li>Global Alliance for Justice Education (GAJE)<\/li><\/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-b520a95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b520a95\" 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;\">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-b66b8ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b66b8ed\" 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><u>Books \/ Monographs<\/u><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-elgar.com\/shop\/gbp\/research-handbook-on-plea-bargaining-and-criminal-justice-9781802206661.html#:~:text=Contributors-,Bringing%20together%20established%20and%20emerging%20scholars%20from%20around%20the%20world,secured%20and%20trials%20are%20avoided.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>Research Handbook on Plea Bargaining and Criminal Justice<\/i> (Edward Elgar, 2024) (350,000 words) (with M\u00e1ximo Langer and Mike McConville, Eds<\/b>). <\/a>Bringing together established and emerging scholars from around the world, this <em>Research Handbook <\/em>examines the history, practice, underlying issues and future evolution of plea bargaining, through which guilty pleas are secured and trials are avoided. The book has received endorsements from:<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Mirjan Dama\u0161ka (Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law, Yale Law School): \u201c<em>The full adjudicative process is everywhere in decline, replaced by various forms of negotiated or bargained justice. Langer, McConville and Marsh subject these new forms of justice to theoretical analysis from a variety of perspectives and offer thoughtful reflections about their likely future<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span>Stephen J. <\/span><span>Schulhofer (Robert B. McKay Professor of Law Emeritus, New York University School of Law): <\/span><span>\u201c<\/span><span><em>An extraordinarily ambitious project \u2026 which offers incisive normative critique and perceptive guidance for future research. An invaluable contribution.<\/em><\/span><em>\u201d<\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span>Jill Hunter <\/span><span>(Professor of Law, UNSW Law &amp; Justice): <\/span><span>\u201c<\/span><span><em>a milestone in contemporary criminal justice scholarship \u2026 <\/em><\/span><em>[i]t cuts across legal traditions addressing corporate offender deal-making, empirical studies, ethical failures, myth, inequality, gender and race, revealing the global spread of failed justice through coercive incentives to concede guilt<\/em>\u2026\u201d<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Fiona Leverick (Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, University of Glasgow): \u201c\u2026<em>timely, comprehensive and innovative \u2026 [a] real \u201cmust-read\u201d for anyone interested in the contemporary debates about plea bargaining<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span>Andrew Manuel Crespo (Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law, Harvard Law School)<\/span>: \u201c<em>Brimming with comparative insights, the international experts here offer a cautionary chorus, warning the world of an epidemic of plea bargaining now spreading across the globe<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/the-myth-of-judicial-independence-9780198822103?cc=hk&amp;lang=en&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><em>The Myth of Judicial Independence: Criminal Justice and the Separation of Powers<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span><u>(Oxford University Press, 2020) (150,000 words) (with M McConville)<\/u> <\/b><\/a>This monograph critically examines the claim that judges in England and Wales (and other common law jurisdictions) are independent and free from political (and a fortiori government) influence, especially in the area of criminal justice. It provides original contributions to a range of key issues of political, legal, historical and sociological importance. The book received advance praise from:<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Robert Blackburn QC (Professor of Constitutional Law, King\u2019s College London):<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), 'Lato', Arial, \u5fae\u8f6f\u6b63\u9ed1\u9ad4, MHei, \u9ed1\u4f53, \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif;\">\u201c<\/strong><em style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), 'Lato', Arial, \u5fae\u8f6f\u6b63\u9ed1\u9ad4, MHei, \u9ed1\u4f53, \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">The leading study of judicial independence, superbly researched and fascinating reading for everyone interested in the past and present workings of the legal and justice system within the structure of British government \u2026 an indispensible and outstanding work<\/em><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), 'Lato', Arial, \u5fae\u8f6f\u6b63\u9ed1\u9ad4, MHei, \u9ed1\u4f53, \u5fae\u8f6f\u96c5\u9ed1, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Richard Abel (Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, UCLA):<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201c<em>It will force a fundamental reconsideration of the \u2018Westminster Model\u2019 at the very moment when it is under enormous stress.