Peter Chau
Assistant Professor
Law
Hong Kong University
Hong Kong
Biography
Peter Chau, Assistant Professor, joined the Faculty in August 2011. Having graduated from The University of Hong Kong with a double degree in government and laws, he went to Oxford for postgraduate studies where he obtained his MPhil (supervised by Daniel McDermott and John Tasioulas) and DPhil (supervised by John Gardner and Daniel McDermott). Peter’s research focuses on criminal law and sentencing, but he is interested in theoretical issues arising in many other branches of law as well. He teaches Criminal Law, Equity and Trusts, and Legal Theory.
Research Interest
criminal law and sentencing Criminal Law, Equity and Trusts, and Legal Theory
Publications
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Duff on the Legitimacy of the Punishment of Socially Deprived Offenders†(2012) 6(2) Criminal Law and Philosophy 247-254
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“Bennett‘s Expressive Justification of Punishment†(Forthcoming) Criminal Law and Philosophy
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Loss-Based Retributive Justifications of Punishment†(Forthcoming) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
