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Biography
Joyman Lee is a private lawyer interested in trusts, property, security and succession. As a comparative scholar, his work engages with the interactions between the broader common law world and civil law, focusing on Asia-Pacific countries such as Japan and Taiwan.
As a legal historian, he is also interested in the ways in which non-European legal systems shaped the development of "modern" property law, including in French-speaking countries...view more
Joyman Lee is a private lawyer interested in trusts, property, security and succession. As a comparative scholar, his work engages with the interactions between the broader common law world and civil law, focusing on Asia-Pacific countries such as Japan and Taiwan.
As a legal historian, he is also interested in the ways in which non-European legal systems shaped the development of "modern" property law, including in French-speaking countries in Africa.
Joyman was raised in London, and taught at the University of Glasgow before joining UNSW.
My Qualifications
BA (Starred First) Cambridge, MA MPhil PhD Yale, GDL City, LLM (Dist) PhD UCL
My Awards
Taiwan Fellowship, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2024
John Robertson Bequest, University of Glasgow, 2024
Peter Birks Scholarship in Private Law, Faculty of Laws, UCL, 2018-2021
Pump Court Tax Chambers Prize, Faculty of Laws, UCL, 2019 (highest mark in the International and Commercial Trusts Law LLM module)
Master of the Rolls Scholarship, Faculty of Laws, UCL, 2017-2018 (top LLM applicant from a Commonwealth country)
Inner Temple Major Scholarship, 2016-2017
City Law School Partial Scholarship, 2016-2017
Finalist for the Herman E Krooss Prize, Business History Conference, 2014 (best dissertation in business history)
Allan Prize for History, Clare College, University of Cambridge, 2006 (best results in Part II examinations)
Kennedy Scholarship, United Kingdom, 2006-2007 (declined)
My Engagement
Visiting Appointments
Visiting Research Scholar, Graduate School of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo, 2024
Visiting Scholar, College of Law, National Taiwan University, 2024
Self-Funded Academic Researcher, Faculty of Law, McGill University, 2022
Visiting Researcher and Chargé d’enseignement vacataire, École de droit, Sciences Po Paris, 2020-2021
Visitor, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo, 2011-2012
My Teaching
Joyman teaches in Equity & Trusts.
Contact
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0617-6827