Professor Madeleine Zelin has been selected to deliver the 27th series of the prestigious Leonard Hastings Schoff Memorial Lectures. This year's lecture series is titled "China Semi-Incorporated: The Battle for a Chinese Legal Modernity in the Early Twentieth Century" and is comprised of the following events: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2019 I: The “Company” Will Save Us: … [Read more...]
Benjamin L. Liebman Discusses the Chinese Legal System’s Treatment of Traffic Violations on the Sinica Podcast
On March 1, 2018, Benjamin L. Liebman, the Robert L. Lieff Professor of Law and director of the Center for Chinese Legal Studies at the Columbia Law School, discussed the ways China's legal system handles traffic violations on SupChina's Sinica Podcast. From the Sinica Podcast Description: "'Having read hundreds and hundreds of these cases, I have decided that I’m never … [Read more...]
“Qing Law through Ottoman Eyes: Saʿid al-ʿAsali’s Law of China (Qanun al-Ṣin)”
Lecture "Qing Law through Ottoman Eyes: Saʿid al-ʿAsali’s Law of China (Qanun al-Ṣin)" David Brophy, Associate Research Scholar in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Knox Hall, Room 208 No registration required. Co-sponsored by the Middle East Institute … [Read more...]
“Modern East Asian Law in Global Perspective”
Workshop "Modern East Asian Law in Global Perspective" Tristan G. Brown, Columbia University Yue Du, New York University Maura Dykstra, California Institute of Technology Jooyeon Hahm, University of Pennsylvania Paul Kreitman, Columbia University Chien Wen Kung, Columbia University Ling-Wei Kung, Columbia University John Lee, Harvard University Arnulf Becker … [Read more...]
April 26 Event: “Imperial Power and Politics of Difference:” Photos and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the April 26, 2016 event “Imperial Power and Politics of Difference” During the discussion, University of Toronto professor and Columbia PhD Li Chen talked about his Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes:Sovereignty, Justice, and Transcultural Politics (Columbia University Press, 2015) with … [Read more...]
