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WANG Shih An
Graduate School of Law
Associate Professor

Researcher basic information

■ Research Keyword
  • Comparative constitutional law
  • Law of democracy
  • American public law
  • Judicial review
  • Freedom v.s Security
■ Research Areas
  • Humanities & social sciences / Public law
  • Humanities & social sciences / Public law

Research activity information

■ Award
  • Jun. 2024 Malyi Center for the Study of Institutional and Legal Integrity, University of Chicago Law School, Research Award Recipient

  • Jun. 2024 Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, Dissertation Fellowships for ROC Students Abroad

  • Dec. 2016 Ministry of Education, Taiwan, Scholarship for Overseas Ph.D. Studies

■ Paper
■ MISC
  • The Smoking Gun of Democratic Backsliding? The 2024 Amendment to the Constitutional Court Procedure Act in Taiwan
    Jan. 2025, Taiwan Insight, English
    Introduction commerce magazine

  • Taiwan’s Constitutional Framework
    Sep. 2024, Taiwan Human Rights Hub, English
    Introduction commerce magazine

  • 別讓兒童這樣用社群！紐約州搶先制定《禁止成癮內容法》，會管太多嗎？
    Jul. 2024, 換日線, Chinese
    Introduction commerce magazine

  • TikTok 陷入史上最大危機！美國眾議院為何要禁 TikTok？
    Apr. 2024, 法律白話文運動, Chinese
    Introduction commerce magazine

  • 人工智慧不再無法可管？解讀拜登總統的「人工智慧行政命令」
    Dec. 2023, 天下雜誌獨立評論, Chinese
    Introduction commerce magazine

■ Books And Other Publications
  • Uses of history in constitutional adjudication
    Biagi, Francesco, Frosini, Justin Orlando, Mazzone, Jason
    Others, Using the Authoritarian Past for Constitutional Interpretation in New Democracies: The Example of the Taiwan Constitutional Court, 332-365, Brill, 2023, English, ISBN: 9789004437050

■ Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
  • Informal Constitutional Change by Design: A Comparative Analysis of Japan and Taiwan
    神大公法研究会, Jul. 2026, English
    Nominated symposium

  • When Clear and Present Danger Meets Militant Democracy: Local Hybridity of Democratic Tolerance in East Asia
    末延財団グローバル比較法講座 第2回シンポジウム, Jul. 2026, English
    Nominated symposium

  • Beyond Militant Democracy and Clear and Present Danger: Constitutional Courts and Extreme Expression in South Korea and Taiwan
    ICON-S Annual Conference for International Association of Public Law, Jul. 2026, English
    Oral presentation

  • Public Funding for Candidates and Political Parties in Taiwan
    ICON-S Annual Conference for International;Association of;Public Law, Jul. 2026, English
    Oral presentation

  • Legal Transplant as Active Recalibration in Technology Law: Local Adaptations of the Reasonable Expectations of Privacy in East Asia
    ICON-S Annual Conference for International Association of Public Law, Jun. 2026, English
    Oral presentation

  • Legal Transplant as Active Recalibration in Technology Law: Local Adaptations of the Reasonable Expectations of Privacy in East Asia
    Asian Law Institute Conference 2026, Jun. 2026, English
    Oral presentation

  • When Clear and Present Danger Meets Militant Democracy: Constitutional Transplant of Democratic Tolerance in South Korea and Taiwan
    Comparative Law Work-in-Progress, Program in Law and Normative Thinking, Princeton University, US, May 2026, English
    Public symposium

  • Small-c Security Constitutions: A Comparative Analysis of Japan and Taiwan
    ICON-S Japanese Chapter (developing) Workshop: Contemporary Challenges in Public Law, Mar. 2026, English
    Nominated symposium

  • The Smoking Gun of Democratic Backsliding?
    ICON-S Japanese Chapter (developing) Workshop: Contemporary Challenges in Public Law, Mar. 2026, English
    Nominated symposium

  • When Clear and Present Danger Meets Militant Democracy: Local Hybridity of Democratic Tolerance in South Korea and Taiwan
    Global Law Workshop - Asia in Context (New York University School of Law), Feb. 2026
    Nominated symposium

  • How Do Old Constitutions Change under Evolving Security Challenges? Lessons from Japan and Taiwan
    University of Chicago Law School Lunch Event, Feb. 2026, English
    Public discourse

  • Authoritarian Legacy in Constitutional Time
    ICON•S Taiwan Chapter 2025 Annual Conference, Dec. 2025, English
    Oral presentation

  • National Security and Authoritarian Legacy in South Korea and Taiwan: The Role of Constitutional Courts
    2025 Faculty Exchange Workshop of Kobe Law and IIAS, Sep. 2025
    Nominated symposium

