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Prof. James Si Zeng 曾思教授

副教授

J.S.D. (Yale Law School)
LL.M. (Yale Law School)
LL.M. (Peking University)
LL.B. (Peking University)
B.A. in Economics (Peking University)

Biography

曾思教授目前於香港大學法律學院擔任副教授。加入港大前，他曾任香港中文大學法律學院副教授兼比較法與跨國法研究中心（CCTL）副主任。他的研究聚焦於公司與金融法、經濟規制以及法律與經濟學。

曾教授的獨立學術成果已在或即將發表於多本國際頂級匿名審稿期刊，包括《美國比較法雜誌》（American Journal of Comparative Law）、《美國商法雜誌》（American Business Law Journal）、《美國破產法雜誌》（American Bankruptcy Law Journal）、《國際法律與經濟評論》（International Review of Law and Economics）、《歐洲商事組織法評論》（European Business Organization Law Review）、《環境法雜誌》（Journal of Environmental Law）、《公司法研究雜誌》（Journal of Corporate Law Studies）、《中外法學》（Peking University Law Journal）、《環球法律評論》（Global Law Review）、《政治與法律》（Political Science and Law）以及《香港法律期刊》（Hong Kong Law Journal）。

此外，他的研究也發表於多家國際知名的學生編輯法學期刊，包括《哥倫比亞亞洲法律期刊》（Columbia Journal of Asian Law）、《紐約大學法律與商業期刊》（N.Y.U. Journal of Law and Business）、《賓夕法尼亞大學國際法期刊》（University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law）、《加州大學伯克利分校商法期刊》（Berkeley Business Law Journal）、《範德堡跨國法律期刊》（Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law）以及《銀行與金融法評論》（Review of Banking and Financial Law）。

他的博士論文《國家所有權作爲高成本規制的替代機制》（State Ownership as a Substitute for Costly Regulation）獲得耶魯法學院奧斯卡·魯布豪森基金（Oscar M. Reubhausen Fund）資助，目前已由劍橋大學出版社簽約出版。他亦主持過關於中國公司法的研究項目，並獲得香港研究資助局“優配研究金”（Early Career Scheme）支持。

曾教授畢業於耶魯法學院，獲法學碩士（LL.M.）及法學博士（J.S.D.）學位。此前，他於北京大學取得法學學士（LL.B.）、經濟學學士（B.A. in Economics）及法學碩士（MPhil in Law）學位。他通過了中國國家司法考試，並獲紐約州律師資格。

