Ming-Sung Kuo
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Course Director - LLM ALS
Comparative Constitutional Law; Constitutional & Legal Theory; Administrative Law & Regulatory Theory; Public International Law
School of Law
S1.26, Social Sciences Building
University of 糖心TV
Coventry CV4 7AL
United Kingdom
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Dr Ming-Sung Kuo joined 糖心TV Law School as an assistant professor in 2010. He holds a JSD and an LLM from Yale University in the United States and receives his primary legal education in Taiwan where he earned his LLB and first LLM from National Taiwan University. Before continuing to pursue his doctoral studies, he served as a law clerk to Justice Dr. Tze-chien Wang at Taiwan's Constitutional Court. After passing the general examination for his PhD in Law candidacy at National Taiwan University, he studied at Yale Law School. Following his JSD at Yale, he conducted postdoctoral research at the European University Institute as a Max Weber Fellow and at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany. He has also held visiting appointments at the University of Turin, the National University of Singapore, iCourts at the University of Copenhagen, National Taiwan University, and Academia Sinica in Taiwan.
His article 鈥 was approvingly cited by the Supreme Court of Canada in . Dr Kuo is the recipient of the for his article '. He is awarded the 2025 Prize for Scholarly Excellence in Constitutional StudiesLink opens in a new window by The Constitutional Studies Program at The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. He is an for 2026.
Dr Ming-Sung Kuo's research interests are in the fields of constitutional and legal theory, comparative constitutional law (including USA, Europe, and East Asia), administrative law and regulatory theory, and public international law. His recent scholarship has been focused on the issues of legitimacy in relation to the rise of transnational legal orders and the changing relationship between normalcy and exception in the tendency toward what he terms constitutional presentism in contemporary constitutional developments. He has also written on global constitutionalism and global administrative law (with emphasis on transnational governance and postnational legality), European constitutionalism and integration, and the role of judicial review and its bootstrapping in the context of Taiwan's democratic transition. Dr Kuo's publications have appeared in the leading law journals in his fields, including Modern Law Review, International Journal of Constitutional Law, European Journal of International Law, Ratio Juris, and Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. The Supreme Court of Canada in has approvingly cited his article . Dr Kuo's article is the winner of the . Dr Kuo is the recipient of the 2025 Prize for Scholarly Excellence in Constitutional StudiesLink opens in a new window awarded by The Constitutional Studies Program at The University of Texas at Austin in the United States.
All of Dr Kuo's work on SSRN can be accessed at His complete publication list is available at .
- 鈥樷 (2025) 45 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 301鈥328.
- 鈥 (2025) 3 Comparative Constitutional Studies 267-291.
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鈥樷 (2024) 35 European Journal of International Law 411鈥440.
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鈥樷 (2024) 19 Asian Journal of Comparative Law 436鈥456.
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鈥樷 (2024) 22 International Journal of Constitutional Law 209鈥223.
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鈥樷 (2023) 55 Georgetown Journal of International Law 81鈥119.
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鈥樷 (2023) 50 (S1) Journal of Law and Society 厂45鈥揝64.
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鈥樷 (2023) 21 International Journal of Constitutional Law 510鈥534.
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鈥樷 (2022) 37 Constitutional Commentary 201鈥220.
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鈥樷 (2022) 85 Modern Law Review 801鈥820.
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鈥樷 (2021) 19 International Journal of Constitutional Law 1536鈥1558.
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鈥樷 (2021) 41 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 265鈥287.
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鈥樷 (2020) 7 Revista de Investiga莽玫es Constitucionais 773鈥794.
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鈥樷 (2019) 17 International Journal of Constitutional Law 554鈥575. (Winner of the )
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鈥樷 (2019) 26 Constellations 241鈥256.
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鈥樷 (2019) 36 UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal 157鈥200. (Cited by the Supreme Court of Canada: )
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鈥樷 (2018) 31 Leiden Journal of International Law 793鈥815.
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鈥樷 (2018) 48 Hong Kong Law Journal 995鈥1027 (with Tzu-Yi Lin and Hui-Wen Chen).
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鈥樷 (2018) 7 Global Constitutionalism 75鈥111.
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鈥樷 (2017) 9 (2) Perspectives on Federalism 216-239.
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鈥樷 (2017) 31 Columbia Journal of Asian Law 72鈥149 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
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鈥樷 (2017) 15 International Journal of Constitutional Law 753鈥762 (with Jau-Yuan Hwang and Hui-Wen Chen).
