Officers of AsLEA

Law and Economics is one of the most rapidly growing fields in legal and economic research in Asia and in many other parts of the world.

Asian Law and Economics Association (AsLEA) was established in 2005. Its inaugural conference was held at Seoul National University School of Law in Seoul, Korea. Since then the AsLEA Conference has been held annually at various sites throughout Asia.
AsLEA has also been publishing its journal, entitled “Asian Journal of Law and Economics” since 2010.

 Articles of AsLEA

Officers of AsLEA

President : 

Yun-chien Chang, Cornell Law School, USA


Other Officers:

Vice President (2023):
Tze-Shiou Chien, Academia Sinica, Taiwan [local organizer of the 2023 Annual Meeting]

Secretary (2023):
Patrick Chung-Chia Huang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Treasurer (2023) and local liaison of the 2023 Annual Meeting:
Ivan Kan-hsueh Chiang, EDLE Program

Vice President (2024):
Chang-Ching Lin, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan [local organizer of the 2024 Annual Meeting]

Secretary (2024):
Kai-Ping Chang, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Treasurer (2024) and local liaison of the 2024 Annual Meeting:
Wei-Cheng Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan


Management Board :

Christopher Chao-hung Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Weitseng Chen, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Albert Choi, University of Michigan, USA
Peerapat Chokesuwattanaskul, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Xin Dai, Ocean University of China, China
Seongwook Heo, Seoul National University, Korea
Dennis W. K. Khong, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Haksoo Ko, Seoul National University, Korea (on leave)
Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
John Zhuang Liu, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Takashi Shimizu, University of Tokyo, Japan
Arm Tungnirun, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 
Xuan Vinh Vo, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Wei Zhang, Singapore Management University, Singapore


Director of Academic Programs :

Masaki Iwasaki, Seoul National University, Korea


Advisory Board :

Iljoong Kim, SungKyunKwan University (SKKU), Korea
Nguyen Dong Phong, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Euston Quah, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Pareena Srivanit, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Worawet Suwanrada, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Institutional Members of AsLEA (From 2020)

University of Economics and Law (UEL) – Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Creator of the AsLEA website: Jonggu Jeong
Webmaster of the AsLEA website in 2023–2024: Phil Chang

Former Officers 

   2019-2022:

President: Haksoo Ko (Seoul National University)
Secretary: Duol Kim (Myongji University) [Acting President in October – December 2022]
Treasurers: Peerapat Chokesuwattanaskul (Chulalongkorn University) and
Arm Tungnirun (Chulalongkorn University)


   2015-2018:

President: Euston Quah (Nanyang Technological University)
Secretary: Duol Kim (Myongji University)
Treasurer: Jin Kim(Dongduk Women’s University)

   2014-2015:

President: Euston Quah (Nanyang Technological University)
Secretary: William Clune(Nanyang Technological University)
Treasurer: Jin Kim(Dongduk Women’s University)

   2013-2014:

President: Wen yeu Wang (National Taiwan University)
Secretary: Ching-ping Shao (National Taiwan University)
Treasurer: Yun-chien Chang (Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica)

   2011-2012:

President: Chenggang Xu (University of Hong Kong and WCU, Seoul National University)
Secretary: Yue Qiao (Shandong University)
Treasurer: Jinyan Hu (Shandong University)

   2010-2011:

President: Chenggang Xu (University of Hong Kong and WCU, Seoul National University)
Secretary: Jing Leng (University of Hong Kong)
Treasurer: Xinyu Hua (University of Hong Kong)

   2009-2010:

President: Kong-Pin Chen (Academia Sinica)
Secretary: Jianpei Li (University of International Business and Economics)
Treasurer: Haksoo Ko (Seoul National University)

   2008-2009:

President: Jeong-Yoo Kim (Kyung Hee University)
Secretary: Jinyoung Kim (Korea University)
Treasurer: Haksoo Ko (Seoul National University)

   2007-2008:

President: Moriki Hosoe (Kyushu University)
Secretary: Shozo Ota (University of Tokyo)
Treasurer: Shinya Shimoda (Kyushu University)

   2006-2007:

President: Moriki Hosoe (Kyushu University)
Secretary: Kong-Pin Chen (Academia Sinica)
Treasurer: Jeong-Yoo Kim (Kyung Hee University)

   2005-2006:

President: Ivan Png (National University of Singapore)
Secretary: Angara V. Raja (University of Hyderabad)
Treasurer: Jeong-Yoo Kim (Kyung Hee University)

Minutes of the AsLEA General Assembly Meeting

2nd Meeting (National University Law School, Bangalore, India; 8 December 2006, 3:00 PM)
1st Meeting (Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea; 24 June 2005, 5:00 PM)