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Selected Publications

Selected Conference Papers

  • Judicial Reform and Privatization of State-owned Enterprises: Empirical Evidence from China’s Public-Private Partnership Market, European Business Organization Law Review (2025 forthcoming)
  • Rules Versus Standards in Shareholder Protection Under Chinese Law: A New Taxonomy And Empirical Analysis, American Journal of Comparative Law (2025 forthcoming).
  • Law and Industrial Policy: The East Asian Experience, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (2025 forthcoming).
  • Regulating Conflict-of-Interest Transactions through Share Buyback Rights(論股東回購請求權對利益衝突交易之規制功能), 4 環球法律評論[Global Law Review] 90 (2024).
  • “Do State-Owned Institutional Investors Care more about ESG? Evidence from China,” Finance Research Letters (2024): 105865. Available at  https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1jYFx_Z7jEuud-.(with Shaoxiang Jiang)
  • Can Chinese Corporate Law Introduce Injunctive Reliefs(我國公司法能否構建禁制令制度), 中國社會科學報[Chinese Social Sciences Today ], Jan. 24, 2024. (reprinted by China Social Science Excellence(人大複印報刊資料)).
  • Structured Judicial Decision-Making and Minority Protection, N.Y.U. Journal of Law and Business (2024 forthcoming)
  • Competing with Leviathan: Law and government ownership in China’s public-private partnership market, 76 International Review of Law and Economics 106166 (2023).
  • Environmental Policy and Compensation in China: An Empirical Analysis of Article Eight of the Chinese Administrative License Law, 34 Journal of Environmental Law 287 (2022).
  • The Faces of Securities Regulation and State Authority: A Comparison between the United States and China, 59 American Business Law Journal 559 (2022).
  • The Case for Disregarding Entity Shielding, 19 Berkeley Business Law Journal 221 (2022).
  • Theoretical Foundation and Legal Design of Enhanced Obligation of Financial Holding Companies(金融控股公司加重責任的理論基礎與制度完善), 319 政治與法律[Political Science and Law] 92 (2021).(reprinted by China Social Science Excellence(人大複印報刊資料))
  • Responsive Regulation of Related-Party Transactions of Listed Corporations(上市公司關聯交易的回應型規制), 33 中外法學[Peking University Law Journal] 1599 (2021). (reprinted by China Social Science Excellence(人大複印報刊資料))
  • Does Regulation of Defensive Tactics with Mandatory Rules Benefit Shareholders? Evidence from Event Studies in China, 66 International Review of Law and Economics 105988 (2021).
  • Entity Shielding and the Rule of “Debts-Follow-Assets” in China: An Empirical Law and Economics Analysis, 95 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 243 (2021).
  • Legal Personality and the Evolution of the Rule of “Debts-Follow-Assets” in China: Complicating the Theory of Interest Group, 50 Hong Kong Law Journal 1133 (2020).
  • The Theoretical Basis for the Rule of “Debts-Follow-Assets”: An Empirical Analysis of Enterprise Investment Cases(“債隨物走”規則的理論基礎是什麼——以企業轉投資案例為焦點的實證研究), 300 政治與法律[Political Science and Law] 116 (2020). (reprinted by China Social Science Excellence(人大複印報刊資料))
  • The Calculus of Shareholders’ Consent: A Constitutional Economics Theory of Corporate Charter Amendment Rules, 41 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law 429 (2019). Available at:  https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/jil/vol41/iss2/4 .
  • The Economic Functions and Legal Restrictions on Partitioning Enterprise Assets (資產分割理論下的企業財產獨立性：經濟功能與法律限制), 31 中外法學[Peking University Law Journal]1357 (2019)(China). (reprinted by China Social Science Excellence(人大複印報刊資料))
  • Regulating Draconian Takeover Defenses with Soft Law: Empirical Evidence from Event Studies in China, 20 European Business Organization Law Review 823 (2019).
  • State Ownership and Regulatory Costs: A Law and Economic Analysis of State-Owned Enterprise in China, 31 Columbia Journal of Asian Law 1 (2017).
  • Internal and External Shareholder Liability in the Financial Industry: A Comparative Approach, 37 Review of Banking and Financial Law 285 (2017).
  • Establishing Land Assembly Districts: A Proposal to Chinese Law on Rural Land Takings, 10 Frontier of Law in China 690 (2015).
  • The Role of Debts Covenants in Creditor Protection under the Law of the United States(美國法上的限制性債務契約制度評析), in 24 公司法評論[Review on Corporate Law] 152, (2014)(China).
  • Defining Equity and Debt Investments Made by Related Parties under Chinese Tax Law(關聯方股權性投資與債權性投資的稅法認定), 4 稅法解釋與判例評註[Tax Law and Case Review] 381 (2013) (China).
  • Comments on EU’s ban on Naked Short CDS(歐盟無實體CDS禁令的法理評析), 85 金融法苑[Financial Law Forum] 233 (2012)(China).
  • Protection of Private Enterprises under a Developmental Non-Liberal State: The Case Of China, 2022 Annual Conference of American Law and Economics Association (ALEA), Columbia Law School.  
  • Competing with Leviathan: Law and Government Ownership in China’s Public–Private Partnership Market, 2023 Annual Conference of American Law and Economics Association (ALEA), Boston University School of Law.  
  • Algorithm-Owned Firms, 2024 Annual Conference of American Law and Economics Association (ALEA), University of Michigan Law School.
  • Contracting Institutions, Credible Commitment, and Firm Value, 2025 Annual Conference of American Law and Economics Association (ALEA), New York University Law School.