Welcome to
LAM, Hing-chau WEBSITE
Mr. Lam Hingchau is an Associate Professor (Teaching) at the School of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHKSZ). He previously served as a senior law lecturer in Hong Kong before joining CUHKSZ. His research interests include legal systems, constitutional law (including the Hong Kong Basic Law), human rights law, and public international law. Mr. Lam was admitted and enrolled as a barrister of the Hong Kong High Court in 2018. He also holds the PRC Legal Qualification Certificate, which qualifies him to practice law in China. His professional journey includes prestigious internships with the Hong Kong Department of Justice, the International Criminal Court, and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He has published in high-ranking academic journals, with studies focusing on constitutional review systems, the Hong Kong National Security Law, and judicial jurisdiction under the Hong Kong Basic Law. His recent research projects explore Hong Kong’s democratic development, constitutional review standards in China, and the relationship between administration and judiciary under the Hong Kong Basic Law.
Lam, Hingchau & Qin, Jing, "An Analysis of China’s Constitutional Review System: Striving Towards 'the Rule of Law'?" Social Transformations in Chinese Societies (2025), https://doi.org/10.1108/STICS-02-2025-0001.
Lam, Hingchau & Qin, Jing, "The Protective Jurisdiction under the Hong Kong National Security Law: Legitimacy and Impact" 21 Chinese Journal of International Law (2022). 115-136. https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmac011. (SSCI).
Lam, Hingchau, “The Ouster Clause in the Hong Kong National Security Law: Its Effectiveness in the Common Law and its Implications for the Rule of Law” 76 Crime, Law and Social Change (2021), 543–561. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-021-09979-6. (SSCI).
Lam, Hingchau & Qin, Jing, “Rethinking the Constitutional Jurisdiction of the Hong Kong Courts over Acts of the National People’s Congress in Light of the Auto-limitation Theory” 46 Hong Kong Law Journal (2016), 511-28. (SSCI).
(Co-ed Nigel BRUCE) English edition of Dr. Hu Hung Lick’s The Korean Problem: A Study in Conflict, Diplomacy and International Law. Hong Kong: Roundtable Culture (2015).
Research projects
香港民主发展与政治生态变化研究（成员），来源：教育部人文社会科学基地重大项目（项目批准号16JJDGAT005）
我国合宪性审查基准的类型化研究（成员），来源：教育部人文社会科学研究一般项目（项目批准号：19YJA820060)
《香港基本法》框架下行政与司法关系研究（成员），来源：教育部人文社会科学研究一般项目（项目批准号：20YJCGAT002）
《"爱国者治港"原则与香港司法选任制度研究》（第一成员），2024年度全国人大常委会香港、澳门基本法委员会基本法研究项目 ，并作为特别委托课题，纳入2024年度教育部人文社会科学研究项目管理（项目批准号：JBF202415）
