Benny Tai is associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong where he specializes in constitutional law, administrative law, law and governance, law and politics and law and religion. From 2000 to 2008, he served as associate dean of the Faculty of Law at the University. Mr. Tai is active in promoting civic education in the community and served as a member of the Committee on the Promotion of Civil Education at the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government from 1995 to 2003. He has also served on a number of government and public bodies, including the Consultative Committee for the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Bilingual Laws Advisory Committee and as a part-time member of the Central Policy Unit, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. His most recent publication is entitled Religious Values and the Public Forum: Public Religion, an East-West Dialogue, (Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2008). His current research projects include "The Rule of Law and Legal Culture," "Political Legitimacy and the Development of Constitutionalism," "Law in Governance Processes," "Law and Deliberation," and "Law and Religion: A Comparative Study". Mr. Tai received an L.L.M. from the London School of Economics, University of London.