<\/em>\u201d<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Geoffrey Robertson QC (Doughty Street, London):<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201c<em>This book offers a fascinating analysis of behind-the-scenes interplay between English judges, politicians, Whitehall and the police over the non-statutory rules which throughout the twentieth century were meant to secure the liberty of the subject from oppressive police action<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Paul Roberts (Professor of Criminal Jurisprudence, Nottingham):<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201c<em>In a narrative by turns gripping and disturbing\u2026 [t]his \u2018history of the present\u2019 poses urgent questions for the contemporary condition of the administration of criminal justice, the vitality of common law method and the (global) rule of law under the tightening rachets of managerialism and austerity<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-elgar.com\/shop\/gbp\/criminal-judges-9781782548911.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><em>Criminal Judges: Legitimacy, Courts and State-Induced Guilty Pleas in Britain <\/em>(Edward Elgar, 2014) (120,000 words) (with M McConville)<\/b><\/a><br \/>Against a backdrop of a dysfunctional criminal justice system, this monograph on criminal justice brings legal and empirical material to question the legitimacy of the relationship between judges, lawyers, politicians and defendants in modern Britain. Examining existing legal structures and court practices through the lens of what used to be called \u2018plea bargaining\u2019 the book provides a graphic picture of why case disposals through enforced guilty pleas promote injustice, feed discrimination and skew the judicial function. This is the most comprehensive examination to date of case disposition methods in England, Wales and Scotland, underpinned by a new socio-legal theory on the criminal process.<\/li><\/ul><p><u>Book Chapters<\/u><\/p><ul><li>\u2018The Law of Disclosure in Hong Kong: The Right to Silence and Adversarial Fairness\u2019 (with A. H. L. Wong) in <em>Global Perspectives on the Law of Disclosure<\/em> (E. Johnston and T. Smith, <span>July 2026<\/span>). For further see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Global-Perspectives-on-the-Law-of-Disclosure\/Johnston-Smith\/p\/book\/9781032941981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click HERE<\/a><\/li><li>\u2018Righting Wrongful Convictions in England and Wales\u2019 in <em>Causes and Remedies of Wrongful Conviction: A Comparative Analysis<\/em> (J. Della Torre, G. Lasagni and S. P. Puigvert (eds) Thomson Reuters Aranzadi, <span>March 2026<\/span>). For further see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aranzadilaley.es\/MK\/PDF\/Causes-and-remedies-for-wrongful-conviction\/publication.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click HERE<\/a><\/li><li>\u2018Guilty Pleas in Criminal Justice: Putting Just on Ice\u2019 in <em>Justice Denied: Exploring Inequities in the Legal System<\/em> (E. Johnston and <span>C-M. Smyth <\/span>(eds) (Routledge, 2025).<\/li><li>\u2018A Portrait of Guilt from England and Wales: Defending against State-induced Pleas\u2019 in <em>Research Handbook on Plea Bargaining and Criminal Justice, <\/em>Langer, McConville and Marsh (eds) (Edward Elgar, 2024).<\/li><li>\u2018Introduction: Setting the Scene\u2019 in\u00a0 <em>Research Handbook on Plea Bargaining and Criminal Justice, <\/em>Langer, McConville and Marsh (eds) (Edward Elgar, 2024) (with Langer and McConville).<\/li><li>\u2018Final Thoughts: Signposting the Future\u2019 in <em>Research Handbook on Plea Bargaining and Criminal Justice, <\/em>Langer, McConville and Marsh (eds) (Edward Elgar, 2024) (with Langer and McConville).<\/li><li>\u2018Tipping the Scales of Justice: Covid-19 and Detention without Trial\u2019 in<em>, Covid-19 and Criminal Justice: Impact and Legacy in England and Wales<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>(Ed Johnston (ed) Routledge, 2023) (with M McConville).<\/li><li>\u2018Serious Sex Offences in England and Wales: defending the indefensible\u2019 in,\u00a0<em>Sexual Violence on Trial; Local and Comparative Perspectives\u00a0<\/em>(Kilean, Dowds and McAlinden (eds)) (Routledge, Jan 2023) (with J Dein QC).<\/li><li>\u2018Refugees in Hong Kong: Prisoners of the Past\u2019 in, Global Refugee Crisis: A Contemporary Reflection (Sanoj Rajan (Ed.) (Thomson Reuters, 2018)<\/li><li>Factory farming and State-Induced Pleas in,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>The Integrity of Criminal Process: From Theory into Practice<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>(J. Hunter, P. Roberts, S. Young and D. Dixon (eds.)) (Hart, August 2016).\u00a0<\/li><li>Pathways to Social Transformation through Clinic: Developing a \u2018Social Justice\u2019 Culture in Hong Kong in<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Clinical Legal Education in Asia<\/em>, (S. P. Sarker (Ed.) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) (with M Ramsden) available at: (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/page\/detail\/clinical-legal-education-in-asia-shuvro-prosun-sarker\/?K=9781137517524%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click HERE<\/a>)<\/li><li><em>The Hong Kong Anti-Money Laundering Ordinances: Commentary and Annotations<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(1st edition, Sweet and Maxwell, July 2014) (with M Ramsden, H Mahncke and Sidney Yankson).<\/li><li>Legal Education in Hong Kong: a History of Reform in,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Legal Education in Asia,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(S. P. Sarker (ed.)) (Eleven Pub, Netherlands, 2013) (with M Ramsden and C Young).<\/li><li><em>The Hong Kong Drug Trafficking (Recovery of Proceeds) Ordinance: Commentary and Annotations<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(1st edition, Sweet\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Maxwell, 2013) (with H Pun, B Tsoi and M Ramsden).