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鈥樷 (2016) 25 Washington International Law Journal 597鈥641.
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鈥樷 (2016) 29 Ratio Juris 83鈥104.
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鈥樷 (2015) 32 Journal of Legal Studies Education 229鈥254.
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鈥樷 (2015) 47 George Washington International Law Review 159鈥189.
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鈥樷 (2014) 5 Transnational Legal Theory 158鈥175.
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鈥樷 (2014) 15 Melbourne Journal of International Law 271鈥289.
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鈥樷 (2013) 2 Global Constitutionalism 437鈥468.
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鈥樷 (2013) 26 Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 341鈥376.
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鈥樷 (2013) 4 Transnational Legal Theory 487鈥501.
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鈥樷 (2012) 10 International Journal of Constitutional Law 1050鈥1075.
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鈥樷 (2012) 61 International & Comparative Law Quarterly 855鈥879.
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鈥樷 (2011) 44 NYU Journal of International Law and Politics 55鈥102. (Featured on Opinion Juris Blog and accompanied by responses from Professors and , and)
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鈥樷 (2011) 7 University of Pennsylvania East Asia Law Review 221鈥255.
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鈥樷 (2010) 23 Ratio Juris 390鈥410.
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鈥樷 (2010) 73 Modern Law Review 858鈥882.
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鈥樷 (2010) 1 Transnational Legal Theory 329鈥369.
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鈥樷 (2009) 7 International Journal of Constitutional Law 683鈥714. (Accompanied by a reply from Professor )
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鈥樷 (2009) 20 European Journal of International Law 997鈥1004.
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鈥樷 (2009) 29 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 579鈥602.
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鈥樷 (2009) 41 George Washington International Law Review 181鈥242.
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鈥樷 (2009) 10 San Diego International Law Journal 439鈥467.
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鈥(Em)Powering the Constitution: Constitutionalism in a New Key鈥 (2009) 9 (2) Global Jurist 20122006.
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鈥樷 (2003) 67 Albany Law Review 27鈥87.
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鈥楯udicial Review as a Solution to Political Gridlocks? A Study of Taiwan鈥檚 Grand Justices Council Interpretations Regarding the Jurisdictional Disputes within the Political Branch鈥 (2001) 30 (2) National Taiwan University Law Journal 251鈥289 (in Chinese).
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鈥楩rom Territoriality to Citizenship: Towards a Strategy to Constitutionalize the Special State-to-State Relationship between Taiwan and China鈥 (2000) 245 Taipei Bar Journal 14鈥48 (in Chinese).
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鈥楾he Development of Modern Western Legal Education: A Perspective of Institutional History鈥 (2000) 25 (3) Constitutional Review 99鈥115 (in Chinese).
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鈥樷 (1999) 29 (3) EurAmerica: A Journal of European and American Studies 143鈥180 (in Chinese).
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鈥楢gency Responses to Impacts of the Newly Enacted Administrative Procedure Act in Taiwan鈥 (1999) 24 Socioeconomic Law and Institutional Review 1鈥41 (with Jiunn-rong Yeh) (in Chinese).
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鈥楥ivic Republicanism and the U.S. Legal Scholarship: Genesis and Implications鈥 (1998) 38 Taiwan Law Review 97鈥109 (in Chinese).
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鈥極n the Constitutionality of the Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: An Analysis of the Political Question Doctrine and the Justiciability of Constitutional Amendments鈥 (1998) 23 (4) Constitutional Review 1鈥22 (in Chinese).
- 鈥樷 in Mark Graber, Antonia Barragia, Mark Tushnet and Sanford Levinson (eds), Constitutional Democracy in Crisis? (Vol. II) (OUP, forthcoming) (with Hui-Wen Chen).
- 鈥樷 in Leone Niglia (ed), Europe's New Frontiers: Law, Crisis, Governance, Constitutional Transformations, Volume 1 (Bloomsbury, forthcoming).
- 鈥樷 in Richard Albert and Oran Doyle (eds), Constitutional Conventions in Civil Law Traditions (OUP, forthcoming).
- 鈥樷 in Aoife O鈥橠onoghue, Ruth Houghton and Cher Weixia Chen (eds), Research Handbook on Global Governance 79-97 (Edward Elgar 2025).
