翟小波

Associate Professor

助理院長 (研究)

Major Publications in English

1. Xiaobo Zhai, accepted, ‘Constitutional thoughts in Contemporary China’, in Albert Chen and Xingzhong Yu, eds., Research Handbook on Chinese Legal Thought, Edward Elgar, 2025.
2. Honglei Li and Xiaobo Zhai, accepted, “Contemporary Chinese Thoughts on Administrative law”, in Albert Chen and Xingzhong Yu, eds., Research Handbook on Chinese Legal Thought, Edward Elgar, 2025.
3. Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Bentham on Laws in principem, Judicial Review, and the Public Opinion Tribunal: A Critique of Hart’s and Postema’s Criticisms’, in Law and Philosophy, volume 44, 2025, pp425–450. Q1 in Philosophy, and Q2 in Law, according to Scopus; indexed by SSCI, Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, etc. Bentham on Laws in principem, Judicial Review, and the Public Opinion Tribunal: A Critique of Hart’s and Postema’s Criticisms
4. Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Bentham’s Laws in Principem and his Command Theory: a Critique of Hart’s Criticisms’, Utilitas, volume 37, issue 2 , 2025 , pp75 – 93. Q1 in Philosophy, and Q2 in Sociology and Political Science, according to Scopus; indexed by A&HCI, Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, etc. Bentham’s Laws in Principem and his Command Theory: a Critique of Hart’s Criticisms
5. Thomas Adams and Xiaobo Zhai, ‘A Conversation on the Rule of Law’, in Macau Journal of Global Legal Studies, volume 1, 2024, pp67-77. A Conversation on the Rule of Law
6. Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Jeremy Bentham, JS Mill, and the utilitarian constitution’, in Guillaume Tusseau, ed., Research Handbook on Law and Utilitarianism, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2024, pp97-119; indexed by Scopus, Google Scholar, etc. Jeremy Bentham, JS Mill, and the utilitarian constitution
7. 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, pp157-191; indexed by Google Scholar. The People’s ‘Greatest Misfortune’ and ‘All the Chance the People Have’: Bentham on the Separation of Powers
8. Philip Schofield and Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Introduction’, in Philip Schofield and Xiaobo Zhai, eds., Bentham on Democracy, Courts, and Codification, Cambridge University Press, 2022, pp1-18; indexed by Google Scholar. Introduction
9. Philip Schofield and Xiaobo Zhai, eds., Bentham on Democracy, Courts, and Codification, Cambridge University Press, 2022; indexed by Google Scholar. Bentham on Democracy, Courts, and Codification
10. 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, pp220-242. Indexed by Google Scholar. Personal Dignity under Chinese Constitutional Law
11. Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Macau’s Constitutional Founding’, in Kevin YL Tan and Michael Ng, eds., Constitutional Foundings in Northeast Asia, Hart Publishing, 2022, pp73-96; indexed by Scopus, Google Scholar, etc. Macau’s Constitutional Founding
12. 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, pp187-210. indexed by Scopus, Google Scholar, etc. The Return of High Policing in Hong Kong
13. Simon Palmer and Xiaobo Zhai, eds., Bentham Around the World, Talbot Publishing, 2021. indexed by Google Scholar. Bentham Around the World
14. 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, pp197-217. Indexed by Scopus/ Google Scholar. Law in the Shadow of the Political
