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November 2013 public lectures
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The Long Institute Lecture Series on Chinese Law, Business and Society

Legal Education in Republican and Maoist China
Nov. 18, 2013, 2:30–4:00 p.m., LAW 3500

Presented by Glenn D. Tiffert, Ph.D. candidate in History at UC Berkeley

At least three times in the last century, China has fundamentally reconstructed its legal system, and in each of those instances legal education led the way. This talk will provide an overview of modern legal education in China from the waning days of the Qing to the Cultural Revolution, and will connect those legal reforms to present-day controversies in the PRC. Read more » Register now »

Environmental Protection with Chinese Characteristics

Nov. 21, 2013, 3:00–4:30 p.m., LAW 3500

Presented by Prof. Alex Wang, UCLA School of Law

This lecture will discuss the state of international environmental advocacy in China, as well as present new academic work on using China's regional income disparities as a way of advancing, rather than hindering, climate change mitigation efforts. Read more » Register now »


Questions? Contact Jack Hsu by email or phone: (949) 824-8851

The Long Institute Lecture Series on Chinese Law, Business and Society
The Long Institute Lecture Series on Chinese Law, Business and Society is organized by the John S. and Marilyn Long U.S.-China Institute for Business and Law. The series offers presentations of state-of-the-art research on how law, business and society interact in China or in relation to China. The series provides a platform for learning and discussing how legal institutions in the world’s largest legal system and second largest economy shape and are shaped by market and social forces. Read more »
Lecture Program
DateSpeakerTopic
October 25 Sida Liu The Ecology of Law Firm Growth in China
November 18 Glenn D. Tiffert Legal Education in Republican and Maoist China
November 21 Alex Wang Environmental Protection with Chinese Characteristics
December 2 Josh Perles Protecting US Intellectual Property in China through Investments
January
Yang Su Demobilizing the Law: The Life Cycle of Labor Disputes in China
February
Benjamin Liebman To be confirmed and topic to be announced.
March
Benjamin van Rooij Duty to Obey the Law: Chinese and Comparative Perspectives
April
CK Lee
The Enigma of Chinese Capitalism in Africa: A Comparative Ethnography of the Zambian Copperbelt
May
Rachel E. Stern Globalization and Foreign Law Firms in China
Fall 2014
Jerome A. Cohen To be confirmed and topic to be announced.