  • An Innovating Constitutional Practice: How Does Facial Recognition Technology Interact with Privacy Protections in East Asian Democracies?
    Shih-An Wang, Kuan-Wei Chen
    2nd International Forum on Asian Laws: Innovation of Laws in Asia, Jun. 2025, English
    Public symposium

  • The End of Constitutional Privacy Protections?: Facial Recognition Technology in East Asian Democracies
    Shih-An Wang, Kuan-Wei Chen
    Law and Society Association Annual Meeting 2025, May 2025, English
    Oral presentation

  • National Security Law, Authoritarian Legacy, and Constitutional Courts
    Max Planck Security and Law Initiative, Apr. 2025, English
    Public discourse

  • National Security and Judicial Self-Empowerment in New Democracies
    The Global Summit on Constitutionalism, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Mar. 2025, English
    Oral presentation

  • Judicial Hypersensitivity and National Security Law: A Perspective from South Korea and Taiwan
    The Conference on Public Law in Asia, Asian Law Schools Association (ALSA), Oct. 2024, English
    Public symposium

  • Data Surveillance, Protection, and National Security: The Experience of South Korea
    TThe 2024 Annual Conference of International Society of Public Law (I CON-S), IE University, Jul. 2024, English
    Oral presentation

  • Judicial Strategies under Geopolitical Distress: The Constitutional Court of Taiwan
    Law and Society Association Annual Meeting 2024, Jun. 2024, English
    Oral presentation

  • Judicial Strategies under Geopolitical Distress: Perspectives from the Constitutional Courts of Taiwan and Lithuania
    Constitutional Law Colloquium, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Nov. 2023, English
    Oral presentation

  • Executive Powers and Democratic Governance of Elections under Geopolitical Tensions- The cases of Taiwan and South Korea
    The Global Summit on Constitutionalism, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Mar. 2023, English
    Oral presentation

  • Crafting Political Parties in Courts
    Political Parties and Constitutions in Asia Conference, Oxford Programme in Asian Laws, University of Oxford, Sep. 2022, English
    Public symposium

  • The Erosion of the Public Sphere
    The 2021 Annual Conference of International Society of Public Law (I CON-S Mundo), Jul. 2021, English
    Oral presentation

  • The Use of Comparative Constitutional Law in Lawmaking Activities: The Anti-Infiltration Act in Taiwan
    North American Taiwan Studies Association 2020 Conference, Jul. 2020, English
    Oral presentation

  • Constitutional Interpretation of Authoritarian Legacies in New Democracies: The Example of the Taiwan Constitutional Court
    Constitutional History: Comparative Perspectives Uses of History in Constitutional Adjudication, University of Illinois College of Law, Apr. 2019, English
    Public symposium

  • The Limits of Democracy in Immigration Law
    The 1st International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Toshisha University, Jul. 2018, English
    Oral presentation

■ Affiliated Academic Society
  • East Asia Young Scholars Association
    - Present

  • North American Taiwan Studies Association
    - Present

  • The Law and Society Association
    - Present

  • International Society of Public Law
    - Present

  • Chicago Center on Democracy
    Sep. 2020 - Jun. 2024

■ Social Contribution Activities
  • 模擬憲法裁判所：変革的正義
    台北弁護士会、台湾民間真相と和解促進会
    Others, May 2016 - Dec. 2016

■ Media Coverage
  • Analysis: Justice Nominees Blocked Again
    Taiwan Plus, 25 Jul. 2025, https://www.taiwanplus.com/news/taiwan-news/politics/250725026/analysis-justice-nominees-blocked-again?from=latest1
    Internet

  • 台韓戒嚴制度比一比 同樣朝小野大、執政受挫，台灣如何避免走回頭路
    Other than myself, 天下雜誌
    Paper

■ Academic Contribution Activities
  • 2025 Yearly Conference
    2025 Yearly Conference
    North American Taiwan Studies Association
    - Present

  • Editor-in-Chief
    Editor-in-Chief
    East Asia Young Scholars Association
    - Present
    Academic society etc

  • 2024 Yearly Conference
    2024 Yearly Conference
    North American Taiwan Studies Association
    01 Jul. 2023 - 01 Jul. 2024
    Academic society etc

  • 2023 Yearly Conference
    2023 Yearly Conference
    North American Taiwan Studies Association
    01 Jul. 2022 - 01 Jul. 2023
    Academic society etc

  • The Social and Political Foundations of Constitution
    The Social and Political Foundations of Constitution
    国立台湾大学出版センター
    01 Jun. 2020 - Aug. 2021
    Others

■ Others
  • The University of Chicago Taiwanese Student Association
    May 2021 - May 2022, 会長

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