HO 
Hock Lai

 
Coomaraswamy Professor of the Law of Evidence

Academic Fellow

Ho Hock Lai obtained his first law degree from the National University of Singapore (LLB) in 1989,his postgraduate degree, the BCL, from Oxford University in 1993, and his doctorate from Cambridge University in 2003. He was called to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1990. His research interests lie mainly in the law and theory of evidence and proof, and the administration of criminal justice.

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Contact

lawhohl@nus.edu.sg
(65) 6516-1217
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Education

PhD (University of Cambridge); BCL (University of Oxford); LLB (NUS); Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

Current Courses

Evidence (A)

Ho Hock Lai obtained his first law degree from the National University of Singapore (LLB) in 1989,his postgraduate degree, the BCL, from Oxford University in 1993, and his doctorate from Cambridge University in 2003. He was called to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1990. His research interests lie mainly in the law and theory of evidence and proof, and the administration of criminal justice.

Books
Ho Hock Lai, 证据法哲学: 在探究真相的过程中实现正义 (A Philosophy of Evidence Law: Justice in the Search for Truth) (Fan C and Zhang B trs, Chinese edn, China Renmin University Press 2021)

Book Chapters
Ho Hock Lai, 'Silence as Evidence' in Jordi Ferrer Beltrán and Carmen Vázquez (eds), Evidential Legal Reasoning: Crossing Civil Law and Common Law Traditions (Cambridge University Press 2022) 171

Ho Hock Lai, 'Evidence and Truth' in Christian Dahlman, Alex Stein, and Giovanni Tuzet (eds), Philosophical Foundations of Evidence Law (Oxford University Press 2021) 11

Journal Articles
Ho Hock Lai, 'Justification, Excuse, and Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt' [2021] Philosophical Issues

Ho Hock Lai, 'Confessions in the Criminal Process' (2020) 28 (1) Modern Law Review 30

Representative Publications
Ho Hock Lai and Amalia Amaya (eds), Law, Virtue and Justice (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2012)

Ho Hock Lai, A Philosophy of Evidence Law – Justice in the Search for Truth (Oxford University Press, 2008)


  • Evidence and proof