China's Legal Reform: OYCF 12th Annual Meeting

The Center for East Asian Studies and the International House at the University of Chicago present a conference on the past, present, and future of China's legal reform.

Overseas Young Chinese Forum will be holding its 12th annual meeting on China's Legal Reforms at the University of Chicago on May 28-30. 

Please email oycf.info@gmail.com for registration form and additional information. Deadline for registration is May 8, 2010.

PROGRAM

Friday, May 28, 2010

6:00 pm: Registration, Check-in (International House, University of Chicago)

Saturday, May 29, 2010

8:00 am: Breakfast

9:00 am: Opening Remarks

SUN Su (孙速), President, Overseas Young Chinese Forum

YANG Dali (杨大利), Professor of Political Science, Director of Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago

9:10 am: Panel Overview

LIU Sida (刘思达), Assistant Professor of Sociology and Law, University of Wisconsin-Madison

9:15 am – 10:15 am:  Keynote Speech:  China’s Social Change and Innovation of Legal Paradigm (中国的社会变革与法律范式创新)
Honored Speaker:      

JI Weidong (季卫东), Dean and Professor of Law, KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

                      
10:15 am – 10:30 am: Coffee Break

10:30 am-12:00 pm:  Panel 1:  Law and Citizen Rights
Speakers:

Mary E. GALLAGHER, Associate Professor of Political Science, Director of Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan
TBA

Timothy WEBSTER, Senior Fellow, The China Law Center, Yale Law School
The Rise of Chinese Antidiscrimination Law: State Responses to Civil Society Agitation

Rachel E. STERN, Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard University
Harnessing the Law: Environmental Litigation in Contemporary China

Chair/Discussants:

Randall PEERENBOOM, Professor of Law, La Trobe University, Associate Fellow, Oxford University Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

12:00 pm – 1:45 pm: Lunch Break

1:45 pm – 3:15 pm: Panel 2:  Judicial System
Speakers:

HE Xin (贺欣), Associate Professor of Law, City University of Hong Kong
Do the “Haves” Come Out Ahead in Shanghai Courts?

Titus CHEN (???), Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Recalibrating the Measure of Justice: Beijing’s Effort to Recentralize Judiciary

Alan W. LEPP, Deputy Senior Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Constraining Judicial Discretion: The American Experience and Its Relevance for China’s Courts

Chair/Discussants:

SU Yang (苏阳), Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California-Irvine

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm: Coffee Break

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Panel 3:  Legal Profession
Speakers:

LI Xueyao (李学尧), Associate Professor of Law, KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chinese Law Firms after the Financial Crisis: The Case of Shanghai

LI Ke (???), Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology and Criminal Justice, Indiana University-Bloomington
Rhetoric and Tactics: Talks of State Law in a Legal Workers’ Office

LIU Sida (刘思达), Assistant Professor of Sociology and Law, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Past and Future of the Chinese Legal Profession

Chair/Discussants: 

HOU Xiaoshuo (侯小硕),  Assistant Professor of Sociology, St. Lawrence University

6:00 pm: Dinner

7:30 pm: State of OYCF Report by the OYCF Board
OYCF Annual Election

Sunday, May 30, 2010
8:00 am: Breakfast

9:00 am – 10:30 am:  Panel 4:  Corporate Law
Speakers:

Nicholas C. HOWSON (郝山), Professor of Law, University of Michigan
Fiduciary Litigation in the People's Courts: Competence, Autonomy and Independence

Lydia LIU (刘晓雅), Managing Partner, Finesse Law Group, Shanghai
TBA

LIU Haiyan (???), Ph.D. Candidate in Criminal Justice, Indiana University-Bloomington
The Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in China: The Recent Developments and Implications

Chair/Discussants: 

ZHENG Wentong (郑文通), Associate Professor of Law, State University of New York at Buffalo

10:30 am – 10:45 am: Coffee Break

10:45 am – 12:15 pm:  Panel 5:  Law and Civil Society
Speakers:

Karla SIMON, Professor of Law, Director of Faculty Development, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America
Thirty Years of Reform for China’s Social Organizations

LIN Yanmei (林燕梅), Program Officer, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative China Program
Development of Environmental Public Interest Litigations in China: Seven Experimental Cases

LEI Ya-wen (???), Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, University of Michigan
Legal Culture in the State Media and on the Internet: the Salience of Law and the Construction of Legality in Two Venues of Political Communication

Chair/Discussants: 

GUANG Lei (光磊), Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University

12:15 pm – 2:00 pm: Lunch

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Panel 6:  Property Rights
Speakers: 

ZHANG Wei (张巍), Ph.D. Candidate in Jurisprudence and Social Policy, University of California-Berkeley
Property Rights and Property Law

ZHANG Qi (???), Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Northwestern University
Communist Revolution and the Political Origin of Private Economy in China: Evidence from Zhejiang province

CHEN Li (???), Graduate Student, Master of Arts in International Relations, University of Chicago
Property Rights Reform and Its Impact on Metropolitan Development in China

Chair/Discussants:

Victor SHIH (史宗翰), Assistant Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University