PUBLICATIONS
Dissertation
2017 On A Right to Resistant Disobedience in a Transitional Society. S.J.D. Dissertation, Georgetown University Law Center. (Supervisor: Prof. Lawrence B. Solum)
2007 On Carl Schmitt’s Concept of the Political. LL.M. Dissertation, National Taiwan University. (Supervisor: Prof. Yen Chueh-an.)
Book Chapters
2022 “Returning to the Past, Predicting the Future? — The Inspiration of Interventionist Forecasting for Legal AI Systems,” in Chien-Liang Lee (ed.), Interdisciplinary AI Exploration in Humanities and Social Sciences, pp. 53-74. Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press.
2020 “Preliminary Exploration of the Possible Applications of Teleological Interpretation in Legal AI Systems,” in Chien-Liang Lee (ed.), Intelligent Transformation of Legal Thinking and Systems, pp. 225-299. Taipei: Angle Publishing.
2020 “Rule of Law or Rule by Algorithms?,” in Li-Ching Chang (ed.), Artificial Intelligence and Legal Impacts, pp. 261-268. Taipei: Angle Publishing.
Journal Article
2022 "Rule by Algorithms? A Preliminary Study on the Tension Between the Rule of Law and AI "，EurAmerica, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 175-245.
2021 "On Original Public Meaning Originalism: A Critique of Its Neutralization and the Source of Semantic Normativity"，Academia Sinica Law Journal, Vol. 29, pp. 135-224.
2020 "No Vehicles in the Park? On AI’s Teleological Interpretation in Law "，EurAmerica, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 293-347.
2019 “John Rawls on Civil Disobedience- The Embryo and Mature Development”, National Taiwan University Law Review, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 1-49.
2017 "Justified Disobedience or a Right to Disobey?" A Journal for Philosophical Study of Public Affairs, Vol. 62，pp. 127-187。
2016 “The Rawlsian Civil Disobedience and The Principle of Nonviolence”, Asian Legal Philosophy: 3 (1), pp. 5-31.
2009 "On the Distinction Between Friend and Enemy in the Political-The Investigation on Carl Schmitt's Idea"，Shih Hsin Law Review，Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 75-125。
Conference Papers
2023 “On Lon Fuller’s Internal Morality of Law - Its Dynamic Features and Moral Implications,” Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, "Professor Han-Pao Ma Memorial Symposium," October 6, 2023.
2023 “Ruled by AI? A Critical Examination from Lon Fuller’s Internal Morality of Law,” The 2nd IVR Japan International Conference (IVRJ 2023) "East Meets West: Justice, Law, and Politics”, Chiba University, Chiba Japan, 16-18 September, 2023.
2022 “Legal Planning Theory and Legal Interpretation: Shapiro’s Preliminary Reviews of Dworkin’s Theoretical Disagreements,” Institute of European and American Studies 50th Anniversary Celebration Seminar Series (4): 2022 “New Developments in Legal Philosophy,” Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, December 2, 2022.
2022 “Legislative Intent and Legal Interpretation: Preliminary Reflections on Teleological Interpretation 'from within',” College of Law, National Taipei University Celebration for the 70th Anniversary: “Theory and Practice of Legal Methodology,” National Taipei University, October 28, 2022.
2022 “How Can Law Coexist with AI?— Advocacy for Normative Principles Based on the Rule of Law,” “The Social Impact of AI Applications in the Ocean and Legal Promotion” Symposium, Google Meet Online Conference, May 27, 2022.
2021 “Fine-Tuning Your Life with Law? — The Inspiration of Interventionist Conceptualism for Legal Argumentation,” 2021 Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy Conference, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, December 3, 2021.
2021 “Goal-Oriented, Outcome Filtering: Revisiting Teleological Arguments on Legal AI Systems,” Roundtable Forum: “How Is AI Law Possible?”, Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, July 27, 2021
2021 “The Rawlsian Conception of the Obligation to Obey the Law and the Duty of Justice,” Jurisprudence and Justice: The 2021 Annual Conference of IVR Taiwan Section, Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, April 24, 2021.
2020 “Can the Expert Knowledge of Law Be Defended in the Age of AI?,” The 8th Academia Sinica Conference on Law, Science and Technology (ASLST): AI and Professionalism, Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, November 18, 2020.
2020 “Disappearance of the Subject, Dominance of Data? — Philosophical Reflections on Law During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” “ A Comparative Study on the COVID-19 Epidemic Prevention Mechanism between Taiwan, the EU and the USA” Conference, October 31, 2020, Academia Sinica Institute of European and American Studies.
