Fellowship in empirical Chinese legal studies: UC Berkeley Faculty of Law

Here’s the announcement at the China IPR blog.

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Wilson China Fellowship

I have received the following announcement: The Asia Program is pleased to announce the establishment of the Wilson China Fellowship,…

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Faculty Positions at the China Institute for Socio-Legal Studies, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

I have received the following announcement: Faculty Positions at the China Institute for Socio-Legal Studies (CISLS), Shanghai Jiao Tong University…

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Remarkable results of Hong Kong poll

Mingpao and the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s School of Journalism have released the results of their latest opinion poll,…

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Faculty position at Cornell Law School for specialist in East Asian law (Clarke Professorship and Directorship)

Cornell is seeking “experienced candidates, whose primary experience and interest is in Far East law and culture, for a full-time,…

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Chinese language fellowship from National Bureau of Asian Research

I have received an announcement about the above fellowship: The Chinese Language Fellowship Program (CLFP) is a nationwide initiative designed…

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The “rule of law” and the concept of an “essentially contested concept”

Recently in the course of some writing I’ve had to address the problem of “essentially contested concepts.” But because the…

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He Haibo’s defense of attorney Li Jinxing

Rights lawyer Li Jinxing (李金星) has been disbarred — for the usual absurd reasons. Here’s the statement made in his…

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National People’s Congress delegate/tycoon has foreign citizenship

It seems that Sun Xiang, a delegate to the Hebei Provincial People’s Congress and all-around rich guy (worth around $1.1…

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Courts and the “absolute leadership” of the Party

Over at the Supreme People’s Court Monitor blog, Susan Finder has an excellent post on a recent speech by Liu…

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