« Building Constitutionalism in China »
book presentation and discussion on
China’s most recent legal and judicial developments
by Stéphanie Balme, research fellow at Sciences Po Paris
Date: Thursday 4 February @ 7pm
Venue: Room Segalen, 25/F, Admiralty Centre, Tower 2,
18 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong
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Abstract
Building constitutionalism in China”, recently edited by Stéphanie Balme and Michael Dowdle (National University of Singapore) represents a systemic exploration of constitutionalism in China.
The book explores how notions such as constitutionalism appear to be impacting Chinese society in a wide variety of areas, including not simply juridical aspects such as legal practice, judicial decision making, and legal scholarship and education; but also in possibly more far reach aspects such as social resistance, mobilization and empowerment. Its chapters draw from a wide range of perspectives, and include historical analyses, jurisprudential analyses, ethnographic studies, and comparative studies by scholars writing from both Chinese and Anglo-European perspectives.
After the book presentation, the seminar will follow on China’s most recent legal and judicial top-down reforms and bottom-up developments.
Biography
Stéphanie Balme is research fellow at Sciences Po Paris, visiting Professor at Tsinghua University School of Law, China Delegate for Civil Law Initiative and teacher at the China-EU School of Law in Beijing. From 2003 to 2006, she was an exchange scholar at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Her other recent publications include : a children’s book « 你对 法律了解多少？ » with Judge Wang Yaqin, « Local Courts in China: the quest for independence and dignity » in Judicial independence : lessons for global rule of law promotion »，ed. by Randall Peerenboom
This seminar will be held in English
Jean-François Huchet, Director of the CEFC, will chair the session.