15. Hualing Fu and Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Two Paradigms of Emergency Power: Hong Kong’s Liberal Order Meeting the Authoritarian State’, Hong Kong Law Journal, volume 50, issue 2, 2020, pp489–516. JCI Q2 (in 2020), according to Web of Science; indexed by SSCI, Web of Science, Google Scholar, etc. Two Paradigms of Emergency Power: Hong Kong’s Liberal Order Meeting the Authoritarian State
16. 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, pp45–62. Indexed by Google Scholar. The Idea of Sovereignty and the Constitutional Nature of the EU: A Benthamic Perspective
17. Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Debating Benthamism in Modern China’, Journal of Comparative Law, volume 14, issue 2, 2019, pp109–140. Indexed by Google Scholar. Debating Benthamism in Modern China
18. Simon Palmer and Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Introduction: Bentham in Comparative Perspective’, Journal of Comparative Law, volume 14, issue 2, 2019, pp1–7. Indexed by Google Scholar. Introduction: Bentham in Comparative Perspective
19. Fu Hualing and Xiaobo Zhai, ‘What makes the Chinese Constitution Socialist?’ International Journal of Constitutional Law (2018) 16 (2), pp. 655–What makes the Chinese Constitution Socialist 663; [Journal Information: JIF 1.8 (2024), 5-year JIF 1.8 (2024); Q1 in Law, according to Web of Science; Indexed by SSCI, Web of Science/ Google Scholar]. What makes the Chinese Constitution Socialist?
20. Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Bentham on the Interpretation of Laws’, The Journal of Legal History, (2017) 38 (3), pp. 282–307.[Journal Information: JIF 0.4 (2024), 5-year JIF 0.4 (2024); Q1 in History, according to Web of Science; Indexed by A&HCI, Scopus/ Web of Science/ Google Scholar]. Bentham on the Interpretation of Laws
21. Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Bentham’s Exposition of Common Law’, Law and Philosophy, (2017) 36 (5), pp. 525–560.[Journal Information: JIF 0.6 (2024), 5-year JIF 0.7 (2024); Q1 in Philosophy and Q2 in Law, according to Scopus; Indexed by SSCI, Scopus/ Web of Science/ Google Scholar] Bentham’s Exposition of Common Law
22. Xiaobo Zhai and Michael Quinn (eds), Bentham’s Theory of Law and Public Opinion, Cambridge University Press, 2014. Indexed by Scopus/ Web of Science/ Google Scholar. Bentham’s Theory of Law and Public Opinion
23. 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. Indexed by Scopus/ Web of Science/ Google Scholar. Bentham’s Natural Arrangement and the Collapse of Expositor-Censor Distinction in the General Theory of Law
24. 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. Indexed by Scopus/ Google Scholar. Bentham’s Command versus Hart’s Authoritative Reason
25. Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Bentham’s Natural Arrangement Versus Hart’s Morally Neutral Description’, Revue d’Etudes Benthamiennes, 2012 (10), pp. 1–19. Indexed by Google Scholar. Bentham’s Natural Arrangement Versus Hart’s Morally Neutral Description
26. Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Legal Positivism: Emotivistic or Naturalistic?’, Philosophy and Public Issues–Filosofia e questioni pubbliche, 2011 (1), pp. 31–39. [Journal Information: JIF 0.2 (2022), 5-year JIF 0.1 (2022) ; Q3 in Philosophy, according to Web of Science; Indexed by ESCI, Web of Science/ Google Scholar]. Legal Positivism: Emotivistic or Naturalistic?

