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Prof. Trevor T.W. Wan 尹子華教授

Assistant Professor

Co-Director, Bachelor of Social Sciences (Government and Laws) and Bachelor of Laws Programme
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Hong Kong Law Journal

LL.M. (Harvard)
LL.B. (HKU)
B.Soc.Sc. (Government and Laws) (HKU)

Biography

Trevor T. W. Wan is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), where he serves as Co-Director of the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Government and Laws) and Bachelor of Laws dual degree programme. 

His research harnesses interdisciplinary approaches drawn mainly from political science, among other fields, to study comparative constitutional and administrative law, law of coroners and inquests, and legal medicine. His work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in leading peer-reviewed periodicals including the American Journal of Comparative Law, International Journal of Constitutional Law, Public Law, German Law Journal, Judicial Review, Asian Journal of Comparative Law, Statute Law Review, and Journal of Criminal Law.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Trevor holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School where he was the Hong Kong Jockey Club Fellow, and an LL.B. and a B.Soc.Sc. in Government and Laws from HKU, both with First Class Honours. He is a member of the International Society of Public Law and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. He currently serves as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Hong Kong Law Journal, the flagship faculty journal of HKU Law.

Research Area

  • Comparative Administrative Law
  • Comparative Constitutional Law
  • Law of Coroners and Inquests
  • Legal Medicine

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Research Area

  • Comparative Administrative Law
  • Comparative Constitutional Law
  • Law of Coroners and Inquests
  • Legal Medicine

Publications

Teaching

Editorship and Professional Affiliation

Selected Journal Articles

‘Globetrotting Advocates: Foreign Barristers in Hong Kong Courts’ (2025) American Journal of Comparative Law (Oxford University Press) (forthcoming)       

‘Where Proportionality Meets the “Most Important Factor” of National Security’ [2025] Public Law (forthcoming)

‘In the Name of Public Interest: Challenging the Coroner’s Failure to Hold a Death Inquest in Hong Kong’ (2025) 55(1) Hong Kong Law Journal 11

‘Contesting Collateral Challenge: HKSAR v Chow Hang Tung (2024) 27 HKCFAR 71’ (2024) 29(4) Judicial Review 285, https://doi.org/10.1080/10854681.2024.2427526 

‘Unshackling from Shadows of the Anisminic Orthodoxy: Reconceptualising Approaches to Ouster Clauses in Hong Kong’ (2024) 19(2) Asian Journal of Comparative Law 369 (Cambridge University Press), https://doi.org/10.1017/asjcl.2024.14       

‘Remoulding Coroner’s Inquests in Hong Kong through the Right to Life’ (2024) 25(2) Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law 191, https://doi.org/10.1163/15718158-25020004

‘Where the Gavel Wields: The Jurisdictional Conundrum of Sedition in Hong Kong’ (2024) 45(1) Statute Law Review (Oxford University Press), https://doi.org/10.1093/slr/hmae009

‘Constitutionalization of Happiness: A Global and Comparative Inquiry’ (2023) 24(7) German Law Journal 1209 (Cambridge University Press), https://doi.org/10.1017/glj.2023.84

‘Global Constitutionalism and the People’s Republic of China: Dignity as the “Fundamental Basis” of the Legal System?’ (2023) 21(2) International Journal of Constitutional Law 433 (Oxford University Press) (with Alec Stone Sweet), https://doi.org/10.1093/icon/moad034

‘Delay in Prosecution as a Mitigating Factor in Hong Kong: Towards Doctrinal Coherence’ (2023) 87(5) Journal of Criminal Law 305 (with C. P. To), https://doi.org/10.1177/00220183221110380

‘Judge Unanimity: Can a Panel of Judges Constituted under the National Security Law Return a Majority Verdict?’ (2022) 52(2) Hong Kong Law Journal 439 (with Danian A. Wan)

‘Standing Up for Public Interest Standing: The Hong Kong Experience’ (2022) 27(2) Judicial Review 99 (with Paul Law), https://doi.org/10.1080/10854681.2022.2096329

‘Recordation and Review by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee under the Hong Kong Basic Law’ (2022) 52(1) Hong Kong Law Journal 43 (with Paul Law)

‘Interpreting Provisions Ousting the Courts’ Supervisory Jurisdiction over Election Candidacy Decisions’ (2021) 51(3) Hong Kong Law Journal 829 (with Thomas Yeon)

‘Comparative Constitutional and Administrative Law in Hong Kong: In Search of Coherence’ [2021] Public Law 261 (with Thomas Yeon)

‘High Level of (Passive) Compliance in a Low-Trust Society: Hong Kong Citizens’ Response Towards the COVID-19 Lockdown’ (2021) 15(2) Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 1046 (Oxford University Press) (with Lawrence Ho and C. S. Fong), https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paaa090

 

Selected Short Articles and Case Commentaries

‘The Right to Pursue Happiness on a Healthy Planet is a Fundamental Right’ BMJ (British Medical Journal) Journal of Medical Ethics Blog (17 June 2022) (with Eric C. Ip), https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2022/06/17/the-right-to-pursue-happiness-on-a-healthy-planet-is-a-fundamental-right/

‘Liable for Unlawful Assembly and Riot by Virtue of Liking or Comment on Social Media Platforms?: Secretary for Justice v Tong Wai Hung [2021] HKCA 404’ (2021) 85(6) Journal of Criminal Law 480 (with Thomas Yeon), https://doi.org/10.1177/00220183211054691

‘COVID-19 Control and Preventive Measures: A Medico-Legal Analysis’ (2021) 27(3) Hong Kong Medical Journal 225 (with Victor W. T. Li), https://doi.org/10.12809/hkmj209047

LLAW 3093 Administrative Law

Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Hong Kong Law Journal 

Member of the Editorial Board, Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law

Member, International Society of Public Law

Member, British Institute of International and Comparative Law