Dr. Elijah Tukwariba Yin is a distinguished scholar in law and society and senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Coast. He currently holds dual roles as Vice-Dean of the Faculty and Director of the Centre for Legal Research, also within the Faculty.
Dr. Yin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, a Postgraduate Diploma in Law from the University of Law in the United Kingdom, and a Master of Laws degree from Unicaf University in Zambia. Additionally, he holds an International Master's in Sociology of Law from the University of the Basque Country, Spain, in collaboration with the University of Milan, Italy. Dr. Yin completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Cape Coast. He also possesses a Higher Education Teaching Certificate from Harvard's Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning and a Certificate in Global Law, Economic Policy, and Social Justice from Harvard Law School.
Dr. Yin is an alumnus of the Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP) at Harvard Law School and a scholarship award recipient for the Scholars Writing Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand (2018), and the Global Scholars Academy in Geneva, Switzerland (2020). Dr. Yin is also a scholarship recipient for the Accra Socio-Legal Writing Workshop organised by Cardiff Law and Global Justice and the British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the Ghana Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in Accra, Ghana (2018). Dr. Yin has also been awarded several research and travel grants.
Dr. Yin's academic expertise lies in law and society (thus, how laws shape and are shaped by societal values, norms, and power dynamics). His research interests encompass law and society studies, criminal law and criminology, comparative legal culture, legal theory, human rights law, and AI law.
Dr. Yin currently teaches legal research and communications, jurisprudence/legal theory, philosophical foundations of law, critical thinking in law, and introduction to sociology. His previous teaching experience includes criminal law, securities regulation, social theory, and social movements and revolutions.
Dr. Yin is a member of the Law and Society Association (USA), the International Law Association (UK), and the Institute for Global Law and Policy Network at Harvard Law School (USA). He is also affiliated with the Onati Community in Spain.
Dr. Yin has authored numerous research articles, book chapters, and books. His current book project, Towards a New Regulatory Regime on Legal Education and Professional Conduct in Ghana in the 21st Century, is forthcoming.
Dr. Yin welcomes opportunities for collaboration with fellow legal scholars, particularly those interested in interdisciplinary legal studies.
Outside of his academic role, he enjoys listening to hymns and songs by Elvis Presley and Joseph Hill.
Favourite Quotation: "Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters" (Margaret Peters)