Major Publications in Chinese

1. 与Alec Stone Sweet，《关于宪法哲学与比较宪法》（On the Philosophy of Constitutional Law and Comparative Constitutional Law）, 已接受accepted, Macau Law Review(《澳门法学》), 2025年第4期。
2. 翟小波，《边沁的宪法哲学》，载张庆熊、孙向晨主编：《现代外国哲学》，上海三联书店，2024年第25辑，第103-119页。（‘Bentham’s Philosophy of Constitutional Law’, in Modern Foreign Philosophy, Zhang Qingxiong and Sun Xiangchen (eds), Vol 25, Shanghai Sanlian, pp. 103-19.） (中国现代外国哲学学会学刊，中国知网2024年度高影响力学术辑刊)。《边沁的宪法哲学》
3. 李青 翟小波主编, 菲利普·斯科菲尔德著，《边沁的法律、政治及哲学思想》，中国出版集团和东方出版中心，2023年10月(Philip Schofield, Li Qing, Xiaobo Zhai, Bentham’s Legal and Political Philosophy, China Publishing Group Co., Ltd, 2023)。《边沁的法律、政治及哲学思想》
4. 翟小波，《道歉的概念：一些初步的思考》，载《交大法学》 2023年第 4期，第6-16页。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘The Concept of Apology: a Preliminary Analysis’, in SJTU Law Review, 2023 (4), pp. 6–16. CSSCI扩展版（法学）。《道歉的概念：一些初步的思考》
5. 翟小波，《中立的，还是全面的：一个关于宪法性质的理论》，载《苏州大学学报（法学版）》2022年第4期，第13-26页。（Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Neutral or Total? A Theory of the Nature of Constitutional Law’, in Journal of Soochow University (Law), (2022) 4. ）CSSCI扩展版（法学）。《中立的，还是全面的：一个关于宪法性质的理论》
6. 翟小波，《信息作为惩罚：为被遗忘权辩护》，载《环球法律评论》2022年第2期，第 5–17页。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Information as Punishment: a Defence of the Right to be Forgotten’, in Global Law Review (2022) 2, pp. 5-17.) CSSCI（法学）， CLSCI。《信息作为惩罚：为被遗忘权辩护》
7. 翟小波，《霍姆斯的宪法观点》(Constitutional Opinions of OW Holmes)，载苏基朗、于兴中、苏寿富美主编《霍姆斯与百年中西法学》(OW Holmes and a Century of Chinese and Western Jurisprudence)，第115-142页，香港中文大学出版社，2022。《霍姆斯的宪法观点》
8. 翟小波，《功利原则简释》，载《河南大学学报》（社会科学版）2021年第2期，第 14–25页。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘The Principle of Utility’, Journal of Henan University (Social Sciences) (2021) 2, pp. 14–25.) CSSCI （高校学报）。《功利原则简释》
9. 翟小波，《痛苦最小化与自动车》，载《华东政法大学学报》2020年第6期，第36–48页。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Minimization of Pain and Autonomous Vehicles’, ECUPL Journal (2020) 6, pp. 36–48.) CSSCI (法学)， CLSCI。《痛苦最小化与自动车》
10. 翟小波，《无用之大用：法哲学的性质与用途》，载《中国法律评论》2018年第3期，第 116–125页。 (Xiaobo Zhai, ‘The Useless Use: the Nature and Use of Legal Philosophy’, China Law Review (2018) 2, pp. 116–125.) CSSCI （法学），CLSCI。《无用之大用：法哲学的性质与用途》
11. 翟小波，《一个很特殊的例外：对基本法确立的中央与特别行政区关系的一种刻画》(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘A Very Special Exception: a Characterization of the Central–Hong Kong Relation’) ，载杨允中编：《完善基本法实施机制》，澳门理工学院一国两制研究中心出版社 2016年版。《一个很特殊的例外： 对基本法确立的中央与特别行政区关系的一种刻画》
12. 翟小波，《边沁的法哲学》，载高鸿钧、赵晓力（编）《新编西方法律思想史》，北京：清华大学出版社2015年版，第481–511页。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Bentham’s Legal Philosophy’, in Gao Hongjun, and Zhao Xiaoli (eds), A New History of Western Legal Thought, Tsinghua University Press, 2015, pp. 481–511.) 《边沁的法哲学》
13. 翟小波，《一样的宪法，不一样的政治——论〈宪法作为国家的根本法与高级法〉之分析》，载《北京航空航天大学学报（社会科学版）》2014年第3版，第 53–59页。 (Xiaobo Zhai, ‘The Same Constitution, the Different Politics’, Journal of Beihang University (Social Sciences Edition) 2014（3）, pp. 53–59.) CSSCI扩展版（高校学报）。《一样的宪法，不一样的政治——论〈宪法作为国家的根本法与高级法〉之分析》
14. 翟小波，《公议与人民主权——公议民主的结构与价值》，载《行政法论丛》2010年，第293–323页。 (Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Public Deliberation and Popular Sovereignty: the Structure and Values of Deliberative Democracy’, Administrative Law Review 2010, pp. 293–323.) CSSCI集刊。《公议与人民主权——公议民主的结构与价值》
15. 翟小波，《人民主权的规范逻辑与实践技艺——以鲁索的<社会契约论>为根据》，载《北大法律评论》2010年第1期，第 146–175页。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘The Principle and Practice of Popular Sovereignty: Rousseau’s Contract Social Revisited’, Peking University Law Review 2011 (1), pp. 146–175.) CSSCI集刊。《人民主权的规范逻辑与实践技艺——以鲁索的<社会契约论>为根据》
