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Professor Simon Young

Affiliation Ian Davies Professor in Ethics, Faculty of Law
Research Areas Human Rights; Criminal Law and Evidence; Transnational Criminal Law
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  1. Liability for Imposing Sanctions under Hong Kong’s National Security Law Hong Kong Law Journal 2020
  2. Old Law in New Bottles: Reintroducing National Security Legislation in Hong Kong China’s National Security: Endangering Hong Kong’s Rule of Law 2020
  3. Why do Criminal Trials ‘Crack’?  An Empirical Investigation of Late Guilty Pleas in Hong Kong Asian Journal of Comparative Law 2018
  4. Media Law and Policy in the Internet Age (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2017) (co-edited with Doreen Weisenhaus) Media Law and Policy in the Internet Age 2017
  5. Enforcing Criminal Law Through Civil Processes: How Does Human Rights Law Treat ‘Civil for Criminal Processes’? Journal of International and Comparative Law 2017
  6. Judicial Review of Elections in Hong Kong: Resolving a Contradiction Judicial Review of Elections in Asia 2016
  7. BOOK: Hong Kong Basic Law Bibliography, 2nd edition (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Law Journal Limited, 2016) 330 pp.… Read more Hong Kong Basic Law Bibliography, 2nd edition 2016
  8. A Public Law Conception of Integrity in the Criminal Process The Integrity of Criminal Process 2016
  9. BOOK: The Integrity of Criminal Process: From Theory into Practice (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2016) 408 pp.… Read more The Integrity of Criminal Process: From Theory into Practice 2016
  10. Right to a Fair Trial and the Criminal Process Law of the Hong Kong Constitution, 2nd edition 2015
  11. Rethinking the process of political reform in Hong Kong Hong Kong Law Journal 2015
  12. Human Rights Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal 2014
  13. Does it Matter if Restrictions on the Right to Social Welfare in Hong Kong are Prescribed by Law or Policy? Hong Kong Law Journal 2014
  14. Realising Universal Suffrage in Hong Kong after the Standing Committee’s Decision Hong Kong Law Journal 2014
  15. BOOK: Reforming Law Reform: Perspectives from Hong Kong and Beyond (Hong Kong: HKU Press, 2014) 282 pp.… Read more Reforming Law Reform: Perspectives from Hong Kong and Beyond 2014
  16. 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.… Read more Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal: The Development of the Law in China’s Hong Kong 2014
  17. Criminal Law Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal 2014
  18. Prosecuting Bribery in Hong Kong’s Human Rights Environment Modern Bribery Law: Comparative Perspectives 2013
  19. Human Rights in Hong Kong Criminal Trials Criminal Evidence and Human Rights 2012
  20. Security Laws for Hong Kong Global Anti-Terrorism Law and Policy, 2nd ed 2012
  21. Chapter 19: Human Rights Archbold Hong Kong 2012 2012
  22. Abolishing By-elections to Fill Vacancies in the Legislative Council Hong Kong Law Journal 2012
  23. Chapter 11: The Hearsay Rule Archbold Hong Kong 2012 2012
  24. Immunity in Hong Kong for Kleptocrats and Human Rights Violators Hong Kong Law Journal 2011
  25. The Importance of Continuing Education for Prosecutors Yearly Review of the Prosecutions Division 2011 2011
  26. BOOK: Electing Hong Kong’s Chief Executive (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2010) 254 pp.… Read more Electing Hong Kong’s Chief Executive (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2010) 254 pp. (co-author with Richard Cullen) 2010
  27. Fundamental Rights and the Basic Laws of the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions One Country, Two Systems, Three Legal Orders – Perspectives of Evolution 2009
  28. Why Civil Actions Against Corruption? Journal of Financial Crime 2009
  29. Prosecutions Division of the Department of Justice Introduction to Crime, Law and Justice in Hong Kong 2009
  30. BOOK: The Essential Statutes on Hong Kong Criminal Law and Procedure 2008/2009(Hong Kong: LexisNexis, 2008) 811 pp. The Essential Statutes on Hong Kong Criminal Law and Procedure 2008/2009 2008
  31. BOOK: The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong: Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200) 2008 reissue (Hong Kong: LexisNexis, 2008) 300 pp. (co-annotator with L Course) 2008
  32. A Decade of Self-Incrimination in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hong Kong Law Journal 2007
  33. 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) The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong: Drug Trafficking (Recovery of Proceeds) Ordinance (Cap 405) 2007 reissue 2007
  34. Bribery, Corruption and Organized Crime Halsbury’s Laws of Hong Kong , vol 3 (2007 Reissue) 2007
  35. Defending White Collar Crime in Hong Kong: A Case Study of the Lee Ming Tee Case Hong Kong Law Journal 2006
  36. Privileged to vote: inequalities and anomalies of the FC system Functional Constituencies: A Unique Feature of the Hong Kong Legislative Council 2006
  37. Elected by the elite: functional constituency legislators and elections Functional Constituencies: A Unique Feature of the Hong Kong Legislative Council 2006
  38. BOOK: Hong Kong Basic Law Bibliography (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Law Journal Ltd, 2006) 232 pp Hong Kong Basic Law Bibliography 2006
  39. Concerning the common saying [law depends on the evidence] and the reform of criminal hearsay and recent complaint in Hong… Read more Law Lectures for Practitioners 2006 2006
  40. The Executive Order on Covert Surveillance: Legality Undercover? Hong Kong Law Journal 2005
  41. BOOK: National Security and Fundamental Freedoms: Hong Kong’s Article 23 Under Scrutiny (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2005) (co-edited with Fu… Read more National Security and Fundamental Freedoms: Hong Kong’s Article 23 Under Scrutiny 2005
  42. Can Functional Constituencies Co-exist with Universal Suffrage? Hong Kong’s Constitutional Debates 2005
  43. A Hong Kong Perspective and Book Review of Declan McGrath, Evidence, Dublin: Thomson Round Hall, 2005, 728pp, hb euro… Read more 2005
  44. Restricting Basic Law Rights in Hong Kong 2004
  45. BOOK: Hong Kong Evidence Casebook (Hong Kong: Sweet & Maxwell Asia, 2004) 930 pp. Hong Kong Evidence Casebook (Hong Kong: Sweet & Maxwell Asia, 2004) 930 pp. 2004
  46.  “Cargate – An Alternative Legal Opinion Hong Kong Law Journal 2004
  47. ‘Knock, knock.  Who’s there?’  Warrantless searches for Article 23 offences Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, Occasional Paper No. 10 2003
  48. The Meaning of the Right to Vote in Hong Kong McGill Law Journal 1997
  49. Teaching Evidence Law in Hong Kong after 1997 Teaching Evidence Law: Contemporary Trends and Innovations 1997