| | | | Mismatched Discourses in the Petition Office of Chinese Courts | | Thursday, September 25, 2014, 2:00–3:30 p.m., UC Irvine School of Law, MPAA 408 (map)
Presented by Xin He, Professor of Law at City University of Hong Kong and Co-Editor of Asia Pacific Law Review.
Based on participation observations and interviews with petitioners and petition officials in Chinese courts, this lecture analyzes how the petitioning discourse is organized and how it influences the dispute resolution process. It finds that the discourses between the petitioners and the petition officials are mismatched. The research sheds light on the petitioners’ legal consciousness and the operation of the petition system in China. Read more »
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| Date | Speaker | Topic |
September 25
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Xin He
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Mismatched Discourses in the Petition Office of Chinese Courts |
| October 23 |
Benjamin Liebman |
Leniency in Chinese Criminal Law? Everyday Justice in Henan |
| November 13 |
Molly Roberts |
Fear or Friction? How Censorship Slows the Spread of Information in the Digital Age |
| February 23 |
Jerome Cohen |
China Law, International Law and Human Rights |
March 2015
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To be confirmed and topic to be announced. |
| April 2015 |
TBA |
To be confirmed and topic to be announced. |
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