16. 翟小波，《自由民主主义之反思》，载《中外法学》2009年第1期，第112–35页。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Examining Liberal Democracy’, Peking University Law Journal 2009 (1), pp. 112–35.) CSSCI （法学），CLSCI。《自由民主主义之反思》
17. 翟小波，《行政程序的意蕴与实践——写在<湖南省行政程序规定>施行之前》(The Meanings and Practice of Administrative Procedures—On the Eve of the Implementation of the Hunan Provincial Administrative Procedure Regulations)，载《中国法律》(China Law), 2008年第3期。《行政程序的意蕴与实践——写在<湖南省行政程序规定>施行之前》
18. 翟小波，《把平等贯彻到底》(Implement Equality to the Fullest)，载《中国法律》(China Law) 2010年第1期。《把平等贯彻到底》
19. 翟小波，《宪法学的集体心智》(The Collective Wisdom of Constitutional Scholarship)，载《中国法律》(China Law) 2010年第5期。《宪法学的集体心智》
20. 翟小波，《关于中国法治的两个问题》，载《太平洋学报》2007 年第12期，第 24–27页。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Two Difficulties of the Rule of Law in China’, Pacific Journal 2007 (12), pp. 24–27.) CSSCI (政治学)。《关于中国法治的两个问题》
21. 翟小波，《代议机关至上的人民宪政——我国宪法实施模式的解释性建构》，载《清华法学》2007第2期，第35–53页。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Popular Constitutionalism with Congressional Supremacy’, Tsinghua University Law Journal 2007 (2), pp. 35–53.) CSSCI （法学），CLSCI。《代议机关至上的人民宪政——我国宪法实施模式的解释性建构》
22. 翟小波，《“软法”及其概念之证成——以公共治理为背景》，载《法律科学（西北政法大学学报）》2007年第2期，第3–10页。（Xiaobo Zhai, ‘The Concept of Soft Law and Public Governance’, Science of Law (Journal of Northwest University of Political Science and Law), 2007 (2), pp. 3–10.）CSSCI（法学），CLSCI。《“软法”及其概念之证成——以公共治理为背景》
23. 翟小波，《为了达成正当决策——民主脉络内的协商民主论》，载罗豪才编：《软法与协商民主》，北京大学出版社2007年版，第 247–272页。(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. 247–272.) 《为了达成正当决策——民主脉络内的协商民主论》
24. 翟小波，《诉讼期间行政执行双轨制的坚持和完善》，载《行政法学研究》 2007年第2期，第108–13页。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘The Dualism of the Enforcement of Administrative Decisions’, Administrative Law Review 2007 (2), pp. 108–13) CSSCI （法学），CLSCI。《诉讼期间行政执行双轨制的坚持和完善》
25. 翟小波，《软法概念与公共治理》(The Concept of Soft Law and Public Governance)，载罗豪才等着：《软法与公共治理》(Soft Law and Public Governance)，2006年北京大学出版社，第122-167页。《软法概念与公共治理》
26. 翟小波，《走向宪政的决断：解读二零零四年的宪法修改》，载《月旦民商法杂志》2006 年第12期，第26–45页。（Xiaobo Zhai, ‘A Decision for Constitutionalism: a Reading of the Constitutional Amendments of 2004’， Cross-Strait Law Review， 2006 (12), pp. 26–45.）《走向宪政的决断：解读二零零四年的宪法修改》
27. 翟小波，《代议机关至上，还是司法化？》，载《中外法学》2006年第4期，第426–47页。（Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Congressional Supremacy or Constitutional Judicialization?’ Peking University Law Journal 2006 (4), pp. 426–47.）CSSCI （法学），CLSCI。《代议机关至上，还是司法化？》
28. 翟小波，《制度在历史的积累中成长——行政复议制度：中国与广州》(Institutions Grow Historically: on Administrative Reconsideration in China and Guangzhou)，载《博览群书》（Chinese Book Review Monthly），2006年第4期，第4-11页。《制度在历史的积累中成长——行政复议制度：中国与广州》
29. 翟小波，《宪法是关于主权的真实规则》，载《法学研究》2004年第6期，第23–35页。（Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Constitution as Real Rules Constituting and Limiting Sovereignty’, Chinese Journal of Law 2004 (6), pp. 23–35.） CSSCI （法学），CLSCI。《宪法是关于主权的真实规则》
30. 翟小波，《对Hohfeld的权利及其类似概念的初步理解》，载《北大法律评论》2004年第1期，第 364–82页。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Hohfeld’s Concept of Rights’, Peking University Law Review, 2004 (1), pp. 364–82.) CSSCI (集刊) 。《对Hohfeld的权利及其类似概念的初步理解》
31. 翟小波，《法院体制自主性建构之反思》，载《中外法学》2001年第3期，第301–17页。(Xiaobo Zhai, ‘Marching Towards Judicial Independence?’, Peking University Law Journal, 2001 (3), pp. 301–17.）CSSCI (法学)，CLSCI。《法院体制自主性建构之反思》

