Yunqing LIU

Thesis title: International Legal Positivism: A Misunderstanding about Legal Positivism?

Biography

Background

Yunqing LIU is a Ph.D. candidate at Edinburgh Law School. She earned L.L.M in international law from Renmin University of China (2018). She has worked  in Intermediate Court of Shanghai for one year (2018-2019). And she has been the editor of Renmin University Law Review (CSSCI) since 2019.  Her research interests include general public international law, theory and philosophy of international law, sources of international law, jurisdiction and immunity issues, territorial disputes, international dispute settlement, etc. She is also interested in legal theory and legal philosophy, as well as their interaction with international law. She has led and participated in relevant research projects, and also authored several publications in these fields.

Research summary

Her research interests include general public international law, theory and philosophy of international law, sources of international law, jurisdiction and immunity issues, territorial disputes, international dispute settlement, etc. She is also interested in legal theory and legal philosophy, as well as their interaction with international law.

[Book] Mincai YU, Yunqing LIU,  Rule of Evidence in Territorial Disputes. (forthcoming)

[Article] Yunqing LIU, ‘Submission of Evidence and the Obligation to Cooperate in International Court of Justice’, (2021) Journal of International Law 101-126. (Chinese)

[Article] Yunqing LIU, ‘Chain of Evidence in Sino-Japan Diaoyu Islands Territorial Dispute’, (2021) 3 Nanjing University Law Journal 22-40. (Chinese)(CSSCI) 

[Article] Yunqing LIU, 'The Analysis on the Precautionary Principle's Status as Customary International Law', (2020) 4 Chinese Review of International Law 69-93. (Chinese)(CSSCI)

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