2020 “Between Interpretation and Prediction: How Is Common Good Created?,” 2020 National Tsing Hua University Sustainable Development Symposium: Whose SDGs, Whose USR,” National Tsing Hua University, October 2020.
2020 "How Should Judges Decide a Case of Civil Disobedience? A Preliminary Study of the Duty ti Protect Democracy "，Taiwan Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy Annual Conference on Jurisprudence and Democracy, National Taipei University, Sep. 5.
2020 "No One Shall be Killed? On The Trolley Problem and Autonomous Vehicles"，International Academic Conference on the Artficial Intelligence and Legal Speculation (III), National University of Kaohsiung, May 29.
2019 "The Rule of Law or The Rule of Algorithms- The Moral Permissibility of AI Design in Law"，International Academic Conference on Artficial Intelligence and Law, National University of Kaohsiung, December 26-27.
2019 "The Rule of Law v. the Rule of Algorithms," The 2019 International Conference on Technologies and Applications on Artificial Intelligence, National University of Kaohsiung, November 21-23, 2019.
2019 “The Capabilities and Limitations of Legal Reasoning by Artificial Intelligence,” Challenges and Opportunities of AI for Humanities and Social Sciences, September 20, 2019, Room 346, Macronix Building, National Tsing Hua University.
2019 “Rule of Law or Rule by Algorithms? A Preliminary Study on the Tension Between the Rule of Law and AI,” AI and Legal Norms Workshop, June 14, 2019, 3rd Floor, 1st Conference Room, Building of Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica.
2019 “Teleological Interpretation and AI Legal Reasoning,” Interdisciplinary Conference on “The Development and Challenges of AI in Europe and America,” May 9-10, 2019, organized by the Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, 1st Floor Conference Room, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica.
2018 “Considering the Possibility of Computer-Based Legal Judgments Through Analogical Reasoning in Law,” Workshop on AI and Related Philosophical Issues (II), November 16-17, 2018, 1st Floor Conference Room, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica.
2018 "Analogical Reasoning in Law, Purposive Arguments, and Artificial Intelligence"，Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica，July 31.
2018 “On Political Obligation and Civil Disobedience- Justification for Civil Disobedience in a Democratic Society,” The 1st IVR Japan International Conference, Doshisha University, Kyoto Japan, 06-08 July, 2018. （Ｍinistry of Science and Technology subsidies for domestic scholars attending international conferences，MOST 107-2914-I-001-036-A1）
2018 "On the Function of Analogical Reasoning in Law: A Critical Aspect of Ernst Cassirer’s Theory," Taiwan Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy Annual Conference，April 21.
2018 “On A Right to Disobey: A Conceptual Framework, Two Sources, and Three Cases in Taiwan,” Institutum Iurisprudentiae Annual Individual Seminar, January 16, 2018, 9th Floor, Second Conference Room, Building of Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica.
2017 “New Developments in American Constitutional Interpretation Theories: The Methodology and Neutralization Development of New Originalism,” presented at the 11th Symposium on the Theory and Practice of Constitutional Interpretation, November 12-13, 2017, organized by the Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica.
2015 “A Right to Civil Disobedience and Its Impact on Criminal Prosecution in a Transitional Society,” IVR XXVII World Congress of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Washington D.C., 27 July- 1 August, 2015.
2014 “The Rawlsian Civil Disobedience in a Transitional Society,” The 9th East Asian Conference on Philosophy of Law, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, August 21-23, 2014.
2013 “The Justification Problem of Civil Disobedience in a Transitional Society- A Basic Explanation of Problems and Possible Answer,” The 3th Mid-Atlantic SJD Roundtable, American University Washington College of Law, 6 December 2013.
2012 “A Preliminary Empirical Study on Legislative Intent: Representation or Reconstruction?,” Western Empirical Legal Studies Conference, UCLA, 18 February 2012.
Book Review
2022 “Visa A. J. Kurki，A Theory of Legal Personhood”，Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture, Vol. 573, pp. 149-156.
2022 “From Natural Law to Natural Rights: A Review of Miaofen Chen’s Natural Law in Current Legal Philosophy,” Plain Law Official Website, January 4th, 2022. Retrieved from https://plainlaw.me/2022/01/04/reading-36 (The latest version is published on the academic blog Legal Philosophy in Taiwan (https://legalphilosophyintaiwan.wordpress.com/2022/01/06/書評：從自然法到自然權利-評陳妙芬之自然法一書).)