‘The Development of China’s Inbound Investment Law’ by Prof. Lutz-Christian Wolff (Online)
“A Short Legal History of China’s Belt and Road Initiative” by Prof. Lutz-Christian Wolff
20 March 2020
This seminar discusses legal developments in the context of China’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI). It first explains the historical background of BRI and discusses criticism the initiative has to face. The seminar then explores if and what BRI law has been enacted in the past and which other legal responses BRI has generated by different parties at the national and supra-national level. A special focus is on the question how law firms have reacted to BRI and how they should potentially react. The seminar concludes with general observations regarding the question if the past development allows predictions in regard to the future of BRI and related legal issues.
Other Greater China Legal History Seminar Series
‘Early Cross-Border Legal Issues: Law in the Age of Matteo Ricci’ by Prof. Stuart McManus (Online)
‘From Copyright Norm to Copyright Law: The First Copyright Statute in the Qing Dynasty and Republican China’ by Prof. Jyh-An Lee (Online)
‘Controversies on the Morality and Effectiveness of Judicial Torture in late Ming China’ by Dr. Ka-chai Tam (Online)
‘Magistracies in Colonial Hong Kong’ by Dr. Christopher C. Munn (Online)
Greater China Legal History Seminar Series – ‘The Small House Policy and the Court of Appeal’ by Mr. Malcolm Merry (Online)
From Waqf, Ancestor Worship to the Rise of the Global Trust: A History of the Use of the Trust as a Vehicle for Wealth Transfer in Singapore
The History of Central Banking in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Singapore
Toppling Statues and Changing Names – Does the Law Protect Embarrassing or Awkward Heritage in Hong Kong? by Prof. Steven Gallagher
The History of Hong Kong’s Tax Law System by Prof. Michael Littlewood
Carl Schmitt and the Development of Conservative State Theory in China by Prof. Ryan Mitchell
“Feeding the Emperor – Administrative Law in Tang Dynasty China” by Prof. Norman P. Ho
“The Development of Hong Kong’s Aviation Law after WWII” by Prof. Jae Woon Lee
“The Origins of Hong Kong’s Basic Law” by Prof. Albert H Y Chen
“Collectors and Collections of Chinese Art and Antiquities: Problems with Gifts, Trusts and Legacies” by Prof. Steven Gallagher
“The Development of Legal Compliance – A Hong Kong Perspective” by Prof. Douglas Arner
“Chinese Shipwrecks, Treasure Hunters and the History of Underwater Cultural Heritage Regimes” by Prof. Steven Gallagher
“The Currency of China Trade in Asia from the 15th Century” by Prof. Judith Sihombing
“America’s China Spymaster: The life and times of Norwood Allman” by Mr. Douglas Clark, Barrister
“Party Ideology in Mainland Chinese Court Decisions since 1979” by Prof. Björn Ahl
“Confucianism and Chinese Law, Past and Present” by Prof. Norman Ho
“Law and Slavery in the South China Sea” by Prof. Stuart M. McManus
“China’s Engagement with Public International Law in its Historical Context” by Prof. Ryan Mitchell
“The Evolution of the Small House Policy in Hong Kong’s New Territories” by Mr. Malcolm Merry
“Mutilating Corporal Punishments and Theories of Punishment in Traditional Chinese Legal Thought” by Prof. Norman P. Ho
“The History of Consumer Law in Hong Kong: Just a Series of Failed Endeavours?” by Prof. Geraint Howell
“The Historical Development of the Civil Law Tradition in China” by Prof. Chen Lei
“The History of a Mystery: The Development of the Law of Unjust Enrichment in Hong Kong, China and Germany” by Prof. Steven Gallagher, Prof. Lutz-Christian Wolff and Ms. Siyi Lin
“Small House Custom before the Small House Policy” by Mr. Malcolm Merry
“Gunboat Justice: Extraterritoriality and the Making of Modern China and Japan” by Mr. Douglas Clark
“Oathgate” and the History of the Law of Official Oaths by Mr. Philip Dykes S.C.
Chinese Customary Law as Cultural Heritage?
Capital, Law, and Business Organizations: How Entrepreneurs Organize Their Businesses under Chinese Customary Law in History and Present Time
The Development of Hong Kong’s Land System and Chinese Customary Law
Customary Trusts in Hong Kong: Uncertain Past, but Bright Future?
The Relationship between ‘Regular’ Law and Chinese Customary Law in Hong Kong – Conflict or Peaceful Coexistence?
The Constitutional Foundations of Customary Law in Hong Kong
Chinese Customary Family Law
Customary Law in Republican China
Chinese Customary Land Law
Chinese Customary Law in Hong Kong: Origins and Development