Michelle Miao
DPhil Law
Michelle has submitted her doctoral thesis entitled 'the Politics of Change: Explaining Capital Punishment Reform in China' in May 2013. She has previously conducted this research project under the supervision of Professor Carolyn Hoyle and Dr Mary Bosworth. She holds two Masters Degrees, one in Criminal Law from Renmin University of China Law School and the other in International Legal Studies from New York University Law School. She has taught judge training programs in University of Greenwich and New York University Law School. She was a research assistant for the Asian Law Society, New York University Law School and the faculty of law, University of Oxford. Michelle was a law clerk in Trust and Justice Law Firm, Shanghai, China and an associate with HellerEhrman LLP New York and Hong Kong offices.
Publications
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Journal Articles
M Miao, ‘The Politics of China’s Death Penalty Reform in the Context of Global Abolitionism' (2013) 53 (3) The British Journal of Criminology, 500-519.
M Miao, ‘Capital Punishment in China: A Populist Instrument of Social Governance’ (2013) 17 (2) Theoretical Criminology, 233-250
Chapters
M Miao, ‘Examining China’s Responses to the Global Campaign Against the Death Penalty’, in Hood R. and Deva S. (eds), Confronting Capital Punishment in Asia: Human Rights, Politics, Public Opinion and Practices (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2013)
Other publications
M Miao, 'Explaining the 2011 England Riots: Conflicts and Causes', in 2012 (3) The Jurist, 147-180 (in Chinese) (journal article)
X Wang and M Miao, ‘The International Criminal Court in China: Challenges and Opportunities’ (2005) 9 Criminal Forum (China Law Press) (book)
M Miao and X Zhao, ‘Voluntarily Surrendering Oneself to the Police: An Examination of the Case of A Yun in Song Dynasty’ (2005) 20 (3) Journal of Henan Administrative Institute of Politics and Law (in Chinese) (journal article)
Conference Papers
M Miao and B Zhao, ‘Examining the Impact of International Human Rights Norms and Practices on the Transformation of Chinese Attitudes and Practice regarding Capital Punishment’, at Capital Punishment in Asia: Progress and Prospects for Law Reform (Hong Kong, 4 November 2011)
M Miao, ‘The Significance and Limitations of International Human Rights Standard-Setting in Shaping Domestic Capital Punishment Practices: The Case of China’ (British Society Criminology Conference 3 July 2011, Northumbria University)
Interests
Research: criminal justice, criminology, criminal law, human rights, international law, law and society, Chinese studies
Other details
Correspondence address:
St Anne's College
Woodstock Road,
Oxford,
OX2 6HS
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