xbzhai@um.edu.mo
Tel
8822 4145
Office
E32 – 2025
Address
Faculty of Law (FLL),
University of Macau, E32,
Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China.
Consultation Hours
Tuesday 16h00~17h00
Wednesday 16h00~17h00
Xiaobo ZHAI, Stephen
Associate Professor
Assistant Dean (Research)
Academic Qualifications
- PhDs Law, UCL and CASS
- Master Law, PKU
- Bachelor Law, ZZU
Teaching Areas
- Jurisprudence
- Constitutional and Administrative Law
- Chinese Law
Research Interests
- Jurisprudence
- Constitutional Law
- Chinese Law
- Theory of Punishment
- Bentham Studies
Publications
Major Refereed Publications in English主要英文成果
- Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Jeremy Bentham, JS Mill, and the utilitarian constitution’, in Guillaume Tusseau (ed), Research Handbook on Law and Utilitarianism, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Oct 2024, pp. 97– https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/research-handbook-on-law-and-utilitarianism-9781789901719.html?srsltid=AfmBOooFds6M5K4Tz3b5iCy3AMt6oTTm1FsQ7Rxqvuy7o7jx5kzoqYdc
- Xiaobo Zhai, ‘The People’s “Greatest Misfortune” and “All the Chance the People Have”: Bentham on the Separation of Powers’, in Philip Schofield and Xiaobo Zhai (eds), Bentham on Democracy, Courts, and Codification, Cambridge University Press, 2022, pp. 157–
- Philip Schofield and Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Introduction’, in Schofield and Zhai (eds), Bentham on Democracy, Courts, and Codification, pp. 1–18
- Philip Schofield and Xiaobo Zhai (eds), Bentham on Democracy, Courts, and Codification. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/bentham-on-democracy-courts-and-codification/65FEB80BDA8A2D54642F7D6EDD8F540D
- Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Personal Dignity under Chinese Constitutional Law’,in Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu (ed), Human Dignity in Asia: Dialogue between Law and Culture, Cambridge University Press, 2022. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/human-dignity-in-asia/8F889431E84CC94605C0FACBDC3360C1
- Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Macau’s Constitutional Founding’, in Kevin YL Tan and Michael Ng (eds), Constitutional Foundings in Northeast Asia, Hart Publishing, 2022. https://www.bloomsbuedscom/uk/constitutional-foundings-in-northeast-asia-9781509940189/
- Hualing Fu and Xiaobo Zhai, ‘The Return of High Policing in Hong Kong’, in Hualing Fu and Michael Hor (eds), The National Security Law of Hong Kong: Restoration and Transformation, Hong Kong University Press, 2022. https://hkupress.hku.hk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1593
- Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Law in the Shadow of the Political’, in Brian Christopher Jones (ed), Democracy and Rule of Law in China’s Shadow, Hart Publishing, 2021. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/democracy-and-rule-of-law-in-chinas-shadow-9781509933969/
- Simon Palmer and Xiaobo Zhai (eds), Bentham Around the World, Talbot Publishing, 2021. https://www.lawbookexchange.com/pages/books/72429/simon-palmer-zhai-xiaobo/bentham-around-the-world
- Hualing Fu and Xiaobo Zhai,‘Two Paradigms of Emergency Power: Hong Kong’s Liberal Order Meeting the Authoritarian State’, Hong Kong Law Journal (2020) 50 (2), 489–516. https://web.law.hku.hk/hklj/2020-Vol-50.php
- Sten Verhoeven and Xiaobo Zhai, ‘The Idea of Sovereignty and the Constitutional Nature of the EU: A Benthamic Perspective’, Universidade De Macau BOLETIM Da Faculdade de Direito, n. 46, 2019, 45–
- Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Debating Benthamism in Modern China’, Journal of Comparative Law(2019) 14 (2), pp. 109–
- Fu Hualing and Xiaobo Zhai, ‘What makes the Chinese Constitution Socialist?’ International Journal of Constitutional Law(2018) 16(2), pp. 655–
- Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Bentham on the Interpretation of Laws’, The Journal of Legal History, (2017) 38 (3), pp. 282–
- Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Bentham’s Exposition of Common Law’, Law and Philosophy, (2017) 36 (5), pp. 525–
- Xiaobo Zhai and Michael Quinn (eds), Bentham’s Theory of Law and Public Opinion, Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Bentham’s Natural Arrangement and the Collapse of Expositor-Censor Distinction in the General Theory of Law’ in Xiaobo Zhai, and Michael Quinn (eds), Bentham’s Theory of Law and Public Opinion, 2014, pp. 143–183, Cambridge University Press.
- Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Bentham’s Command versus Hart’s Authoritative Reason’ in Guillaume Tusseau (ed), The legal Philosophy and Influence of Jeremy Bentham, 2014, pp. 170–195, Routledge Press.
- Xiaobo Zhai,‘Bentham’s Natural Arrangement Versus Hart’s Morally Neutral Description’, Revue d’Etudes Benthamiennes, 2012 (10), pp. 1–
- Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Legal Positivism: Emotivistic or Naturalistic?’,Philosophy and Public Issues–Filosofia e questioni pubbliche, 2011 (1), pp. 31–
主要中文成果Major Refereed Publications in Chinese
- 《邊沁的憲法哲學》,載張慶熊、孫向晨主編:《現代外國哲學》,上海三聯出版社2004年第25輯,第120–38頁. (‘Bentham’s Philosophy of Constitutional Law’, in Modern Foreign Philosophy, Zhang Qingxiong and Sun Xiangchen (eds), Vol 25, Shanghai Sanlian, pp. 120–)
- 菲利普斯科菲爾德著,李青翟小波 編:《邊沁的法律、政治及哲學思想》,中國出版集團和東方出版中心,2023年10月。(Philip Schofield, Li Qing, Xiaobo Zhai, Bentham’s Legal and Political Philosophy, China Publishing Group Co., Ltd, 2023)
- 《道歉的概念:一些初步的思考》,載《交大法學》 2023年第4期,第6–16頁。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘The Concept of Apology: a Preliminary Analysis’, in SJTU Law Review, 2023 (4), pp. 6–
- 《中立的,還是全面的:一個關於憲法性質的理論》,載《蘇州大學學報(法學版)》2022年第4期。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Neutral or Total? A Theory of the Nature of Constitutional Law’, in Journal of Soochow University (Law Edition), (2022) 4.)
- 《信息作為懲罰:未被遺忘權辯護》,載《環球法律評論》2022年第2期,第 5–17頁。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Information as Punishment: a Defence of the Right to be Forgotten’, in Global Law Review(2022) 2, pp. 5-17.)
- 《功利原則簡釋》,載《河南大學學報》(社會科學版)2021年第2期,第 14–25頁。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘The Principle of Utility’, Journal of Henan University (Social Sciences) (2021) 2, pp. 14–)
- 《痛苦最小化與自動車》,載《華東政法大學學報》2020年第6期,第36–48頁。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Minimization of Pain and Autonomous Vehicles’, ECUPL Journal (2020) 6, pp. 36–)
- 《無用之大用:法哲學的性質與用途》,載《中國法律評論》2018年第2期,第 116–25頁。(XiaoboZhai, ‘The Useless Use: the Nature and Use of Legal Philosophy’, China Law Review (2018) 2, pp. 116–)
- 《一個很特殊的例外:對基本法確立的中央與特別行政區關係的一種刻畫》(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘A Very Special Exception: a Characterization of the Central–Hong Kong Relation’) ,载楊允中編:《完善基本法實施機制》,澳門理工學院一國兩制研究中心出版社 2016年版。
- 《邊沁的法哲學》,載高鴻鈞、趙曉力(編)《新編西方法律思想史》,北京:清華大學出版社2015年版,第481–511頁。(XiaoboZhai, ‘Bentham’s Legal Philosophy’, in Gao Hongjun, and Zhao Xiaoli (eds), A New History of Western Legal Thought, Tsinghua University Press, 2015, pp. 481–)
- 《一樣的憲法,不一樣的政治——論〈憲法作為國家的根本法與高級法〉之分析》,載《北京航空航太大學學報(社會科學版)》2014年第3版,第53–59頁。 (Xiaobo Zhai, ‘The Same Constitution, the Different Politics’, Journal of Beihang University (Social Sciences Edition) 2014(3), pp. 53–)
- 《公議與人民主權——公議民主的結構與價值》,載《行政法論叢》2010年,第293–323頁。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Public Deliberation and Popular Sovereignty: the Structure and Values of Deliberative Democracy’, Administrative Law Review 2010, pp. 293–)
- 《人民主權的規範邏輯與實踐技藝——以盧梭的《社會契約論》為根據》,載《北大法律評論》2011年第1期,第146–75頁。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘The Principle and Practice of Popular Sovereignty: Rousseau’s Contract Social Revisited’, Peking University Law Review 2011 (1), pp. 146–)
- 《自由民主主義之反思》,載《中外法學》2009 年第1期,第 112–35頁。(Xiaobo Zhai,‘Examining Liberal Democracy’, Peking University Law Journal 2009 (1), pp. 112–)
- 《關於中國法治的兩個問題》,載《太平洋學報》2007 年第12期,第24–27頁。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Two Difficulties of the Rule of Law in China’, Pacific Journal 2007 (12), 24–27.)
