JJUB55064U Chinese legal culture in European and Danish perspective. Business law in focus and context.
- 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. Methodology:
- 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 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:
- Zhu Yikun: Concise Chinese law, seneste udgave. See detail contents list http://www.purpleculture.net/concise-chinese-law-p-449/ and ISBN: 750364379X
- 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 - Seminar
- Category
- Hours
- Preparation
- 358,5
- Seminar
- 54
- Total
- 412,5
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignmentWritten homework assignment with deadline (essay)
- Exam registration requirements
- Quality of the essay; ability to present a self-selected and approved topic (in a group or individually) in writing and to relate it as broadly as possible to the texts for the course and to the discussions in class.
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Exam period
- 11. December 2014
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- JJUB55064U
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Level
- BachelorBachelor choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedule
- Please see timetable for teachingtime
- Study board
- Law
Contracting department
- Law
Course responsibles
- Hanne Petersen (14-4e6774746b34566b7a6b78796b7446707b7834717b346a71)
Lecturers
Prof. dr. jur. Hanne Petersen
Jingjing Su, Junior Associate, Bech Bruun Law Firm & Research
assistant, University of Copenhagen