Ivan 
LEE

 
Assistant Professor

Ivan Lee writes in legal history and criminal law, with particular focus on the history of the legal ideas and practices of the 19th-century British Empire. His book on Extradition and Empire: Sovereignty and Subjecthood in Hong Kong is under contract with Cambridge University Press.

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Contact

lawlwli@nus.edu.sg
(65) 6601-3571
ETS-02-15

Education

PhD (Cambridge), LLM (Legal History) (University College London), LLB (Hons) (NUS)

Curriculum Vitae

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Current Courses

Criminal Law (A)

Criminal Law (B)

Criminal Law (D)

Criminal Law (E)

Criminal Law (H)

Ivan Lee writes in legal history and criminal law, with particular focus on the history of the legal ideas and practices of the 19th-century British Empire. His book on Extradition and Empire: Sovereignty and Subjecthood in Hong Kong is under contract with Cambridge University Press.

Journal Articles
Ivan Lee, 'From Reciprocity to Territoriality: Extradition, the Opium War, and the Idea of British Sovereignty in Hong Kong, 1842–44' (2022) 40 (3) Law and History Review

Ivan Lee, 'Clarity in the Penal Code Definition of Strict Liability' [2021] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 332

  • Criminal Law
  • Legal history
  • Law and colonialism
  • Legal and social theory