China, The United States and Comparative Law Today

Date: November 23 (Friday) -24 (Saturday)

Venue: STL Building, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, University Town, Shenzhen

Lecture Language: English

Registration: https://jinshuju.net/f/Jt2Ak6

November 23, 17:00, STL Moot Court Room

Introductory Remarks: Dean Philip McConnaughay

Legal Orientalism at Home and Abroad: A Conversation

Teemu Ruskola, Emory University School of Law, author, Legal Orientalism: China, The United States, and Modern Law

LIANG Zhiping, Chinese National Academy of Arts, author, Explicating Law: A Comparative Perspective of Chinese and Western Legal Culture

ZHENG Ge, KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, author, Imperialism, Legal Orientalism and China’s Path Towards the Rule of Law

Chair: Nicholas Frayn, Peking University School of Transnational Law

Followed by dinner for conference participants

November 24, STL Room 205

9:00-10:30 Workshop I

Comparative Law And The Problem of Legal Orientalism: What’s Next?

Amy J. Cohen, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University

LU Nan, School of Law, Tsinghua University

JIN Zining, Peking University, School of Transnational Law

Chair: Francis Snyder, Peking University, School of Transnational Law

11:00-12:30 Workshop II

The United States and the Legacy of Legal Orientalism

Jed Kroncke, Hong Kong University

TIAN Lei, East China Normal University

Danya Reda, Peking University, School of Transnational Law

Chair: Thomas Yunlong Man, Peking University, School of Transnational Law

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 Workshop III

Historical Origins and Impacts of Legal Orientalism

ZHANG Yongle, Peking University School of Law

Thomas Coendet, KoGuan Law School, Jiao Tong University

JIANG Haisong, Hunan University School of Law

Chair: Norman Ho, Peking University, School of Transnational Law

16:00-18:00 Workshop IV

Comparative Law and Chinese Legal Reform

CHENG Jinhua, KoGuan Law School, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai

MA Jianyin, Beijing Normal University

WEI Leijie, Xiamen University School of Law

Chair: MAO Shaowei, Peking University, School of Transnational Law

Workshops followed by dinner for conference participants.