General

Program: China Studies, SISU

Course Title: Contemporary Chinese Legal System

Class Hours: 3 periods per week, 11weeks in total

Internship: 1 per semester

Language of Instruction: English

Instructor: Dr. Haihong Liu received her B.A. from Law School of Fudan University, Legum Magister from University Mannheim, Germany and Ph.D. from East China University of Law and Science. She worked at the China Desk of the Law Firm Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch in Frankfurt Germany from May, 2010 to October 2012 and returned in 2013 to teach at the Law School of Shanghai International Studies University. Professor Liu was a visiting scholar at the Law School of University Colorado at Boulder in the USA and the Law School of Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Her research area is intellectual property law and comparative law.

Mail: haihongliu@shisu.edu.cn

Course Website：http://elearning.shisu.edu.cn/course/view.php?id=65

Course Description and Objectives:

This course is optional for all the program students, which offers an overview of the contemporary legal system of the People's Republic of China. It will first discuss the historical, philosophical, and ideological foundations of modern Chinese law; then it surveys the foundation of the Chinese legal system - the constitutional system. After that, the Chinese laws in operation will be explored with reference to case discussion in the area of public law, civil law, business law and foreign investment law. Finally, it explores the dispute resolution and the implementation and enforcement of laws in the country. Further an internship is provided and the students will have the opportunity to visit a selected institution of law and have meeting with the legal professionals. The course is based on theories of legal sociology and legal pluralism. The students are encouraged to take a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach to the study of Chinese legal system, understanding Chinese legal system as it is embedded in the historical, cultural, economic, political framework of China by comparing and contrasting Chinese law principles and concepts with the counterparts in their home countries. The students should understand not only the differences themselves but also why there are such differences.