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Staff Profile

Professor Sophia Tang

Visiting Professor

  • Email: sophia.tang@ncl.ac.uk
  • Address: 缅北禁地 Law School
    缅北禁地
    缅北禁地 upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
Background

Professor Zheng Sophia Tang is a Professor at the Wuhan University and a Deputy Director at the Wuhan University Institute of International Law and Deputy Dean at the Wuhan University Academy of International Law and Global Governance. She is now a guest professor at the 缅北禁地. Before that she was a full time Chair in Law and Commerce at the 缅北禁地. She also taught law at the University of Leeds and the University of Aberdeen. She held visiting positions at the University of Vienna, University of Duke, Max Planck Institute of Comparative and International Private Law, and LSE. She is a barrister-at-law and an accredited mediator in England and Wales,and a listed arbitrator at the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration. She is a honorary professor at the Shanghai Superior Court and PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate. 

Professor Tang is specialised in private international law, international commercial arbitration, and comparative commercial law, in which she has published extensively. Her articles appear in prestigious law journals, including ICLQ, Modern Law Review, Journal of Private International Law, Hong Kong Law Journal, Edinburgh Law Review, European Law Review, Netherlands Journal of International Law, etc. Professor Tang's monograph Electronic Consumer Contracts in the Conflict of Laws (2nd., Hart, 2015) and article "Exclusive Choice of Forum Clauses in Electronic Consumer Contracts" (2005) 1 Journal of Private International Law 237 are cited by the Canadian Supreme Court in . Her co-authored book Conflict of Laws in the People's Republic of China (EEL, 2016) has received positive reviews from scholars in the UK, Australia, China and Singapore and four awards from China.

Professor Tang is a founding editor-in-chief of the , a peer review journal published by SAGE, an editor of conflictoflaws.net, and a member of the advisory board of Journal of Private International Law . She is one of the authors of Cheshire, North and Fawcett: Private International Law (15th ed), the leading text in this field. She is a regular reviewer for many reputable law journals in the field and prestigious law publishers, including OUP, CUP, Hart, Edward Elgar, etc. She has provided public lectures and training for judges, government officials and legal practitioners in EU, UK, Thailand, Chinese Mainland, HK, and Macau. She has led research projects funded by the Carnegie Trust, State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of PRC, Chinese Social Science Foundation, Chinese Ministry of Education, PRC HK and Macau Work Office, and European Commission. She serves as an expert for the European Commission DG Justice in the Justice programme and Horizon 2020, and for the National Science Centre in Poland. She is a member of the ESRC Global Challenge Research Fund peer review group. 


 

Research

Professor Tang's research interest lies in the field of private international law/conflict of laws and comparative private and commercial Law. Professor Tang's research covers primarily focuses on European harmonisation of private international law, and the interaction between private international law and other commercial law areas.

Professor Tang published extensively in her specialised area. She has published five monographs with CUP, Hart, Routledge and Edward Elgar. Her articles are published in reputable peer-review journals, such as ICLQ, Modern Law Review, European Law Review, Journal of Private International Law, Hong Kong Law Journal, Edinburgh Law Review and the Netherlands International law Review. She is a frequent speaker in international academic and professional conferences and seminars.

Current Research Projects 

International Data Transfer and Data Protection

Extraterritorial Jurisdiction and the Interaction between Prescriptive and Adjudicative Jurisdiction

Smart Court and Digitisation of Justice

Cross-Border Consumers in New Economy

Alignment of Business Rules and Regulations in the Guangdong-HK-Macau Great Bay Area


Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

Private International Law

Contract Law

Company Law

Postgraduate Teaching 

International Sale of Goods

International Commercial Arbitration

Comparative Business Law

Professor Tang was nominated for Teaching Excellence Awards (TEAs) 2016 (Taught Supervisor of the Year)

 

