楊 艾文 教授
教授
麥克馬斯特大學文學士 、多倫多大學法學士 、倫敦大學法學碩士
大律師（香港）、大律師及律師（加拿大安大略省）
Biography
楊艾文教授是香港大學法律學院副院長（研究）兼科研誠信教育及推廣副主任。他擔任《Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law》（Brill）的聯合主編和 《Archbold Hong Kong》（Sweet & Maxwell）的總編輯。
楊教授的實證和比較法研究探討了香港憲制秩序的重要元素，包括國家安全法、終審法院、行政長官選舉制度和立法會功能組別。他還撰寫了關於刑事訴訟程序人權方面以及使用民事訴訟程序實現刑法目標的文章，特別是洗黑錢和犯罪所得之領域。
楊艾文教授是Parkside Chambers的執業大律師。他主要處理刑事和公法案件。他曾在香港參與培訓警察和檢控人員，並領導檢控科的持續法律教育計劃（2011-14、2016-17）和在廉政公署的總調查主任指揮課程（2017-2019）以及香港警察學院偵緝訓練中心 （2017）授課。
他的公共服務包括世界貿易組織《政府採購協定》下的投標投訴審裁組織（2012-2017）、監管釋囚委員會（2008-2014）和香港會計師公會紀律小組A的成員（2011-2020）。他亦是香港法律改革委員會轄下關於一罪兩審（2006-2011）、刑事法律程序中的傳聞證據（2001-2009）和獨立監察警方處理投訴委員會觀察員計劃（2010-2012）小組委員會的成員。
在加入香港大學之前，楊艾文教授曾在多倫多的安大略省律政廳刑事檢控辦事處擔任上訴律師 。在此之前，他在安大略省漢密爾頓擔任助理檢控官。
Teaching
Publications - Human Rights
Publications - White Collar Crime
Publications - Constitutional Law
Publications - Criminal Law & Evidence
Publications - Transnational Criminal Law
Professor Young has taught Criminal Law I & II and Evidence in the Faculty’s JD programme. He co-teaches a LLM course on Transnational Criminal Law and previously the LLM course Rights and Remedies in the Criminal Process.
Media Law and Policy in the Internet Age (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2017) (co-edited with Doreen Weisenhaus)
“Judicial Review of Elections in Hong Kong: Resolving a Contradiction” in Po Jen Yap (ed), Judicial Review of Elections in Asia (Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2016) 11-37
“Right to a Fair Trial and the Criminal Process” in J Chan & CL Lim (eds), Law of the Hong Kong Constitution, 2nd edition (Hong Kong: Sweet & Maxwell, 2015) ch 19 (641-699) (co-authored with Sarah Cheng)
“Human Rights” in SNM Young & Y Ghai (eds), Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014) ch 15 (391-416)
“Does it Matter if Restrictions on the Right to Social Welfare in Hong Kong are Prescribed by Law or Policy?” (2014) 44 Hong Kong Law Journal 25-40
“Human Rights in Hong Kong Criminal Trials” in P Roberts & J Hunter (eds), Criminal Evidence and Human Rights (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2012) 55
“Security Laws for Hong Kong” in VV Ramraj, M Hor, K Roach & G Williams (eds), Global Anti-Terrorism Law and Policy, 2nd ed (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012) ch 15
“Fundamental Rights and the Basic Laws of the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions” in J Oliveira & P Cardinal (eds), One Country, Two Systems, Three Legal Orders – Perspectives of Evolution (Heidelberg: Springer, 2009) 681
“Rights at the Macau Border” (2009) Hong Kong Lawyer (April issue), 21
“Chapter 19: Human Rights” in Archbold Hong Kong 2012 (Hong Kong: Sweet & Maxwell, 2011) 1067-1163
“Restricting Basic Law Rights in Hong Kong” (2004) 34 Hong Kong Law Journal 109-132
“The Meaning of the Right to Vote in Hong Kong” (1997) 42 McGill Law Journal 649-729
“International Human Rights Law and the Protection of Non-Citizens in Canada” (1996) 32 Immigration Law Reporter (2d) 7-30
“Policing and Prosecution of Money Laundering” in V Mitsilegas, S Hufnagel and A Moiseienko (eds), Research Handbook on Transnational Crime (Edward Elgar, 2019) 122-141.
“Disproportionality in Asset Recovery: Recent Cases in the UK and Hong Kong” in Colin King, Clive Walker & Jimmy Gurulé (eds), The Palgrave Handbook of Criminal and Terrorism Financing Law (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) 469-489.
“Enforcing Criminal Law Through Civil Processes: How Does Human Rights Law Treat ‘Civil for Criminal Processes’?” (2017) 4 Journal of International and Comparative Law 133-170.
“Prosecuting Bribery in Hong Kong’s Human Rights Environment” in J Horder & P Alldridge (eds), Modern Bribery Law: Comparative Perspectives (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013) 267-292
“Why Civil Actions Against Corruption?” (2009) 16 Journal of Financial Crime 144-159
“Civil Forfeiture for Hong Kong: Issues and Prospects” in SNM Young (ed), Civil Forfeiture of Criminal Property: Legal Measures for Targeting the Proceeds of Crime(Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2009) 278-320
“Hong Kong braces itself for its third FATF evaluation” (2008) 29 The Company Lawyer255-256
BOOK: The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong: Drug Trafficking (Recovery of Proceeds) Ordinance (Cap 405) 2007 reissue (Hong Kong: LexisNexis, 2007) 148 pp. (co-annotator with C Robertson who completed the 1996 first issue)
“Bribery, Corruption and Organized Crime” in Halsbury’s Laws of Hong Kong , vol 3 (2007 Reissue) (Hong Kong: LexisNexis, 2007) 213-429 (216 pp.) (co-contributor with I McWalters & MC Blanchflower).
