Dean Han Dayuan, Prof. Zhu Jingwen and other scholars from Renmin University Law School will be at the University of Pennsylvania Law School on April 21 and in Washington DC on April 22 for two events on The State of Legal Development in China. The Penn event is all-day and features several commentators (many on this listserv). The Washington event is half-day. Please note that the Washington event requires an RSVP (for access to the site).
The State of Legal Development in China: Issues, Evidence and Analysis
April 21, 2014
Levy Conference Center, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Since 2007, Renmin University Law School has produced regular comprehensive reports documenting the state of legal development in China. These annual reports compile relevant data and provide empirically grounded assessments of the state of the legal system in China, China’s evolving legal culture and norms, and the rule of law in the Chinese context.
The University of Pennsylvania Law School is honored to welcome the dean of Renmin University Law School, Professor Han Dayuan, and four of his colleagues, including Professor Zhu Jingwen, the principal editor of the annual report series, for a one-day conference to examine critical issues in Chinese law and findings from their research.
Leading scholars from Renmin University will address three key areas vital to China’s legal development: (1) Legal Education and the Legal Profession, (2) Current Issues in Criminal Justice Reform, and (3) Rights and the Rule of Law. U.S.-based experts in these areas and U.S.-based scholars of Chinese law will offer commentary from comparative and cross-disciplinary perspectives.
9:00-9:15 Registration
9:15-10:00 Welcome, Opening Remarks
and Introduction to The Report on Legal Development in China
Jacques deLisle, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Dean Han Dayuan, Renmin University Law School
Zhu Jingwen, Renmin University Law School
Introduction to The Report on Legal Development in China
10:00– 12:00 Panel I: Legal Education and the Legal Profession
Chair: Amy Gadsden, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Presenters:
Zhu Jingwen, An Analysis of the Professionalization of Lawyers in China
Han Dayuan, Legal Education and the Development of the Rule of Law in China
Commentators:
Robert Reinstein, Temple Law School
David Trubek, University of Wisconsin Law School
Carl Minzner, Fordham Law School
12:00 – 1:00 Break
1:00– 3:00: Panel II: Current Issues in Criminal Justice Reform
Chair: Jacques deLisle
Presenters: He Jiahong, Wrongful Convictions and Judicial Reform in China
Shi Yanan, Ending Reeducation through Labor and the Issue of Preventive Detention
Commentators:
Markus Dubber, University of Toronto Law School
Margaret Lewis, Seton Hall Law School
Martin Flaherty, Fordham Law School
3:00- 3:15 Coffee / Tea Break
3:15 – 5:15 Panel III: Rights and the Rule of Law
Chair: Neysun Mahboubi, University of Pennsylvania CSCC
Presenter: Lu Haina, The Development of Anti-discrimination Law in China
Han Dayuan, Emerging Issues in Property Rights Protection
Commentators:
Cynthia Estlund, NYU Law School
Donald Clarke, George Washington University Law School
Serena Mayeri, University of Pennsylvania Law School
5:15 Closing Remarks and Adjournment
Han Dayuan and Jacques deLisle
The University of Pennsylvania Law School
Renmin University Law School
American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative
Program on
The State of Legal Development in China: Issues and Evidence
Dolley Madison House
Madison Place NW
Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Since 2007, Renmin University Law School has produced regular comprehensive reports documenting the state of legal development in China. These annual reports compile relevant data and provide empirically grounded assessments of the state of the legal system in China, China’s evolving legal culture and norms, and the rule of law in the Chinese context.
The University of Pennsylvania Law School in partnership with the ABA Rule of Law Initiative and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is pleased to welcome a senior delegation of Renmin Law faculty to share the latest findings from their research across two critical areas of reform in China: rights awareness and litigation rates, and criminal law reform and the increasingly professional role of the lawyer in the PRC.
1:30 PM The State of Legal Development in China: Empirical Analysis from China
Introductory Remarks:
Judge Timothy Dyk, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jennifer Rasmussen, Director, Asia Division, ABA Rule of Law Initiative
Dean Han Dayuan, Dean, Renmin University
Jacques deLisle, Penn Law
1:45 PM Panel I:
Rights and Litigation in China: a dialogue on property rights, social insurance rights and civil litigation rates
Participants: Han Dayuan, Renmin University Law School
Zhu Jingwen, Renmin University Law School
Lu Haina, Renmin University Law School
Moderator: Jacques deLisle, Penn Law
Comments: Neysun Mahboubi, Penn Law
3:15 PM Coffee/Tea Break
3:30 PM Panel II: Prospects for Criminal Justice Reform and the Roles of Lawyers
in China:
a dialogue on wrongful convictions, the death penalty and the professionalization of lawyers
Participants: He Jiahong, Renmin University Law School
Shi Yanan, Renmin University Law School
Zhu Jingwen, Renmin University Law School
Moderator: Amy Gadsden, Penn Law
Comments: Kyle Latimer, U.S. Department of Justice
5:00 PM Closing Remarks
Malcolm R. Lee Senior Director, Office of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
Jacques deLisle, Penn Law
**For the Washington event, RSVP to Vanessa Hunsberger at [email protected] **