Monographs

1. 专著 (monograph): 翟小波，《论我国宪法的实施制度》，中国法制出版社2009年版。（Xiaobo Zhai, The Chinese Model of Constitutional Implementation, China Legal Publishing House, 2009.）《论我国宪法的实施制度》
2. 专著 (monograph)：翟小波，《人民的宪法》，法律出版社2009年版。（Xiaobo Zhai, The People’s Constitution, China Law Press, 2009.）《人民的宪法》

Translated Works

1. (As co-translator) A. Tomkins, Our Republican Constitution, Beijing, 2016. Our Republican Constitution
2. Pocock, The Ancient Constitution and the Feudal Law, Nanjing, 2013. The Ancient Constitution and the Feudal Law
3. P. Schofield, Utility and Democracy: The Political Thought of Jeremy Bentham, Beijing, 2010. Utility and Democracy: The Political Thought of Jeremy Bentham
4. K. Wheare, Modern Constitutions, Beijing, 2006. Modern Constitutions
5. C. McIlwain, Constitutionalism Ancient and Modern, Guizhou, 2004. Constitutionalism Ancient and Modern
6. H. Hart, ‘Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals’, in Global Law Review (2001). Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals
7. (As co-translator) Y. Ghai, Hong Kong’s New Constitutional Order (printed for internal circulation only, 2007).
8. (As co-translator）P. Calamandrei, Procedure and Democracy, Beijing, 2005. Procedure and Democracy
9. (As co-translator) R. Epstein, Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain, Beijing, 2011. Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain
10. (As co-translator) A. Bradley and K. Ewing, Constitutional and Administrative Law, Beijing, 2008. Constitutional and Administrative Law
11. Charles Reich, “The New Property”， in Private Law, issue 2, 2006, pp. 204-255. The New Property

Newspaper Articles

1. 《学术自由与国安法》，载《大公报》2021年6月4日。《学术自由与国安法》
2. 《“爱港者治港”与“忠诚反对派”》，载《大公报》2021年4月9日。《“爱港者治港”与“忠诚反对派”》
3. 《<防止残酷虐待对待动物条例>的法理思考》，载《大公报》2021年10月15日。《<防止残酷虐待对待动物条例>的法理思考》
4. 《爱国者治港与外籍法官》，载《大公报》2021年5月7日。《爱国者治港与外籍法官》
5. 《香港减少碳排放的新路径》(与崔岩合著)，载《大公报》2021年12月31日。《香港减少碳排放的新路径》
6. 《接种疫苗的义务》，载《大公报》2021年8月6日。《接种疫苗的义务》
7. 《大湾区养老服务合作的澳门经验》（与陈旭辉合著），载《大公报》2021年11月19日。《大湾区养老服务合作的澳门经验》
8. 《国安警务的回归》（与傅华伶合著），载《大公报》2021年6月25日。《国安警务的回归》
9. 《国家安全与宪法》，载《澳门日报》，2022年4月23日。
10. 《香港国安法的制定属于代履行》（与曾彬彬合著），载《澳门日报》2020年11月25日。