- 鈥楤etween Institutional Choices and Natural Forces: A Primer on Professor Jiunn-rong Yeh's Works on Constitutional Change鈥 in Wen-Chen Chang and Chun-Yuan Lin (eds), Constitutional Change: Professor Jiunn-rong Yeh鈥檚 Scholarly Dialogue 353-366 (Sharing 2025) (in Chinese).
- 鈥樷 in Richard Albert and Yaniv Ronzai (eds), Constitutionalism under Extreme Conditions: Law, Emergency, and Exception 11-32 (Springer 2020).
- 鈥樷 in Diane Stone and Kim Moloney (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Global Policy and Transnational Administration 328-345 (OUP 2019).
- 鈥樷 in Richard Albert, Menaka Guruswamy, and Nishchal Basnyat (eds), Founding Moments in Constitutionalism 11-32 (Hart 2019).
- 鈥樷 Requirement in Taiwan鈥 in Jerome Cohen, William Alford and Chang-fa Lo (eds), Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation 331-384 (Springer 2019) (with Hui-Wen Chen).
- 鈥樷 in Cristian Joerges and Carola Glinski (eds), The European Crisis and the Transformation of Transnational Governance 83-98 (Hart 2014).
- 鈥楾he Concept of the State in Globalization: The Case of the Environmental Cooperation Commission of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)鈥 in Sabino Cassese et al (eds), 38-46 (3rd ed, Institute for Research on Public Administration (IRPA, Rome) 鈥 International Institute for Law and Justice (IILJ, NYU School of Law), 2012).
- 鈥樷 Int鈥檒 J. Const. L. Blog, 07/05/2021.
- (reviewing Anne Twomey, The Veiled Sceptre: Reserve Powers of Heads of State in Westminster Systems. OUP, 2018). (2020) 68 American Journal of Comparative Law 228-233.
- (reviewing Nico Krisch, Beyond Constitutionalism: The Pluralist Structure of Postnational Law. OUP, 2010). (2011) 21 Law and Politics Book Review 247-252.
- (reviewing Ruling the World? Constitutionalism, International Law, and Global Governance by Jeffrey L. Dunoff and Joel P. Trachtman (eds). CUP, 2009). (2010) 20 Law and Politics Book Review 73-77.
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'', Int鈥檒 J. Const. L. Blog, 18/03/2026.
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'', Int鈥檒 J. Const. L. Blog, 21/01/2026.
- '', Int鈥檒 J. Const. L. Blog, 20/01/2026.
- 鈥樷, Verfassungsblog, 07/08/2025.
- 鈥樷, IACL-AIDC Blog, 03/07/2025.
- 鈥樷, IACL-AIDC Blog, 04/02/2025 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
- 鈥樷, Int鈥檒 J. Const. L. Blog, 10/10/2024 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
- 鈥樷, UK Constitutional Law Association (UKCLA) Blog, 16/09/2024.
- 鈥樷, Up Media, 09/09/2024 (in Chinese).
- 鈥樷, Up Media, 17/06/2024 (in Chinese).
- 鈥樷, Up Media, 04/01/2024 (in Chinese).
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鈥樷, (2024) 22 International Journal of Constitutional Law 4-5.
- 鈥樷, (2023) 21 International Journal of Constitutional Law 723-724.
- 鈥樷, Up Media, 23/09/2023 (in Chinese).
- 鈥樷, Election Law Blog, 14/09/2023.
- 鈥樷, Up Media, 04/09/2023 (in Chinese).
- 鈥樷, Up Media, 26/06/2023 (in Chinese).
- 鈥樷, EJIL: Talk!, 09/06/2023.
- 鈥樷, Up Media, 25/05/2023 (in Chinese).
- 鈥樷, Verfassungsblog, 20/04/2023.
- 鈥, Up Media, 03/03/2023 (in Chinese).
- 鈥樷, Verfassungsblog, 03/12/2022.
- 鈥樷, Up Media, 15/11/2022 (in Chinese).
- 鈥樷, EJIL: Talk!, 03/11/2022.
- 鈥樷, Int鈥檒 J. Const. L. Blog, 28/04/2022 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
- 鈥樷, Int鈥檒 J. Const. L. Blog, 07/01/2022 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
- 鈥樷, Up Media, 19/10/2020 (in Chinese).
- 鈥樷, The Diplomat, 08/08/2020.
- 鈥樷, Int鈥檒 J. Const. L. Blog, 27/06/2020 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
- 鈥樷, Int鈥檒 J. Const. L. Blog, 30/04/2020.
