| The Long Institute Lecture Series presents
China’s Grassroots Courts:
A Sociological Perspective |
| Thursday, December 3, 2015 3:00–4:30 p.m.UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business SB1 Room 5200 ( Directions)
Presented by Kwai Ng Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
This talk presents an overview of the Chinese courts today from the perspective of a sociologist. Specifically, it explores how the Chinese courts are institutionally empowered by but also subjugated to the influences of different forces—political, economic, and social. The talk also outlines a growing gap between the courts in big cities and their rural counterparts. It ends by exploring the various challenges facing the Chinese courts ahead, in particular, the challenge of retaining young judges working in urban cities. Read more »
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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 UCI Long US-China Institute. 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.
2015-16 Lecture Schedule
Date | Speaker | Topic |
November 5 |
Jonas Nahm |
Renewable Futures and Industrial Legacies: Wind and Solar Energy in China, Germany, and the United States |
December 3 |
Kwai Ng |
China’s Grassroots Courts: A Sociological Perspective |
Jan. 21, 2016 |
Timothy Cheek |
China’s Directed Public Sphere: Origins and Rejuvenation
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Feb. 1, 2016 |
James Fallows |
Annual Long Institute Distinguished Lecture |
Feb. 11, 2016 |
Guo Zhiyuan |
Implementation of Exclusionary Rule in China: Challenges and Possible Solutions |
Feb. 25, 2016 |
Xuegang Zhou |
Spatial Mobility in the Chinese bureaucracy: Evidence and Implications for China’s Governance |
March 9, 2016 |
Susan Shirk |
Personalism and Institutionalization in PRC Politics |
April 14, 2016 |
Minxin Pei |
Collusive Corruption |
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