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Prof. Yueh-Ping (Alex) Yang（楊岳平）
 

 

  

Professor Yueh-Ping Yang is an associate professor at National Taiwan University’s (NTU) College of Law and the Director of its Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law and Policy (ACWH). He received his S.J.D. degree at Harvard Law School in 2017. His research interest focuses mainly on international finance (including prudential regulation, FinTech, digital finance, international monetary laws, anti-money laundering), corporate governance (including state-owned enterprise governance), and international economic laws (including dispute resolution, subsidy, free trade agreement), etc.

In his capacity as the Director of ACWH, Professor Yang is in charge of the publication of two English journals, i.e. “Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy” (SSCI-listed journal) and “Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal” (ESCI-listed journal). He has supervised NTU’s John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition team since 2008. He currently advises Taiwan’s government on trade, financial, and technology law and policy issues.

　 

 

Publication

Books

  • Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility (Angle Publisher, 2011) (Chinese).

Journal Papers

English

  1. Should The Proud Dragon Repent? A Relative Theory for China’s State Capitalist Banking Sector Based on East Asia's Experience, 43(2) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 259 (2020).
  2. The Cloud for Dragons and the Wind for Tigers: Bank Governance Reform in China and an Executive-Based Proposal, 24(2) Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance 47 (2019).
  3. Crouching Tigers and Hidden Dragons on the Great Wall Street: Decoding the Corporate Governance of Chinese Commercial Banks, 28(1) Washington International Law Journal 1 (2019).
  4. Government Ownership of Banks: A Curse or a Blessing for the United States?, 10(3) William & Mary Business Law Review 667 (2019).
  5. State Capitalism, State-Owned Banks, and WTO's Subsidy Regime: Proposing an Institution Theory, 54(2) Stanford Journal of International Law 117 (2018) (co-authored with Pin-Hsien Lee, first author) (SSCI).
  6. The Evolving Prudential Exceptions in Regional Trade Agreements, 13(2) Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy 395 (2018) (SSCI).
  7. RegTech and the New Era of Financial Regulators: Envisaging More Public-Private-Partnership Models of Financial Regulators, 21(2) University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law 354 (2018) (co-authored with Cheng-Yun Tsang, first author).
  8. Haste Makes Waste: WTO, Pilot Free Trade Zones and Financial Experiments, 34(4) Wisconsin International Law Journal 854 (2017).
  9. Is Moderation the Highest Virtue? A Comparative Study of a Middle Way of Control Transaction Regimes, 41(2) Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 393 (2017) (co-authored with Pin-Hsien Lee, first author).
  10. Opening the Door for Arbitration: Visiting the Arbitral Proceedings of a BOT Dispute in Taiwan When Faced with Preliminary Issues of Administrative Dispositions Disputes, 3(1) Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal 123 (2010) (ESCI).
  11. Both a Moral Virtue and a Legal Duty: Revisiting the Duty of Collaboration Rule in WTO Dispute Settlement System, 1(2) Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal 357 (2008) (ESCI).

Chinese

  1. Prepayment Business and the Financial Regulatory Perimeter for Taiwan’s Money Transmission Laws, 324 Taiwan Law Review 162 (2022). (CSSCI)
  2. The Development and Accountability of FinTech, 10 Formosan Jurist 113 (2022).
  3. Research on the Criminality of FinTech Abuse, 30 Criminal Policies and Crime Prevention 141 (2021) (co-authored with Ji-Heng Lin and Kai-Ju Lee).
  4. Laws and Consumer Protection of Non-Fungible Tokens, 3 Formosan Jurist 48 (2021).
  5. Development in the Law in 2020: Corporate Laws and Securities Exchange Laws, 50(S) National Taiwan University Law Review 1573 (2021) (SSCI).
  6. Revisiting the Fundamental Issues of Data Laws in Taiwan: The Legal Characterization of Data, 17 Eurasian Studies Quarterly 31 (2021).
  7. The Financial Regulation of Decentralized Finance and Smart Contracts, 316 Taiwan Law Review 53 (2021) (CSSCI).
  8. The Court’s Role in the FinTech Era: The Sales of Investment Software and the Crime of Providing Unlicensed Investment Advice, 107 Court Case Times 48 (2021).
  9. The Commercial Court’s Function in Reshaping Business Laws: No. 770 Interpretation, The Proposed Business Merger and Acquisition Act, and the Commercial Court’s Appraisal Price Rulings, 310 Taiwan Law Review 97 (2021) (CSSCI).
  10. Reflection on the Reform Direction of Taiwan’s Listing Rules Based on the Recent Development of Direct Listings in the United States, 3(1) Taiwan Financial and Economic Law Review 191 (2021).
  11. The Challenges to Financial Regulation in the FinTech Era: Envisaging the Regulatory Structure for Crypto-Asset Trading Platforms, 49(S) National Taiwan University Law Journal 1309 (2020) (TSSCI).
  12. The Prudential Regulation of the Financial Systemic Risks of Taiwan’s Shadow Banks, 27 Academia Sinica Law Journal 141 (2020) (TSSCI).
  13. The Legal Characterization of Crypto-Asset: Focusing on Civil Laws and Financial Laws, 301 Taiwan Law Review 43 (2020) (CSSCI).
  14. The Freedom and Limits of Shareholder Agreements: A Comparative Study of the Model Business Corporation Act in the United States, 392 Taiwan Law Journal 67 (2020).
  15. Design the Clearing Laws for Securities Tokens: Focusing on the Central Deposit Requirements for Uncertificated Securities, 59 Property and Economic Law Journal 43 (2020).
  16. Regulating Investment Advisors in the Algorithmic Era: Focusing on Robo-Advisors, 67 Cross-Strait Law Review 28 (2020).
  17. Remarks on the Financial Supervisory Commission’s Latest Reform of Financial Combination Laws: Comments on the Choice of Financial Regulatory Models, 298 Taiwan Law Review 113 (2020) (CSSCI).
  18. The Corporate Governance of Public Companies, Institutional Investors and Shareholder Activism, 2(1) Taiwan Financial and Economic Law Review 385 (2020).
  19. The Crime of Receiving Unlicensed Deposit: Comments on the Supreme Court’s 106 Tai-Shang No. 3713 Decision, 90 Court Case Times 46 (2019).
  20. The Challenges to Securities Regulatory Thinking in the Blockchain Era, 48(S) National Taiwan University Law Journal 1279 (2019) (TSSCI).
  21. The Direction for Reforming the Corporate Governance of Financial Institutions: Focusing on Independent Directors and Nominating Committees, 48(2) National Taiwan University Law Journal 683 (2019) (TSSCI).
  22. The Intersection and Dialogue Between Financial Laws and Public Laws, the Opportunity Offered by the Judicial Yuan’s No. 770 Interpretation, 80 Court Case Times 73 (2019).
  23. The New Company Act and the Past and Future of Corporate Social Responsibility, 18(1) Chung Cheng Financial and Economic Law Review 43 (2019) (TSSCI).
  24. Initial Coin Offerings and Securities Regulation: Focusing on the Definition of “Securities” under Taiwan’s Securities Exchange Act, 43 Financial and Economic Law Review 135 (2018).
  25. Remarks on the Impact of the Amended Company Act on Shareholder Activism, 76 Court Case Times 63 (2018).
  26. Government Ownership after the Partial Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises, 51 Property and Economic Law Review 113 (2018).
  27. Revisiting the Agreed Retaining Right in Business Merger and Acquisition: Comments on the Proposed Amendment to Taiwan’s Labour Standard Act, 32 Cross-Strait Law Review 107 (2011).

