About
Thesis title
'Examining Constitutional 'Reason of State' in the British Postcolony in Asia: Between Legality and Coloniality'
Supervisors
Professor Tarun Khaitan and Professor Thomas Poole
Research interests/areas
Constitutional law; Constitutional theory; Malaysian public law
Yi Heng is a PhD Candidate in law at the LSE. He holds an LLB from the University of Liverpool and an LLM from the University of Cambridge. Prior to coming to the LSE, he completed the Bar Vocational Studies Course at City St. George's, University of London. He was previously a Judicial Intern at the High Court in Malaya.
Yi Heng's research examines the nature of exceptional and emergency powers within the constitutional orders of postcolonial states.
Awards / Scholarships
LSE PhD Studentship (2025);
The City Law School Bar Vocational Studies Scholarship (2024); Darwin College Award for Academic Performance (2024); Brabners Charity Law Prize, University of Liverpool (2023)