JJUA55079U Chinese legal culture in European and Danish perspective – business law in focus and context - NOTE: THE COURSE IS CANCELLED IN THE SPRING SEMESTER 2018
Subjects:
- Chinese traditions and their impact on contemporary normative and legal culture
- The role of law in the People's Republic of China: Heritage of communism and post-communist legal and normative developments
- Legal reform and the development of a market economy: Company
law, foreign investment law, trade law, intellectual property law,
contract law and corporate social responsibility
- China's access to the WTO and its legal implications
- Human rights and corruption
- Social organizations, internal migration and the law
- Internet norms and regulations, censorship,and culture of
communication
- China and the EU; comparisons of Chinese and Western negotiation
and legal cultures.
- Oral student presentations and written summaries of assigned
texts
- Group discussions of texts and topical cases in class
- lectures by and dialogue with and among teachers
- Use of visual material (film, documentaries, video)- Midterm
group papers Specific activities:
- Seminar with invited expert speakers- Visits (to specific sites,
embassy, companies et al, tbc)
Basic understanding of Chinese tradition, philosophy and history
and their impact on normative cultures;
Basic understanding of general relations between Chinese and
European legal cultures;
Basic understanding of the development of a market economy in a
Chinese context;
Basic knowledge of core business rules of China (contract, company,
trade, investment,intellectual property);
Basic insight in the complex nature of bureaucracy in China;
Basic understanding of negotiation culture of Chinese business
communities.
Major sources:
- Selected articles primarily on the following topics
(available in Absalon):
Chinese normative traditions & culture (Daoism and
Confucianism) and their influence on contemporary legal and
normative culture; Communist normative heritage and post-communist
legal developments; Contemporary Chinese law – the influence of
rule of law and human rights; Social organizations, social activism
and normative frameworks; Legal reform and development of market
economy and market law; Company law, foreign investment law and
foreign trade law; Intellectual property law, contract law and
company law; globalizations, markets and norms.
- Group discussions of texts and topical cases in class
- lectures by and dialogue with and among teachers
- Use of visual material (film, documentaries, video)- Midterm group papers Specific activities:
- Seminar with invited expert speakers- Visits (to specific sites, embassy, companies et al, tbc)
- Category
- Hours
- Preparation
- 356,5
- Seminar
- 56
- Total
- 412,5
This course is based on student presentations of texts followed by discussions and delivery of mid-term papers by groups related to topics treated during the course. The mid-term papers will be evaluated through feedback from peers and teachers. Visits to relevant institutions have also been undertaken (eg the Chinese Embassy).
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information
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignmentProject exam (including group projects)
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Exam period
May 24, 2018
- Re-exam
August 17, 2018
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- JJUA55079U
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterFull Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- Please see schedule for teaching time
- Continuing and further education
- Price
DKK 15.000
- Study board
- Law
Contracting department
- Law
Course Coordinators
- Hanne Petersen (14-4e6774746b34566b7a6b78796b7446707b7834717b346a71)