Book Chapters

English

  1. Data Protection in the Big Data Era: The Broken Informed Consent Regime and the Way Forward, in Data Governance in AI, FinTech and LegalTech: Law and Regulation in the Financial Sector 58 (Joseph Lee & Aline Darbellay eds., 2022, Edward Elgar Publisher).
  2. Taiwan’s Trusts Law and Name-Borrowing Arrangements, in Asia-Pacific Trust Law: Theory and Practice in Context (Ying Khai Liew & Matthew Harding eds. 2021, Bloomsbury Publishing) 251 (co-authored with Wen-Yeu Wang)
  3. Envisaging an East Asian Model of Corporate Governance: A Developmental State Perspective, in Legal Thoughts Between the East and the West in the Multilevel Legal Order: A Liber Amicorum in Honour of Professor Herbert Han-Pao Ma 445 (Chang-Fa Lo et al. eds., 2016, Springer Publisher).
  4. Reflection on the Prior Negotiation Exemption of Health-related Compulsory License under WTO: Started from Taiwan Tamiflu Compulsory License, in Scientific Evidence in International and European Law: Proceedings of the First Young Researchers Workshop on Science and Law 160 (Maria Chiara Malaguti et al eds., 2010, ARGO Publisher.)

Chinese

  1. Financial Application and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence, in Artificial Intelligence and Legal Challenge 512 (Li-Ching Chang ed., 2021, Angle Publisher).
  2. Securities Regulation Laws and the Development of Institutional Investors: Focusing on Private Equity Funds, in the Trend of Financial and Economic Laws in the 21st Century: A Liber Amicorum in Honour of Professor Kuo-Chuan Lin 337 (2020, Sharing Publisher).

Unpublished Conference Papers

English

  1. Trust in a Trustless World: Crypto-Asset Custodians, Trusts, and Trust Regulations in Taiwan, Asia-Pacific Trust Laws: Adaptation in Context, Melbourne Law School (2021).
  2. Regulating Central Bank Digital Currency: Data Protection Laws as a Potential Defense, National Business Law Scholars' Conference, University of Tennessee School of Law (2021).
  3. Private Liability Laws and Emerging Technology: Toward a Distributed and Automated Liability Regime, Asia-Pacific Private Law Conference, Hong Kong University Law School (2021).
  4. When Jurisdiction Rules Meet Blockchain: Can the Old Bottle Contain the New Wine?, Machine Lawyering: Human Sovereignty and Machine Efficiency in the Law, Hong Kong Chinese University Law School (2021).
  5. The Homogeneity and Heterogeneity of Crypto-Asset Exchanges: A Comparative Lens, American Society of Comparative Law Younger Comparativists Committee 5th Workshop on Comparative Business and Financial Law, University of Akron Law School (2020).
  6. Does the Proud Dragon Need to Repent? A Survey of the Chinese Party-State's Performance in China's Banking Sector, Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Cornell Law School (2017).

Chinese

  1. An Empirical Study on the Corporate Governance and Board Diversity: Focusing on Taiwanese Banks, Conference on the New Agenda for Corporate Governance Laws, National Cheng-Chi University College of Law (2022).
  2. Proposing the Direction for Developing Open Banking Laws and the Data Autonomy of Financial Consumers: A Law and Economics Perspective, Conference on the Retrospect and Prospect of Taiwan’s Law and Economic Analysis, Institutum Iurisprudentiae Academia Sinica (2022).
  3. Corporate Governance of Financial Institutions and FinTech Development: Focusing on the Separation between Finance and Finance, Conference on Corporate Governance and FinTech, Fujen School of Law (2021).
  4. Regulating Affiliate Transactions of Financial Institutions: From Substantive Control to Procedural Control, Conference on the Taxation of Financial Products and Financial Institutions, National Taiwan University College of Law (2019).


 

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