Rate My Professor Jianlin Chen

Chen's primary research interests focus on law and religion and criminal law, with particular emphasis on fraud, including religious fraud regulation and fraudulent sex criminalization, analyzed through comparative and economic lenses. His broader research agenda investigates how various state actions—such as law, regulation, tax, state ownership, public contracts, and government speech—share similar capacities to achieve public interest goals, critiquing the distinct legal frameworks typically applied to each. Other areas of academic interest include natural resources and property rights, corporate and securities law, government procurement, culture wars, charity, and tax. These align with his expertise in Natural Resources & Property, Corporate and Commercial Law, Law & Religion, Economic Analysis of Law, and Criminal Law. Key publications comprise the monograph Law and Religious Market Theory (Cambridge University Press, 2017), alongside articles such as "Singapore's Culture War over Section 377A: Through the Lens of Public Choice and Multilingual Research" (Law & Social Inquiry, 2013), "Optimal Property Rights for Emerging Natural Resources: A Case Study on Owning Atmospheric Moisture" (University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 2016), "Property Rights Arrangement in Emerging Natural Resources: A Case Study of China's Nationalization of Wind and Sunlight" (Columbia Journal of Asian Law, 2013), and works in Sydney Law Review, Columbia Journal of Asian Law, 公司法评论, and 北大法律评论.