Guest Lecture | Deconstructing Public Opinion Surveys on the Death Penalty | By Prof. Wing-Cheong Chan

NLSIU is organising a Guest Lecture on ‘Deconstructing Public Opinion Surveys on the Death Penalty,’ by Prof. Wing-Cheong Chan, Professor of Law, Singapore Management University (SMU) at the NLS campus. The lecture will be delivered on Thursday, November 13 in Room 201, New Academic Block (NAB) at 5 pm.

About the Speaker

Wing Cheong is Professor of Law at SMU. He completed his undergraduate studies in Law from Oxford University, England and his Master’s degree from Cornell University, USA. He is an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, a barrister of Gray’s Inn (England & Wales), and a qualified attorney of New York State (USA).

His academic career started with the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1993. His areas of specialisation include Criminal Law, Family Law, Child Law and Elder Law. He is the co-author of ‘Criminal Law in Singapore’ which is used by law students and practitioners, and it has been cited numerous times by the courts of both Malaysia and Singapore. His recent projects include an examination of the death penalty in Singapore, and the criminal laws of regional countries (Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Laos, Bhutan and Bangladesh). Two of his works have been translated into other languages: ‘Family Law in Singapore’ (Japanese) and ‘Criminal Law in Myanmar’ (Burmese).