Mao-Wei Lo (羅懋緯)

Mao-Wei Lo (羅懋緯)

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Assistant Professor, College of Law, National Taiwan University

Lo, Mao-Wei
Assistant Professor
Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.), Stanford University, U.S.A.
Email: mwlo0412@ntu.edu.tw

Research Interests
International Economic and Trade Law, International Investment Law, Public International Law, Cross-Strait Legal Issues, Empirical Legal Studies

Teacher Profile

Dr. Lo received his LL.B. in Financial and Economic Law from the Department of Law, National Taiwan University, in 2012. In the same year, he passed both the Bar Examination and the Civil Service Senior Examination (Legal Affairs Category) in Taiwan. He then pursued his LL.M. in International Law at the Graduate Institute of Law, National Taiwan University, and obtained his master’s degree in 2015.

After graduation, Dr. Lo served in the Department of Legal Affairs of the Mainland Affairs Council, Executive Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan), where he was responsible for legal research and policy implementation related to cross-strait affairs and agreements. In 2017, he passed the Ministry of Education’s Government Scholarship for Study Abroad Examination (International Organizations and International Law category). He subsequently earned his J.S.M. (Master of the Science of Law) from Stanford Law School in 2019 and was admitted to the J.S.D. (Doctor of Juridical Science) program, receiving his doctoral degree from Stanford University in 2024.

Dr. Lo has served as a Lecturer and Teaching Fellow at Stanford Law School. Since August 2024, he has been a faculty member of the College of Law, National Taiwan University. His main research interests include International Economic and Trade Law, International Investment Law, Public International Law, Cross-Strait Legal Issues, and Empirical Legal Studies.

Journal articles

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Long Arm of the Regime: Who Signs Extradition Agreements with China?, 24(1) International Relations of the Asia-Pacific (co-authored with Wen-Chin Wu, Chien-Huei Wu and Howard Jyun-Syun Li)

2024

101-129

Can the CPTPP Help? The (Un)Expected Roles of the CPTPP to Eradicate Forced Labor Issues in Taiwanese Distant Water Fisheries, 40 Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs

2023

90-133

An Unrecognized State as an International Investment Treaty Actor: The Innovation of Taiwan's New International Investment Treaties, 31(2) Minnesota Journal of International Law

2022

97-155

Tobacco Control and Procedural Fairness in the Context of Investment Treaty Arbitration, 15(1) Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal

2022

55-94

Is Currency Undervaluation A Subsidy: US Law and Practice and the WTO Compatibility, 55(6) Journal of World Trade (co-authored with Chien-Huei Wu)

2021

1017-1038

From USHKPA, HKHRDA to HKAA: The Turnings of the US' China Policy and the End of Hong Kong's Full Autonomy, 25(2) UCLA Journal of International Law & Foreign Affairs (co-authored with Chien-Huei Wu, corresponding author)

2021

93-156

Intermingling Investors Criminal Misconducts in Host State Laws with Investment Treaty Protection – An Unsettled Challenge for Investment Arbitral Tribunals, 14(1) CONTEMPORARY ASIA ARBITRATION JOURNAL (co-authored with Tsai-yu Lin and Ching-wen Hsueh)

2021

83-120

The Evolution of Chinese International Investment Agreements and Their Potential Impacts on Human Rights Protection for the “Belt and Road Initiative” Countries, 15(2) Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy

2020

399-460

Legitimate Expectation in a Time of Pandemic: The Host State’s COVID-19 Measures, Its Obligations and Possible Defenses Under International Investment Agreements, 13(1) Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal

2020

249-268

Monographs and Papers

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The Threat of China’s Economic Coercion, in Switching Diplomatic Recognition Between Taiwan and China: Economic and Social Impact 16-49 (Chien-Huei Wu ed.) (co-authored with Chien-Huei Wu)

 2024

E-Cigarette Regulation in Taiwan and China, in The Regulation of E-cigarettes: International, European and National Challenges 197-223 (Lukasz Gruszczynski ed.) (co-authored with Chuan-Feng Wu and Ching-Fu Lin)

 2019

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Eighth Conference for Junior Researchers: Law and Society in an Age of Crisis, Stanford Law School (Stanford, CA, USA, April 26, 2024)

Beyond Trade Liberalization and Investment Protection: Toward More Inclusive International Economic Judiciaries

 

 

8th Asian International Economic Law Network Conference, National Taiwan University College of Law (Taipei, Taiwan, December 1, 2023).

External International Legal Instruments in Investment Arbitral Awards

 

 

2023 Empirical Legal Research Workshop, Academia Sinica (Taipei, Taiwan, August 2, 2023).

External International Legal Instruments in WTO Decisions

 

 

-      2022 National SJD Roundtable, American University Washington College of Law (Washington D.C., April 8, 2022)

-      Hungdah Chiu Memorial Prize for International Law - Young Scholars Workshop (Taipei, Taiwan, May 14, 2022)

Can the CPTPP Help? The (Un)Expected Roles of the CPTPP to Eradicate Forced Labor Issues in Taiwanese Distant Water Fisheries

 

 

-      Salzburg Cutler Fellow Program of International Law 2021 (Convened online, March 22, 2021)

-      North American Taiwan Studies Association 2021 Conference (Convened online, May 20, 2021)

-      Law and Society Association 2021 Annual Meeting (Convened online, May 27, 2021)

Taiwan’s New International Investment Agreements under Its New South Bound Policy: Innovations and Initiatives from A Country with Unique Status

 

 

2020 Empirical Legal Research Workshop (Taiwan, Taiwan, September 2-3, 2020).

The Place of “External” International Legal Rulings in Another International Legal Regime: A New Evolution of the International Legal System?

 

 

Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica (Taipei, Taiwan, July 28, 2020)

Autonomy Lost: Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act and Hong Kong's Separate Customs Territory Status (presented with Chien-Huei Wu)

 

 

2019 Taipei International Conference on Arbitration and Mediation (Taipei, Taiwan, August 15-16, 2019).

Safeguarding a State’s Right to Regulate Tobacco Control: Implications of the Two Philip Morris Investment Arbitrations

 

 

-      Law and Society Association 2019 Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C., May 30 - June 2, 2019)

-      ASIAN Society of International Law 7th Biennial Conference (Manila, Philippines, August 22-23, 2019).

The Evolution of Chinese International Investment Agreements and Their Potential Impacts on Human Rights Protection for the “One Belt One Road” Countries, presented at

 

 

 Important Experiences

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起訖年月

Stanford University

School of Law

Teaching Fellow & Lecturer in Law

2022-2023

Stanford University 

Center for Ocean Solution 

Researcher 

2021-2023

大陸委員會

法政處 

科員 

2015-2018

Awards

年份

獎項

2023

國科會人文及社會科學研究海外人才培育計畫

2022

丘宏達國際法論文獎 

2021

Levin Center Public Interest Summer Fellowship, Stanford Law School

2021

Salzburg Cutler Fellow in International Law, Stanford Law School

2019

John Hart Ely Prize for Outstanding Performance, Stanford Law School

2018

Franklin Family Fellowship, Stanford Law School

2016

教育部公費留學獎學金(國際組織與國際法學門)

2015

國立臺灣大學學生利他獎