Honorary Professor Qiao Liu
Honorary Professor
TC Beirne School of Law
W206C Forgan Smith Building, St Lucia campus. Availability by appointment.
Publications
Books
McKendrick, Ewan and Liu, Qiao (2015). Contract Law. Australian Edition ed. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
Birks, Peter and Liu, Qiao (translator) (2012). 不當得利 [Unjust enrichment]. Beijing, China: Tsinghua University Press.
Liu, Qiao (2011). Anticipatory breach. Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing.
Book Chapters
Trakman, Leon E., Liu, Qiao and Chen, Lei (2020). Investor-state arbitration in China: a comparative perspective. Dispute resolution in China, Europe and world. (pp. 231-262) edited by Lei Chen and André Janssen. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
McKendrick, Ewan, Liu, Qiao and Ren, Xiang (2019). Remedies in international instruments. Research handbook on remedies in private law. (pp. 409-424) edited by David Campbell and Roger Halson. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Liu, Qiao (2019). Termination of contract for fundamental breach. Research handbook on remedies in private law. (pp. 166-181) edited by David Campbell and Roger Halson. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
McKendrick, Ewan and Liu, Qiao (2018). Good faith in contract performance in the Chinese and common laws. Chinese contract law: civil and common law perspectives. (pp. 72-111) edited by Larry A. Dimatteo and Lei Chen. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781316816912.005
Liu, Qiao (2016). Anticipatory breach. International sales law: contract, principles & practice. (pp. 499-528) edited by Larry DiMatteo, André Janssen, Ulrich Magnus and Reiner Schulze. Germany: Beck, Hart and Nomos.
Liu, Qiao, Shan, Wenhua and Ren, Xiang (2015). Introduction. China and International Commercial Dispute Resolution. (pp. 1-4) Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004306738_002
Liu, Qiao and Ren, Xiang (2015). Balancing public interest with transactional security: the validity of contracts tainted with corruption under Chinese law. The Impact of Corruption on International Commercial Contracts. (pp. 77-98) edited by Michael J Bonell and Olaf Meyer. Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-19054-9_3
Liu, Qiao and Ren, Xiang (2015). CISG in Chinese courts: the first look. China and international commercial dispute resolution. (pp. 273-305) edited by Qiao Liu and Wenhua Shan. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004306738_011
Liu, Qiao, Ren, Xiang and Zhang, Zhenxing (2014). A report on commercial codification in China, with a focus on general provisions. Codification in East Asia: selected papers from 2nd IACL Thematic Conference. (pp. 81-90) edited by Wen-Yeu Wang. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-03446-1_6
Liu, Qiao (2012). Unjust Enrichment: Expansion from a Core Case (in Chinese). Civil and Commercial Law Review. (pp. 281-298) edited by Huixing Liang. Beijing: Law Press (Beijing, China).
Journal Articles
Liu, Qiao (2022). The use of case law in China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Asia Pacific Law Review, 29 (1), 129-148. doi: 10.1080/10192557.2021.2013662
Liu, Qiao (2019). Chinese 'case law' in comparative law studies: Illusions and complexities. Asian Journal of Comparative Law, 14 (S1), S97-S117. doi: 10.1017/ASJCL.2019.1
Halson, Roger and Liu, Qiao (2019). Agreed damages, the penalty rule and unfair terms: an Anglo-Australian and Chinese comparison. Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, 7 (1) cxz003, 49-94. doi: 10.1093/cjcl/cxz003
Liu, Qiao and Ren, Xiang (2017). CISG in Chinese Courts: The Issue of Applicability. American Journal of Comparative Law, 65 (4), 873-918. doi: 10.1093/ajcl/avx045
Liu, Qiao (2013). Rethinking election: a general theory. Sydney Law Review, 35 (3), 599-625.
Liu, Qiao (2013). The use and misuse of equitable election. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 36 (3), 1053-1074.
Liu, Qiao, Ren, Xiang and Zhang, Zhenxing (2013). Legislating general principles of commercial law in China. International Journal of Private Law, 6 (2), 206-214. doi: 10.1504/IJPL.2013.053015
Liu, Qiao and Ren, Xiang (2012). Transfer of funds in China-US BIT negotiations: Comparing the Articles of Agreement of the IMF. Journal of International Trade Law and Policy, 11 (1), 6-26. doi: 10.1108/14770021211210669
Liu, Qiao (2011). The White & Carter Principle: A restatement. The Modern Law Review, 74 (2), 171-194. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2230.2011.00842.x
Liu, Qiao (2011). The Puzzle of Unintended Acceptance of Repudiation. Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, Part 1, 4-11.
Liu, Qiao (2010). The Pitfall of Subjective Renunciation. Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, 359-364.
Liu, Qiao (2008). The test of fundamentality in anticipatory breach cases: Spirent v Quake. Canadian Business Law Journal, 46 (3), 443-487.
Liu, Q. (2007). The Chinese Property Rights Law: Old wine in a new bottle. LawAsia Journal, 2007 (1), 163-185.
Qiao, L. (2007). The date for assessing damages for loss of prospective performance under a contract. Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, 2007 (3), 273-282.
Liu, Q. (2007). Inferring future breach: Towards a unifying test of anticipatory breach of contract. Cambridge Law Journal, 66 (3), 574-604. doi: 10.1017/S0008197307000748
Liu, Qiao (2005). Claiming damages upon an anticipatory breach: Why should an acceptance be necessary?. Legal Studies, 25 (4), 559-577. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-121X.2005.tb00684.x
Liu, Qiao (2001). From Objective Test to Pragmatic Test: A Purposive Interpretation of 'Short-Swing Trading' Provisions (in Chinese). Xiamen University Law Review, 2, 50-111.
Qiao Liu (2000). A Study on the Civil Liabilities of Certificate Public Accountants (in Chinese). Civil and Commercial Law Review, 16, 250-250.
Qiao Liu (1999). On Civil Law Aspects of A Hijacking Case (in Chinese). Law Science, 209, 58-66.
Qiao Liu (1999). Rebus Sic Stantibus: Legislative and Judicial Issues on Uniform Contract Law (in Chinese). Modern Law Science, 21 (4 (Aug)), 36-45.
Conference Papers
Liu, Qiao (2017). Conducting Comparative Studies on Chinese Law Some Methodological Issues. The State of Comparative Law in Asia, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 27 September 2017.
Liu, Qiao (2017). CISG in Chinese Courts–Substantive Applications. UNCITRAL-UM Joint Conference 2017 Modernization of National Commercial Laws and the Role of Legal Harmonization in International Commerce, Macau SAR, China, 11-12 December 2017.
Qiao Liu (2013). CISG in Chinese Courts. China and International Commercial Dispute Resolution, Xi'an, China, 10-15 May.
Liu, Qiao (2012). National report: codifying Chinese commercial law. International Association of Comparative Law Conference on Codification, Taipei, Taiwan, 24-26 May 2012.