<\/li><li><em>The Hong Kong Anti-Discrimination Ordinances<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(1st ed, Sweet\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Maxwell, 2013) (with H Pun, A Lui and M Ramsden).<\/li><li><em>Minimum Wage Ordinance: a commentary<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(1st edn, Hong Kong, Sweet\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Maxwell, 2012) (120 pages) (with M Ramsden).<\/li><li>Discrimination,\u00a0<em>Halsbury\u2019s Laws of Hong Kong<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(Hong Kong: Lexis Nexis Butterworths, Vol. 22, 2011) (with M Ramsden).<\/li><li>Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles, Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong, (Cap. 390) (Lexis Nexis, 2011) (with M Ramsden).<\/li><li>Foreign Judgments (Restriction on Recognition and Enforcement) Ordinance (Cap 46)\u2019,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(1st issue, LexisNexis, 2011) (with M Ramsden).<\/li><li>Human Rights,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Halsbury\u2019s Laws of Hong Kong<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(Lexis Nexis, vol. 14, 2011) (with M Ramsden).<\/li><li>Prevention of Bribery in,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Hong Kong Commercial Crimes Handbook<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(Hong Kong: Lexis Nexis, 1st ed, 2010) (with M Ramsden).<\/li><li>Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (Cap 554),<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong<\/em>, (Reissue, LexisNexis 2010) (with M Ramsden).<\/li><li>Contempt of Court,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Halsbury\u2019s Laws of Hong Kong<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(Lexis Nexis, 2010) Vol. 7(1) (with M Ramsden).<\/li><li>Education,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Halsbury\u2019s Laws of Hong Kong<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(LexisNexis, 2010 Vol. 10(1) (with M Ramsden).<\/li><li>Evidence,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Halsbury\u2019s Laws of Hong Kong<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(LexisNexis 2009) Vol. 12(1) (with M Ramsden).<\/li><li>Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap 201),<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong<\/em>, (First Issue, LexisNexis, 2009) (with M Ramsden).<\/li><\/ul><ul><\/ul><p><u>Articles<\/u><\/p><ul><li>Resuscitating criminal courts after Covid-19: Trialling a cure worse than the disease,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>International Journal of Evidence &amp; Proof<\/em> (2021) (with M McConville) (Sage, available via<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/13657127211064355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> First View<\/a>).<\/li><li>The wrong vaccine: custody time limits and loss of liberty during Covid-19,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Legal Studies<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>(2021) (Cambridge University Press, available via<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/legal-studies\/article\/abs\/wrong-vaccine-custody-time-limits-and-loss-of-liberty-during-covid19\/367A4779EDBF2D79D0E286DE3C06B975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> First View<\/a>).<\/li><li>Judicial Oversight in Criminal Justice and Procedural Legality,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>King\u2019s Law Journal<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>(available<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09615768.2020.1838712?src=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here<\/a>).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newlawjournal.co.uk\/content\/corruption-at-the-met-in-plain-sight-\">Corruption at the Met \u2013 in plain sight?,\u00a0<em>New Law Journal<\/em>\u00a0(2021) (with M McConville) Vol 171, Issue 7939.<\/a><\/li><li>Criminal Justice in a time of Covid-19: Paralysis and Prognosis,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>New Law Journal<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>(2020) Vol 170, Issue 7906 (with Mike McConville).<\/li><li>The Tommy Robinson Case and Contempt of Court: Conflicting Interpretations of the Criminal Procedure Rules,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Criminal Law Review<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>(2020) 1.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/userfiles\/people\/lukemarsh\/Leveson_Review_CLWR_MARSH_2016.docx\">Leveson\u2019s Narrow Pursuit of Justice: Efficiency and Outcomes in the Criminal Process,\u00a0<em>Common Law World Review<\/em>\u00a0(Sage) Volume 45 (1) 2016)<\/a><\/li><li>The Strategic Use of Human Rights Treaties in Hong Kong\u2019s Cage-Home Crisis: No Way Out?,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Asian Journal of Law and Society<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(Cambridge University Press), (2016)<\/li><li>Developments in Hong Kong Legal Education,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Asian Journal of Legal Education<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(SAGE), (2016)<\/li><li>Adversarialism goes West: Case Management in Criminal Courts,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>The International Journal of Evidence and Proof<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(2015) 19(3) (with M McConville).