Dr. Taisu Zhang

Biography

Taisu Zhang is a Professor at Yale Law School specializing in comparative legal economic history, private law theory, and contemporary Chinese law and politics. He obtained his Ph.D. in History from Yale University in 2014, his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2008, and a B.A. from Yale University in 2005. His literary contributions include significant works such as 'Ideological Foundations of Qing Taxation: Belief Systems, Politics, and Institutions' (Cambridge University Press, 2023) and 'Laws and Economics of Confucianism: Kinship and Property in Pre-Industrial China and England' (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Zhang's planned works encompass a trilogy investigating the institutional and cultural origins of early modern economic divergence and the political and socioeconomic logic in the legalization of contemporary Chinese law. He has published articles in esteemed journals, including the Yale Law Journal and Harvard Law Review, and his scholarly achievements have garnered various awards. In addition, Zhang holds a secondary appointment at the Yale History Department at the Jackson School and has taught at several prestigious institutions, including Duke University School of Law and the University of Hong Kong. He also serves as a co-editor for the 'Studies in Legal History' series by the American Society for Legal History, published by Cambridge University Press.

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