Academic Staff
Dr Leng Jing 冷靜
Assistant Professor
LLB, LLM (PKU); LLM (Kyushu, Japan); SJD (Toronto)
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Dr. LENG Jing is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, the University of Hong Kong. She received her LLB degree from Peking University in 1997 with the highest distinction and graduated first in her class. She was also awarded LLM degrees in 2000 by Peking University and Kyushu University (Japan), respectively. She earned her doctorate (Doctor of Juridical Science) from the University of Toronto in 2005. Prior to joining the University of Hong Kong, Dr. Leng was a fellow of the Capital Markets Institute, University of Toronto from 2001 to 2005, and a fellow of the Centre for Financial Law Studies, Peking University from 2000 to 2001. She is an editor of the Hong Kong Law Journal.
Dr. Leng has multidisciplinary research interests and has published in the areas of financial regulation, comparative corporate governance, and law and development. Her work has appeared in several prestigious journals, including Peking University Law Journal (中外法學), Peking University Law Review ((北大法律評論)) and Virginia Law Review. Her selected publications include:
Corporate Governance and Financial Reform in China's Transition Economy (Hong Kong University Press, 2009, 328pp)
“A Comparative Study of Continuing Disclosure in Hong Kong and the PRC: Implications for Cross Border Listings on H-share and A-share Markets", research report released by the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (September 2008)
"China's Banking Reform in the Context of Globalization and Transition", 17:5 European Business Law Review 1271-1302 (2006).
"The Role of Formal Contract Law and Enforcement in Economic Development" (with Michael Trebilcock), 92:7 Virginia Law Review 1517-1580 (2006), Chinese version republished as: "正式合同法和合同執行機制在經濟發展中的角色", 9:1 Peking University Law Review (北大法律評論) 116-164 (2008).
"The Interaction between Domestic and Overseas Capital Markets and Corporate Governance of Chinese Listed Companies", in Joseph J. Norton & Jonathan Rickford (eds.), Corporate Governance Post-Enron: Comparative and International Perspectives 273-339 (London: BIICL, 2006).
"美日公司法人治理结构之研究", in 滨田道代、吳志攀主編, 《公司治理与资本市场监管：比较与借鉴》, 北京大學出版社, 2003 ["Corporate Governance in the United States and Japan: A Comparative Perspective", in Hamada Michiyo & Wu Zhipan (eds.), Corporate Governance and Capital Markets Regulation: International Comparisons and Implications for China, 343-385 (Beijing: Peking University Press, 2003)].
"An Accidental President?: A Constitutional Analysis of the 2000 Presidential Election in the United States" (《"偶然勝出的總統"?——2000年美國總統選舉折射出來的憲法問題》), 13 (4) Peking University Law Journal (中外法學) 418-433 (2001).
"從法院狀告新聞媒體談起——一起名譽侵權官司所引發的思考" ("Fair Trial vs. Freedom of Press: on 'the Judiciary under the Media's Supervision in China"), 2:1 Peking University Law Review (北大法律評論) 267-280 (1999), ranked in 2006 among the "top 10 most cited articles" published in this journal by counts of citations in articles published in China's core journals (核心期刊).
Dr Leng teaches the following courses:
Business Associations
Introduction to Chinese Law
PRC Economic Law
Corporate Governance and Shareholder Remedies
Law, Business and Economic Reform in China
Specialized Areas: Comparative corporate governance, Financial Regulation,
Law and development
