Dr. CHAN Shiu-Chung, John
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 Interests
Legal History, Socio-legal Studies, Constitutional Law
Teaching Interests
Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Confucianism and Law
Publications
Chan S.C. (2025). Forming colonial legal order under 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
Paper Presentations
“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.