BOOK: Proceeds of Crime Manual, 1st ed., (Ministry of the Attorney General for Ontario: Toronto, 2001) 145 pp.
BOOK: Hong Kong Basic Law Bibliography, 2nd edition (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Law Journal Limited, 2016) 330 pp. (co-edited with Po Jen Yap)
“Rethinking the process of political reform in Hong Kong” (2015) 45 Hong Kong Law Journal 381-388.
“Realising Universal Suffrage in Hong Kong after the Standing Committee’s Decision” (2014) 44 Hong Kong Law Journal 689-708
BOOK: Reforming Law Reform: Perspectives from Hong Kong and Beyond (Hong Kong: HKU Press, 2014) 282 pp. (co-edited with Michael Tilbury and Ludwig Ng)
BOOK: Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal: The Development of the Law in China’s Hong Kong (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014) 681 pp. (co-edited with Yash Ghai)
“Abolishing By-elections to Fill Vacancies in the Legislative Council” (2012) 41 Hong Kong Law Journal 601-9 (co-authored with Peter Chau)
BOOK: Electing Hong Kong’s Chief Executive (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2010) 254 pp. (co-author with Richard Cullen) (Chinese edition)
“Legislative History, Original Intent, and the Interpretation of the Basic Law” in HL Fu, L Harris & SNM Young (eds.), Interpreting Hong Kong’s Basic Law: The Struggle for Coherence (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) 15-32
“Privileged to vote: inequalities and anomalies of the FC system” in C Loh & Civic Exchange (eds), Functional Constituencies: A Unique Feature of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (Hong Kong; Hong Kong University Press, 2006) 59-109 (with Anthony Law)
“Elected by the elite: functional constituency legislators and elections” in C Loh & Civic Exchange (eds), Functional Constituencies: A Unique Feature of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (Hong Kong; Hong Kong University Press, 2006) 111-142
BOOK: Hong Kong Basic Law Bibliography (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Law Journal Ltd, 2006) 232 pp
“Can Functional Constituencies Co-exist with Universal Suffrage?” in J Chan & L Harris (eds), Hong Kong’s Constitutional Debates (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Law Journal Ltd, 2005) 53-58
“Teaching Evidence Law in Hong Kong after 1997” in Y Daly, J Gans and PJ Schwikkard (eds), Teaching Evidence Law: Contemporary Trends and Innovations (Routledge, 2020) ch 10 (11 pages).
“Liability for Imposing Sanctions under Hong Kong’s National Security Law” (2020) 50 Hong Kong Law Journal 353-363 (with Albert HY Chen).
“Old Law in New Bottles: Reintroducing National Security Legislation in Hong Kong” in C Chan and F De Londras (eds), China’s National Security: Endangering Hong Kong’s Rule of Law (Hart, 2020) 211-230.
“Why do Criminal Trials ‘Crack’? An Empirical Investigation of Late Guilty Pleas in Hong Kong” (2018) 13 Asian Journal of Comparative Law 1-25 (with Kevin Cheng, Eric Chui and Rebecca Ong).
“A Public Law Conception of Integrity in the Criminal Process” (35-51) in Jill Hunter, Paul Roberts, Simon NM Young & David Dixon (eds), The Integrity of Criminal Process(Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2016) 33-51
BOOK: The Integrity of Criminal Process: From Theory into Practice (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2016) 408 pp. (co-edited with Jill Hunter, Paul Roberts and David Dixon)
“Criminal Law” in SNM Young & Y Ghai (eds), Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014) ch 17 (447-469)
“Role of the Criminal Law in Maintaining Hong Kong as an International Financial Centre” in Jiaxiang Hu, Matthias Vanhullebusch & Andrew Harding (eds), Finance, Rule of Law and Development in Asia: Perspectives from Singapore, Hong Kong and Mainland China (Leiden: Brill, 2016) 457-478
Report on Reforming Suspended Sentences in Hong Kong (Hong Kong: Centre for Comparative and Public Law, University of Hong Kong, 2012) 55 pp. (with Sharron Fast)
“The Importance of Continuing Education for Prosecutors”, Yearly Review of the Prosecutions Division 2011, Department of Justice, HKSARG, 2012, pp 52-55.
“Chapter 11: The Hearsay Rule” in Archbold Hong Kong 2012 (Hong Kong: Sweet & Maxwell, 2011) 833-850
“Prosecutions Division of the Department of Justice” in M Gaylord, D Gittings & H Traver (eds), Introduction to Crime, Law and Justice in Hong Kong (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2009) 111-130
“The Hong Kong Multinational Judge in Criminal Appeals” (2008) 26 Law in Context 130-150
“Sentencing” in WH Chui & TW Lo (eds), Understanding Criminal Justice in Hong Kong(Cullompton, UK: Willan Publishing, 2008) 165-185
BOOK: The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong: Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200) 2008 reissue (Hong Kong: LexisNexis, 2008) 300 pp. (co-annotator with L Course)
BOOK: Hong Kong Evidence Casebook (Hong Kong: Sweet & Maxwell Asia, 2004) 930 pp.
“Cargate – An Alternative Legal Opinion” (2004) Hong Kong Lawyer (Feb issue) 37-41
“Justifying Sentencing Discounts for Foreigners” (2001) 31 Hong Kong Law Journal 369-379
“Kant’s Theory of Punishment in a Canadian Setting” (1997) 22 Queen’s Law Journal 347-88
The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong: Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Ordinance (Cap 525) (Hong Kong: LexisNexis, 2020).
“Book Review: Introduction to the International Criminal Court by William Schabas” (2003) 33 Hong Kong Law Journal 508-511