- 鈥樷, Public Jurist, 01/2020, at 17-19 (published by BSocSc (Govt & Laws) & LLB programme at University of Hong Kong).
- 鈥樷, Int鈥檒 J. Const. L. Blog, 27/08/2019 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
- 鈥, EJIL: Talk!, 22/08/2019.
- 鈥樷, The Diplomat, 26/06/2019.
- 鈥樷, Int鈥檒 J Const L Blog, 12/12/2018 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
- 鈥樷, The Diplomat, 30/08/2018.
- 鈥樷, Verfassungsblog, 23/03/2018.
- 鈥樷, Taipei Times (Page 6), 18/06/2017.
- 鈥樷, Int鈥檒 J. Const. L. Blog, 26/05/2017 (with Hui-Wen Chen).
- 鈥樷, Initium Media, 22/11/2016 (with Hui-Wen Chen) (in Chinese).
- 鈥樷, Opinio Juris Blog, 20/05/2016.
- 鈥榃ill the Constitution Become Nominal Too? Reflections on Taiwan鈥檚 Nominal National Day鈥, The Asia Dialogue (University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute Blog), 15/10/2013.
- 鈥樷, Taiwan Communiqu茅 No 142 (June/July 2013).
- 鈥樷, Opinio Juris Blog, 09/12/2011.
Co-authored, with Jau-Yuan Hwang and Hui-Wen Chen, the annual report on the development of constitutional law in Taiwan in Global Review of Constitutional Law edited by Richard Albert et al. (since 2016鈥攑resent).
- , , pp. 313-318 (2025)
- , , pp. 368-372 (2024)
- , , pp. 334-339 (2023)
- , , pp. 242-247 (2022)
- , , pp. 299-304 (2021)
- , , pp. 338-343 (2020)
- , , pp. 303-308 (2019)
- , , pp. 286-290 (2018)
- , , pp. 206-210 (2017)
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鈥樷 (2019) 17 International Journal of Constitutional Law 554鈥575.
- 鈥樷 (2025) 45 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 301鈥328.
- 鈥樷 (2025) 3 Comparative Constitutional Studies 267-291.
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鈥樷 (2024) 35 European Journal of International Law 411鈥440.
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鈥樷 (2023) 50 (S1) Journal of Law and Society 厂45鈥揝64.
| Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
| An Inquiry into the Status of Taiwan in International Law: Through the Lens of the US-China Strategic Competition | ESRC | 01 Oct 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
| Unmoored from International Legality: Rights Internationalism and Taiwan's Embrace of International Human Rights Law | Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange | 01 Jul 2016 | 30 Jun 2019 |
| The Rise and Fall of Juristocracy in Taiwan: Lessons from the Role of the Taiwan Constitutional Court in Managing the Jurisdictional Conflict between the Political Departments, 1948-2012 | Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange | 01 Jul 2013 | 30 Jun 2015 |
My article 鈥 was approvingly cited by the Supreme Court of Canada in (Reason for Judgment, para 64 (delivered by Karakatsanis J.)).
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for 2026.
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Interviewed and quoted by the for Taiwan鈥檚 participation in the INTERPOL (08/11/2024).
- Interviewed and quoted by the for UNGA Resolution 2758 and Taiwan鈥檚 participation in the UN (19/08/2024).
- Interviewed and quoted by the for a special report on Taiwan鈥檚 2024 presidential and general elections and the US-Taiwan-China relations (13/01/2024).
- My work on 鈥楶eacefully Established Status of Territories鈥 in the G7 Hiroshima Leaders鈥 Communiqu茅 has been covered by leading media outlets in Taiwan, including (28/05/2023) and (29/05/2023).
- Interviewed and quoted by for a special report on Taiwan鈥檚 international legal status and diplomatic challenges (04/04/2023).
- Interviewed and quoted by for a special report on the trials under Hong Kong National Security Law (03/02/2023).
- Interviewed and quoted by for a report on the criminal case that prompted Hong Kong Government鈥檚 introduction of the (defunct) Extradition Bill (23/10/2019).
- Cited in 鈥 a leading business magazine in Taiwan 鈥 for commenting on Brexit and the Miller case (07/12/2016).
I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD supervisees. However, please ensure that you have a research proposal which corresponds with the University of 糖心TV School of Law requirementsLink opens in a new window.
Current PhD students:
- Dorothy Degabrielle