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May 2014 public lecture
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The Long Institute Lecture Series

The Use and Misuse of Rules: Environmental Regulation Enforcement and Compliance in China
May 5, 2014, 3:00–4:30 p.m., UC Irvine School of Law, LAW 3500

Presented by Shui Yan Tang, Frances R. and John J. Duggan Professor in Public Administration in the Sol Price School of Public Policy, and Research Director for the Judith and John Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Public Enterprise, University of Southern California

This lecture will highlight several key characteristics of the Chinese governance system that are in potential conflict with sound principles for formulating and enforcing rules. The consequences of such conflicts are illustrated by examples in environmental regulation enforcement and compliance. 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 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 »

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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 10
Yang Su Demobilizing the Law for Control: The Life Cycle of Labor Disputes in China
February 11 Rachel E. Stern Globalization and International Law Firms in China
March 25 Benjamin van Rooij Why Chinese Obey the Law: Lessons from China's Legal Service Sector
April 25
Ching Kwan Lee
The Enigma of Chinese Capitalism in Africa: A Comparative Ethnography of the Zambian Copperbelt
May 5
Shui Yan Tang
The Use and Misuse of Rules: Environmental Regulation Enforcement and Compliance in China
October 23 Benjamin Liebman Leniency in Chinese Criminal Law?  Everyday Justice in Henan
Fall 2014
Jerome A. Cohen To be confirmed and topic to be announced.