Mr Even Y. Chao

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Mr Even Y. Chao

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About

B.S., LL.B. (NTU), LL.M. (NCCU), M.S.S. (NYCU), M.A. (London).

Education

Ph.D. in Law, University of Cambridge, U.K., 2024 - ongoing.

M.A. in History of Political Thought and Intellectual History, Queen Mary University of London and University College London, U.K., 2022-23.

M.S.S. in Science, Technology and Society, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Taiwan, 2020-24.

LL.M. in Legal Theory and History, National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taiwan, 2020-22.

B.S. in Computer Science/ LL.B. in Law, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan, 2014-20.

Undergraduate Visiting Student, The London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K., 2018-19.

Scholarships and Research Grants

  • Taiwan Governmental Doctoral Scholarship for Overseas Study, Ministry of Education, Taiwan.
  • Trinity Overseas Bursary, Trinity College, University of Cambridge.
  • University Master’s Thesis Award, National Chengchi University, and Best LLM Thesis Award, National Chengchi University College of Law.
  • Si-Yuan Pan Alumni-donated Master Student Excellent-Performance Scholarship, National Chengchi University College of Law.
  • Zhang-Yi-Xiang Scholarship for Fundamental Legal Studies, National Chengchi University College of Law.
  • National Science and Technology Council Undergraduate Research Grant, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan.
  • Study Abroad Programme for Future Scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Ministry of Education, Taiwan.

Teaching Experience

  • Graduate teaching assistant, Jurisprudence, National Chengchi University College of Law.
  • Graduate teaching assistant, Jurisprudence, National Taiwan University College of Law.

Selected Employment:

  • Research Assistant for Dr. Shun-Ling Chen, Information Law Centre, Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Research Assistant for Prof. Jia-Shin Chem, Institute of Science, Technology and Society, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Extra-Curricular:

  • Co-Convener, Cambridge Legal Theory Discussion Group (CLTDG)
  • Co-Convener and Founder, Cambridge Comparative Constitutional Law Discussion Group (CCCLDG)

Research

History of Legal and Political Thought, Jurisprudence and Political Theory, Constitutional Law and Theory, Comparative Legal History, Comparative Constitutional Law, Information and Technology Law, Early History of International Law

Thesis: A Historical Genealogy of the Idea of a Bill of Rights in British Constitutional Thought

Supervisor(s): Supervisor: Prof. John Allison, Advisor: Prof. Lars Vinx.

Research centres: Cambridge Forum for Legal and Political Philosophy (CFLPP); Cambridge Legal Theory Discussion Group (CLTDG); Centre for English Legal History (CELH); Centre for Public Law (CPL); Criminal Jurisprudence and Philosophy Group (CrimJur)

Publications

Selected publications