- 《代議機關至上的人民憲政——我國憲法實施模式的解釋性建構》,載《清華法學》2007第2期,第35–53頁。(Xiaobo Zhai,‘Popular Constitutionalism with Congressional Supremacy’, Tsinghua University Law Journal 2007 (2), pp. 35–53.)
- 《“軟法”及其概念之證成——以公共治理為背景》,載《法律科學(西北政法大學學報)》2007年第2期,第3–10頁。(XiaoboZhai, ‘The Concept of Soft Law and Public Governance’, Science of Law (Journal of Northwest University of Political Science and Law), 2007 (2), pp. 3–)
- 《為了達成正當決策——民主脈絡內的協商民主論》,載羅豪才編:《軟法與協商民主》,北京大學出版社2007年版,第247–72頁。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Deliberative Democracy in the History of the Theories of Democracy’ in Luo Haocai (ed) Soft Law and Deliberative Democracy, Peking University Press, 2007, pp. 247–)
- 《訴訟期間行政執行雙軌制的堅持和完善》, 載《行政法學研究》2007年第2期,第 108–13頁。( Xiaobo Zhai, ‘The Dualism of the Enforcement of Administrative Decisions’, Administrative Law Review 2007 (2), pp. 108–13)
- 《走向憲政的決斷:解讀二零零四年的憲法修改》,載《月旦民商法雜誌》2006 年第12期,第26–45頁。(XiaoboZhai, ‘A Decision for Constitutionalism: a Reading of the Constitutional Amendments of 2004’ Cross-Strait Law Review, 2006 (12), pp. 26–)
- 《代議機關至上,還是司法化?》,載《中外法學》2006年第4期,第 426–47頁。(XiaoboZhai, ‘Congressional Supremacy or Constitutional Judicialization?’ Peking University Law Journal 2006 (4), pp. 426–)
- 《憲法是關於主權的真實規則》,載《法學研究》2004年第6期,第23–35頁。(XiaoboZhai, ‘Constitution as Real Rules Constituting and Limiting Sovereignty’, Chinese Journal of Law 2004 (6), pp. 23–)
- 《對Hohfeld的權利及其類似概念的初步理解》,載《北大法律評論》2004年第1期,第 364–82頁。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Hohfeld’s Concept of Rights’, Peking University Law Review, 2004 (1), pp. 364–82.)
- 《法院體制自主性建構之反思》,載《中外法學》2001年第3期,第301–17頁。(XiaoboZhai, ‘Marching Towards Judicial Independence? ’, Peking University Law Journal, 2001 (3), pp. 301–)
- 專著 (monograph):《論我國憲法的實施制度》,中國法制出版社2009年版。(XiaoboZhai, The Chinese Model of Constitutional Implementation, China Legal Publishing House, )
- 專著 (monograph)《人民的憲法》,法律出版社2009年版。(XiaoboZhai, The People’s Constitution, China Law Press, )
主要翻譯成果Translated Works
- (As co-translator) A. Tomkins, Our Republican Constitution, Beijing, 2016.
- J. Pocock, The Ancient Constitution and the Feudal Law, Nanjing, 2013.
- P. Schofield, Utility and Democracy: The Political Thought of Jeremy Bentham, Beijing, 2010.
- K. Wheare, Modern Constitutions, Beijing, 2006.
- C. McIlwain, Constitutionalism Ancient and Modern, Guizhou, 2004.
- H. Hart, ‘Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals’, in Global Law Review (2001).
- (As co-translator) Y. Ghai, Hong Kong’s New Constitutional Order (printed for internal circulation only, 2007).
- (As co-translator)P. Calamandrei, Procedure and Democracy, Beijing, 2005.
- (As co-translator) R. Epstein, Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain, Beijing, 2011.
- (As co-translator) A. Bradley and K. Ewing, Constitutional and Administrative Law, Beijing, 2008.