Dr. CHAN Shiu-Chung, John

Assistant Professor

Academic Qualifications

SJD                                                                                The University of Hong Kong
MLitt Legal and Constitutional Studies                    University of St Andrews
(Distinction in the Dissertation) 
MSSc General Education                                           The Chinese University of Hong Kong
BA (Hons) History (First Class Honors)                   Hong Kong Shue Yan University
 
 

Contact Details 

Phone: 852-2804-8517
Email: jscchan@hksyu.edu
 

Research Interest

Legal History
Socio-legal Studies
Constitutional Law

 

Teaching Interest

Constitutional Law
Contract Law
Confucianism and Law

 

Paper Presentation

“Law and Economic Order in British Hong Kong: A Legal Pluralism Perspective", presented in Legal Histories of Empires 2025: Empires in Touch, 10-12 July 2025, hosted by University of St Michael's College at University of Toronto. 

“Forming the Colonial Legal Order under Imperial Policy: A Case Study on the Mui Tsai Controversy in Colonial Hong Kong", presented in the Asian Law and Society Association Annual Meeting (ALSA 2024), 13-14 December 2024, hosted by Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea. 

“Hong Kong, a Bridgehead to Civilization for China? A Study on Legal Orientalism”, presented in the 2019/2020 Hong Kong Studies Annual Conference, 10-11 December 2020, organized by The Education University of Hong Kong.

 

Publication

Chan S.C. (2025). Forming colonial legal order uner legal pluralism: the mui tsai controversy in colonial Hong Kong. Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis, 1-27.   https://doi.org/10.1080/27706869.2025.2536378

Chan S.C., 'Unequal Treaty in Practice: A Story about Article 23 of the Treaty of Tientsin' (2024) Journal of the History of International Law 26, 285. doi: 10.1163/15718050-12340231