Tina Yao is a PhD candidate and Teaching Fellow at the Melbourne Law School. She is a member of the Asian Law Centre and the Melbourne Criminal Law Research Forum. Her thesis examines the administrative rationality and techniques of anti-corruption law in Australia and Mainland China.
Prior to her candidature, Tina interned at Dentons’ Beijing office. She has provided research assistance for a book project on the Japanese criminal justice system, and assisted with the editing of the upcoming Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Asian Law at the Melbourne Law School.
Tina holds a Juris Doctor, and a Bachelor Arts with a double major in Sociology and Politics, both from the University of Melbourne.
Thesis Title
Administration and Criminal Law: The jurisdictions of corruption in Australia and China
Thesis Summary
Contemporary society witnesses the expansion of administration and the innovation of administrative toolkits through law. The legitimisation of administrative practices has altered the contour of law, transforming its ordinary mode of operation. This thesis examines the administrative rationality and techniques in giving shape to law’s response to corruption through two case studies: anti-corruption laws and institutions in New South Wales and China. By focusing on legal techniques employed throughout anti-corruption activities, the thesis analyses the discourses, institutions, procedures and officials of anti-corruption laws.
Supervisors
- Criminal Law
- Jurisprudence
- Evidence and Proof
- Chinese Law
- Law and Society