Joyman Lee is a private law scholar interested in trusts, property and succession.

As a doctrinal legal scholar, Joyman's training centred on comparative trusts law, with a focus on Japan. He is interested in the ways in which successful non-Western legal systems are often hybrid in nature; that is to say, how a decolonial approach assists us in appreciating the creativity of jurists in non-Western legal systems.

Given his historical background, Joyman's interest in the comparison of laws extends to colonial and post-colonial contexts, especially in the Francophone space (including Canada). In this regard, he is interested in land as an arena where non-Western legal ideas maintain or reassert their autonomy in face of the hegemonic presence of state law.

Raised in England, Joyman spent a decade pursuing a career in modern Chinese history in the United States, prior to a career change to law. He taught at the University of Glasgow before moving to UNSW.