Rate My Professor Han-Wei Liu

Dr. Han-Wei Liu is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Business Law and Taxation at Monash University’s Faculty of Business and Economics, where he previously served as Senior Lecturer until June 2023. He joined Monash as a Lecturer in January 2018 after holding the position of Assistant Professor of Law at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. Prior to academia, Liu practiced law with international firms Baker McKenzie and Russin & Vecchi for several years. His distinguished academic background includes a Ph.D. (summa cum laude) from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, awarded a full scholarship by the Kathryn Davis Foundation; an LL.M. (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar) from Columbia University; an M.Jur. (Chevening Scholar) from the University of Oxford on Taiwan Government and British Chevening Scholarships; and LL.M. and LL.B. degrees from National Chengchi University. Liu has also held visiting positions at Harvard Law School (2013-2014) and Columbia Law School (2014-2015).

Liu’s research specializations encompass international economic law, law and technology, financial regulation, international trade law, international investment law, data protection, global governance, and China/Taiwan relations. His scholarship has been published in leading journals including Harvard International Law Journal, Cornell International Law Journal, Journal of International Economic Law, Columbia Journal of Asian Law, and International Journal of Law and Information Technology. Key publications include “Artificial intelligence and global trade governance: a pluralist agenda” (with Ching-Fu Lin, Harvard International Law Journal, 2020); “The diffusion of the sandbox approach to disruptive innovation and its limitations” (with Chang-Hsien Tsai and Ching-Fu Lin, Cornell International Law Journal, 2020); “Data localization and digital trade barriers: ASEAN in mega-regionalism” (Cambridge University Press, 2019); “Rule of trust: the power and perils of China’s social credit megaproject” (with Yu-Jie Chen and Ching-Fu Lin, Columbia Journal of Asian Law, 2018); and “Beyond State v Loomis: artificial intelligence, government algorithmization and accountability” (with Ching-Fu Lin and Yu-Jie Chen, International Journal of Law and Information Technology, 2019). He co-authored the textbook Australian Banking and Finance Law and Regulation (Cambridge University Press). Liu’s work has influenced institutions such as the Australian Productivity Commission, World Bank, UN ESCAP, and Singaporean Personal Data Protection Commission, and has been referenced in US Congressional testimony. Among his honors are the Banking & Financial Services Law Association Research Essay Prize 2020 (shared), 1st Place in the Lee and Li Moot Court Competition (2003), Best Paper Award from LCS & Partners Essay Competition (2004), and Jack J.T. Huang Fellowship. He serves on the editorial boards of Manchester Journal of International Economic Law and Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs, and as Associate Editor of Journal of World Trade since 2023. In 2022, Liu was elected Vice Chair of the American Society of International Law’s International Law & Technology Interest Group. He has delivered invited public lectures, including at the Asian Development Bank Virtual Workshop on Digital Services Trade (2021), and contributed to policy submissions for the Australian Law Reform Commission.