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| Professor Randall Peerenboom lectures on China's capacity for democratic development, Spring 2007. |
Clarke Colloquium Series presentations take place each week over lunch. Faculty and senior graduate students meet to present and discuss works-in-progress on law and culture in East Asia. The informal setting encourages discussion and the series' focus on new and cross-disciplinary research provides attendees with a nuanced view of Asian institutions and practices.
RECENT EVENTS: SPRING 2008
January 28, 2008, 12:00 pm
Jeffrey S. Lehman, Professor of Law at Cornell Law School and Founding Dean of Peking University School of Transnational Law
To Launch a J.D. Program in China:
Six Narratives in Search of an Author
This event was co-sponsored with the Faculty Workshop series.
January 29, 2008, 12:00 pm
Joel C. Haims and Karen Hagberg, Partners at Morrison & Forster
Legal and Cultural Considerations for American Litigators Practicing in China
February 12, 2008, 12:30 pm
Yuri Obata, Clarke Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Professor of Communications at Indiana University South Bend
Japanese Supreme Court Obscenity Decisions: A Historical and Cultural Analysis
This event was co-sponsored with the Cornell East Asia Program.
March 13, 2008, 1:25 pm
Virada Somswasdi, President of the Foundation for Women, Law and Rural Development (FORWARD) and Associate Professor at Chiang Mai University
Militarization and Counter Terrorism Measures in Thailand: The Effect on Women Human Rights Defenders
This event was co-sponsored with the Berger International Legal Studies Program, and hosted by Anthropology 102, The Comparison of Cultures.
March 27, 2008, 12:15 pm
Robert Wai, Associate Dean and Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall
Normal Trade Relations? Investment Restrictions, Security Exceptions and the Limited Rule of International Trade Law
April 15, 2008, 12:30 pm
Annelise Riles, Director of the Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture, and Jack G. Clarke Professor of Far East Legal Studies and Professor of Anthropology
Collaboration in the Field of Law: New Directions in the Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture
April 17, 2008, 12:15 pm
Zhang Sheng, Vice-Dean and Professor, China University of Political Science and Law
The Drafting of Min-guo Civil Code: A Knowledge Sociology Analysis
