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Po Jen Yap

葉 保仁

Po Jen Yap is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Hong Kong where he specializes in constitutional law and theory. He obtained his LL.B degree from the National University of Singapore, and he also holds LL.M degrees from both Harvard Law School and the University College London. He also has a Masters of International Relations from the University of Cambridge. He is currently completing a PhD degree in law at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Professor Christopher Forsyth. His recent publications on constitutional law include 'Defending Dialogue', (2012) Public Law 527; 'Constitutionalizing Capital Crimes: Judicial Virtue or Originalism Sin?', (2011) Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 281 and '10 Years of the Basic Law: The Rise, Retreat and Resurgence of Judicial Power in Hong Kong', (2007) 36 Common Law World Review 166. He is also a co-editor of Public Interest Litigation in Asia, a book published by Routledge in 2011.

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