<a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/download\/teacher\/IJEP_West_FINAL_2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> LINK<\/a><\/li><li>Reflections on a High School Mooting Competition: Bridging the Gap between Secondary and Tertiary Education,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>The Law Teacher<\/em>, March 2015.<\/li><li>Same Sex Marriage in Hong Kong: The Case for a Constitutional Right,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>The International Journal of Human Rights<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(2015, Vol 19, Issue 1) (with M Ramsden) available at: (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/13642987.2014.992015#abstract%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/13642987.2014.992015#abstract%20<\/a>)<\/li><li>All the King\u2019s men, police powers and the reining in of liberty,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Journal of Criminal Law<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(2014) 78:4<\/li><li>Justice from Afar: Taking Off the Blindfold, Archbold News Hong Kong (Sweet<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>&amp;<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>Maxwell, 2014)<\/li><li>Review of D. Newman, Legal Aid Lawyers and the Quest for Justice, Hart Publishing (Oxford, 2013), in the<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>International Journal of Evidence and Proof<\/em>, (2014) 18 282-285.<\/li><li>Refugees in Hong Kong: Developing the Legal Framework for Socio-Economic Rights Protection,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Human Rights Law Review<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(2014) 14(2): 267-299 (with M Ramsden).<br \/>(available at:<a href=\"http:\/\/hrlr.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/14\/2\/267.abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> http:\/\/hrlr.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/14\/2\/267.abstract<\/a>)<\/li><li>Setting aside the innocent: Plea Bargaining in Hong Kong,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Archbold News Hong Kong<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(Sweet<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>&amp;<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>Maxwell, 2014)<\/li><li>Paper for Special Meeting of the Legislative Council Panel on Welfare Services on 13 January 2014, Submission to LegCo for the meeting entitled \u2018Ways to improve situation of refugees, torture claimants and asylum seekers in Hong Kong\u2019 available at: (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legco.gov.hk\/yr13-14\/english\/panels\/ws\/papers\/ws0113cb2-663-1-e.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.legco.gov.hk\/yr13-14\/english\/panels\/ws\/papers\/ws0113cb2-663-1-e.pdf<\/a>)<\/li><li>Using Clinical Education to Innovate the Law Curriculum and Address an Unmet Legal Need: A Hong Kong Perspective,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Journal of Legal Education, vol. 63, no. 3 (February 2014)(with M Ramsden).<\/em><\/li><li>Fostering Civic Engagement Through Legal Education: Observations from Hong Kong,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Asian Journal of Legal Education<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(2014), 1(1) 57-65 (with M Ramsden)<\/li><li>The \u2018Right to Work\u2019 of Refugees in Hong Kong: MA v Director of Immigration,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>International Journal of Refugee Law<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(2013) Vol. 25 No.3 available at: (<a href=\"http:\/\/ijrl.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/early\/2013\/10\/29\/ijrl.eet036.abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/ijrl.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/early\/2013\/10\/29\/ijrl.eet036.abstract<\/a><u>)<\/u><\/li><li>Cameras in Court: \u2018Sound bite\u2019 Justice?<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Archbold News Hong Kong<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(Vol. 1, Sweet<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>&amp;<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>Maxwell, 2013).<\/li><li>Joint criminal enterprise: Cambodia\u2019s reply to Tadi\u0107,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>International Criminal Law Review<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>11 (2011) (with M Ramsden).<\/li><li>A necessary approach to the rule against double jeopardy?<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Archbold News Hong Kong<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(Sweet<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>&amp;<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>Maxwell, vol. 2, 2010).<\/li><li>Selection of Jurors,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Archbold News Hong Kong<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(Sweet<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>&amp;<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>Maxwell, vol. 2, 2010).<\/li><\/ul>\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\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-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3bff3303 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3bff3303\" 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-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fa08fda\" data-id=\"1fa08fda\" 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-c46420e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c46420e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\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<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt; People PROF. 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