I recently read (and highly recommend) HE Xin‘s “‘No Malicious Incidents’: The Concern for Stability in China’s Divorce Law Practice,” Social & Legal Studies, 2017, pp. 1-23. In it, he argues that (at least in the court
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Collected works of Stanley Lubman now online
Just about everyone in the PRC law field knows about the contributions of Stanley Lubman (and if you don't, you should). Columbia Law School's Center for Chinese Legal Studies has now posted his entire oeuvre on its website. The collection…
China’s Land Counterrevolution? Not Yet.
[NOTE: I just published a shorter version of this post (alternate link here) in Foreign Policy. Here's the longer and more academic version, with links to the original documents.][FURTHER NOTE: I have replaced the original blog post with this…
IPR local hire position at US Embassy in Beijing
Here's the announcement over at the China IPR blog.
Ministry of Justice releases list of approved legal research projects
Here’s a list of approved (which I assume means, “received state funding”) legal research projects from the MOJ that just came out: http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20161102/Articel03002GN.htmMy impression (possibly wrong) is that in past years, a number (still a minority) of such projects…
Job posting: NYU Shanghai seeks Shanghai-based Associate/Assistant General Counsel
Here's the job announcement: https://shanghai-nyu.icims.com/jobs/2423/assistant-associate-general-counsel/job
Public Intellectuals Program of the National Committee on US-China Relations
I've been asked to help spread the word about this worthy program. The announcement with details about it is here. Preference is given to applicants 30 t0 45 years old. The application deadline is November 20th.
Watch Chinese trials on your monitor
Not quite live streaming, but apparently close. You can see recorded Chinese court proceedings at this new website: http://tingshen.court.gov.cn/. Check it out.
ABA ROLI seeks regional director for Asia & the Pacific (Washington, DC-based)
Here's the job posting.
Vote-buying scandal and expulsion of Liaoning delegates from the NPC: legal aspects
The big story from China in the last week has been a massive vote-buying scandal in Liaoning, resulting in the expulsion from the National People's Congress of 45 Liaoning deputies. An interesting twist on this story is that the whole…