Research Profile

Yap Po Jen 葉保仁

Selected Publications

Negligence in Hong Kong: Turning Caparo on its Head?, (2011) 127  Law Quarterly Review 358 - 362

Public Interest Litigation in Asia, Routledge 2011, (co-edited book with Holning Lau) 

Rethinking the Illegality Defence in Tort Law, (2010) 18 Tort Law Review 52 - 64

The 'Dead' Constitution: Crime and Punishment in Singapore, (2010) 40 Hong Kong Law Journal 577 - 592 

Indeterminate Causes of Personal Injuries and Probabilistic Risk-based Assessments,(2009) 17 Tort Law Review 175 - 187

Collateral Challenges to Criminal Proceedings: Mayday for Citizens Radio (2009) 39 Hong Kong Law Journal 189 - 196

Pure Economic Loss and Defects in the Law of Negligence, (2009) 17 Tort Law Review 80 - 99

Foreign Traders and Goodwill Hunting: Passed Over or Passing Off?, (2009) 31 European Intellectual Property Review 448 - 454

Essential Function of a Trade Mark: From BMW to O2, (2009) 31 European Intellectual Property Review 81 – 87

Understanding Public Interest Litigation in Hong Kong, (2008) 37 Common Law World Review 257 - 276

Honestly, Neither Celine Nor Gillette is Defensible!, (2008) 30 European Intellectual Property Review 286 - 293

Enlisting Close Connections: A Matter of Course for Vicarious Liability?, (2008) 28 Legal Studies 197 - 214

Intepreting the Basic Law and the Adjudication of Politically Sensitive Questions, (2007) 6 Chinese Journal of International Law (Oxford University Press) 543-564

Making Sense of Trade Mark Use, (2007) 29 European Intellectual Property Review 420 - 427

10 Years of the Basic Law: The Rise, Retreat and Resurgence of Judicial Power in Hong Kong, (2007) 36 Common Law World Review 166- 191

Rethinking Constitutional Review in America and the Commonwealth: Judicial Protection of Human Rights in the Common Law World, (2006) 35:1 Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 99 - 143