Publications

  • Articles

    • Tang Z. Territoriality and Intellectual Property Infingement Proceedings. The Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law 2024, 12, 97-115. In Preparation.
    • Tang Z. . China: An International Journal 2023, 21(4), 1-24.
    • Tang Z. . Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht/ The Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law 2023, 87(1), 118-143.
    • Tang Z. . Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 2021, 11(1), 47-68.
    • Tang Z. . Journal of International Dispute Settlement 2020, 11(4), 522–548.
    • Tang Z. . Asia Pacific Law Review 2019, 27(2), 176-197.
    • Tang Z. . Hong Kong Law Journal 2019, 49(1), 121-152.
    • Tang Z. . European Law Review 2018, 43(5), 648-668.
    • Tang ZS. . European Foreign Affairs Review 2018, 23(4), 565–583.
    • Tang ZS, Xu L. . Pandora’s Box 2016, 23, 21-30.
    • Tang ZS. . Revue européenne de droit de la consommation 2016, (2), 303-309.
    • Tang ZS. . Hong Kong Law Journal 2015, 45(1), 351-372.
    • Dowers N, Tang ZS. . Groningen Journal of International Law 2015, 3(1), 125-146.
    • Tang Z. . International Journal of Private Law 2014, 7(1), 1-19.
    • Tang Z. Air Carriers’ Obligation in ‘Extraordinary Circumstances’. European Journal of Risk Regulation 2013, 275-259.
    • Tang Z. Parallel Proceedings and Anti-Arbitration Injunction. Journal of Business Law 2012, 589-610.
    • Tang Z. Non-State Law in Party Autonomy. International Journal of Private Law 2012, 5, 22-33.
    • Tang Z. International Treaties in Chinese Private International Law. Hong Kong Law Journal 2012, 42, 597-632.
    • Tang Z. Effectiveness of Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses in the Chinese Courts. ICLQ 2012, 61, 459-484.
    • Tang Z. Conflicts of Jurisdiction and Party Autonomy in Europe. Netherlands International Law Review 2012, 59, 321-359.
    • Tang Z. Consumer Collective Redress in European Private International Law. Journal of Private International Law 2011, 7, 101-141.
    • Tang Z. Aviation Jurisdiction and Protection of Air Passengers. Revue Europeenne De Droit De La Consommation 2011, 331-355.
    • Tang Z. Private International Law in Consumer Contracts: A European Perspective. Journal of Private International Law 2010, 6, 225-248.
    • Tang Z. European Jurisdiction in Multiple Defendant Litigation. European Law Review 2009, 34, 80-103.
    • Beaumont P, Tang Z. Substance and Procedure: Harding v Wealands and the Rome II Regulation. Edinburgh Law Review 2008, 12, 131-137.
    • Tang Z. Law Applicable in the Absence of Choice—The New Article 4 of the Rome I Regulation. Modern Law Review 2008, 71, 785-795.
    • Tang Z. Interrelationship of European Jurisdiction and Choice of Law in Contracts. Journal of Private International Law 2008, 4, 35-59.
    • Tang Z. Parties’ Choice of Law in E-Consumer Contracts. Journal of Private International Law 2007, 3, 113-136.
    • Tang Z. An Effective Dispute Resolution System for Electronic Consumer Contracts. Computer Law and Security Report 2007, 23, 42-52.
    • Tang Z. Exclusive Choice Of Forum Clauses And Consumer Contracts In E-Commerce. Journal of Private International Law 2005, 1, 237-268.
    • Tang Z. Application of WTO Law in China. Journal of Central Normal University (Humanities and Social Sciences) 2004, 43, 76-80.
    • Cao Y, Tang Z. A Review of the Theory and Practice of Corporate Rescue. Economics Perspectives 2004, 6, 80-84.
    • Tang Z. Analysis of Applicable Law Principles on Product Liability. Journal of Wuhan University of Technology (Social Science) 2003, 16, 384-388.

  • Authored Books

    • Tang ZS. . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025.
    • Tang ZS, Xiao Y, Huo Z. . Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2016.
    • Tang ZS. . Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing, 2015.
    • Tang ZS. . London: Routledge, 2014.
    • Tang Z. Electronic Consumer Contracts in the Conflict of Laws. Oxford: Hart, 2009.

  • Book Chapters

    • Tang Z, Liao T. . In: Jolly S; Khanderia S, ed. Private International Law in BRICS. London: Bloomsbury, 2024, pp.87-100.
    • Tang Z, Zhang X. . In: Shiping Hua, ed. Chinese Legality: Ideology, Law, and Institutions. London and New York: Routledge, 2023, pp.94-111.
    • Tang ZS, Zhang XX. Legality of Chinese Extraterritorial Jurisdiction. In: Hua, SP, ed. Chinese Legality: Ideology, Law, and Institutions. Routledge, 2023.
    • Tang Z. . In: Matthias Weller, João Ribeiro-Bidaoui, Moritz Brinkmann, Nina Dethloff, ed. The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention: Cornerstones, Prospects, Outlook. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023, pp.297-312.
    • Takahashi K, Tang ZS. . In: Paul Beaumont and Jayne Holliday, ed. A Guide to Global Private International Law. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022, pp.433-450.
    • Tang Z. . In: Beaumont P; Mihail D; Trimmings K; Burcu Y, ed. Cross-Border Litigation in Europe. London: Bloomsbury, 2017.
    • Tang ZS. . In: Savin, A; Trzaskowski, J, ed. Research Handbook on EU Internet Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2014, pp.254-284.

  • Edited Book

    • Torremans P, Grusic U, Heinze C, Merrett L, Mills A, García-Castrillón C, Tang Z, Trimmings K, Walker L, ed. . Oxford University Press, 2017.

  • Editorial

    • Tang Z, Cai C. . Chinese Journal of Transnational Law 2024, 1(2), 89-94.

  • Note

    • Tang Z. . International Legal Materials 2024, 63(4), 627-636.