Tay-Sheng Wang

Tay-Sheng Wang is a Full-time Professor at the College of Law, National Taiwan University (NTU), and a researcher at both the Institute of Taiwan History and Institutum Iurisprudentiae at Academia Sinica. Holding a Ph.D. from the University of Washington (1992), he specializes in Taiwan Legal History, Chinese Legal Traditions, and Law and Society.

• Education:
  • Ph.D., University of Washington (Seattle, USA), 1992

Professor Wang's research focuses on comparative legal history and the evolution of Taiwan's legal systems across pre-colonial, Japanese colonial, and post-war periods. His work examines legal hybridization through Western and Japanese influences, constitutional development, and legal education dynamics.

Key trends in his publications include analyzing legal transplantation, colonial governance, and democratic institutional development in East Asian contexts. His scholarship bridges Chinese legal traditions with modern Taiwanese jurisprudence.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Excellent Research Award (National Science Council, 2001-2012)
  • Excellent Archival Research Award (Academia Historica, 2002)
  • Academic Award (Ministry of Education, 2005)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award (University of Washington School of Law, 2013)

As an active academic, he has held visiting positions at Harvard Law School (Fulbright Scholar, 2001), University of Washington School of Law (2005, 2013), Waseda University Law School (2006), National University of Singapore Faculty of Law (2007), and University of Tokyo Graduate School for Law and Politics (2010). His archival research with Taiwan Colonial Court Records Archives (TCCRA) and Taiwan Supreme Court Old Archives (TSCOA) supports extensive historical analysis.