U.S. Law Librarian Teaches at Wuhan Law School (China)

Recent posting on SSRN:

Teaching Foreign and International Legal Research at Wuhan University (Wuda) Law School

Roy L. Sturgeon

Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
October 8, 2009

Abstract:  

Prof. Sturgeon, an American academic law librarian and Chinese law specialist, reports on his May 2009 experience as a visiting professor of legal research at a prestigious mainland Chinese university.

Keywords: Wuhan University, Wuda, China, Overseas Young Chinese Forum, teaching fellowship, foreign legal research, international legal research

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1485604

China Business Law Journal – bilingual journal

This month Vantage Asia Publishing  launched  a  new practitioner based China related legal journal: “China Business Law Journal.” $490 per year.

From the promotional materials:

This entirely new, fully bilingual monthly magazine provides practical guidance to China legal practitioners and those who manage cross border investments into, and out of, China. … It will provide in-depth analysis of the legal, financial and regulatory challenges that make or break deals in China’s fast-changing business environment. The specialist magazine will investigate the practical implications of legal developments, identify optimal legal strategies for managing complex business transactions and provide unparalleled insight into the legal market by highlighting the work of lawyers and law firms in China and overseas.

Hat tip to Annie Chen.

China Business Law Journal

http://www.cblj.com/english.html

China Greentech Report 2009

The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and PriceWaterhouseCoopers have released the “China Greentech Report 2009″

http://www.amcham-shanghai.org/AmChamPortal/Committees/CommitteeSubCategoryStory.aspx?ID=460&CommitteeID=27&SubCategoryID=208&WT.mc_id=100285

From the Executive Summary:

This report is the culmination of an open source, collaborative research process, started in 2008 and concluded in August 2009, which has involved literally several hundred people in China and around the world. This process combined a dedicated strategic research team with ongoing and significant input from the Initiative’s partners and strategic advisors. The research process included the collection and consolidation of data from a wide range of Chinese and English language external sources; conducting of interviews with partners, strategic advisors and other industry experts; and in-depth analysis o fteh market. based on this research and considerable rounds of interaction with partners and strategic advisors, the Initiative developed key findings included in this report.

The China Greentech Report 2009 is the culmination of an open source, commercial collaboration of over 80 of the world’s leading technology companies, entrepreneurs, investors, NGOs and policy advisors. These organizations joined the China Greentech Initiative to address many of the important questions facing those interested in participating in this complex, rapidly changing market:

How should one frame the greentech opportunities that exist in China?

What are the most important environmental issues impacting China and whatare the forces driving them?

 How has China’s government and the international regulatory communityresponded to these issues?

 Which existing and emerging greentech solutions are most attractive forChina in the short, medium and long terms?

What are the biggest challenges facing China’s greentech markets?

 How might stakeholders overcome these challenges in order to accelerate

China’s greentech market development?

China Green from Asia Society

China Green, from the Asia Society, provides videos, photographs and graphics on climate change, energy policy, sustainability, and environmental conditions in China.

From the Web site’s description page: 

China Green, a multimedia enterprise, will document China’s environmental issues now and for years to come and will strive to serve as a web forum where people with an interest in China and its environmental challenges can find interesting visual stories and share critical information about the most populous nation in the world whose participation in the solution to global environmental problems, such as climate change, will be indispensable.

China Green

http://sites.asiasociety.org/chinagreen/

Tsinghua China Law Review

We have received the inaugural  issue of Tsinghua China Law Review. Wishing Carlton Willey and the folks at Tsinghua Law School the best of luck with their new journal.

Tsinghua China Law Review http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/docsn/fxy/tclr/tclr.htm

Table of Contents, Volume 1 Number1, Spring 2009

The Necessity of Codification of China’s Private International Law: A Study from the Perspective of the Historical Development of Chinese Conflicts Law

CHEN Weizuo, Tsinghua Law School

Gathering Momentum for US-China Cooperation on Climate Change

 Steve Wolfson, US Environmental Protection Agency

A Comparative Study of Lawyers’ Ethics in the US and PRC: Attorney-Client Privilege and Duty of Confidentiality  

XI Xu, Baker & McKenzie LLP

A Look at China’s Antidumping Policies and Practices  

R. Shane McNamara, UCLA School of Law

Law and Literature in the Tang Dynasty: Imperial Scholar Bai Juyi and the Concept of Panwen

Norman P. Ho, Harvard University

The Conflict and Harmony on Interpretation of
Hong Kong Basic Law

WANG Xuanwei, Tsinghua Law School

For additional information, see our earlier post on the journal http://legalresearchplus.com/2009/03/03/tsinghua-china-law-review/

Chinese Labor Legislation in English

China Labor Watch, a New York based NGO, posts English language translations of Chinese labor and employment statutes and regulations, as well as the constitution and some local Shanghai regulations. These are unofficial versions.

Examples of statutes and rules available:

Trade Union Law

Labor Law

Law of Assemblies, Processions and Demonstrations

Regulations of the Compositionof Gross Wage

China Labor Watch

http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/index.htm

click on the “Labor Law” icon.

Study on Gender Discrimination in China’s Workplace

China Woman Newspaper published details and the recommendations of a study on gender employment discrimination in China.  The Study was produced by Peking University’s Center for Women’s Law and Legal Services. Hat tip to Patti Waldmeir for mentioning the study in her article in today’s Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5d08330a-5f8c-11de-93d1-00144feabdc0.html

Title of the study in Chinese: 中国职场性别歧视状况研究报告

Peking University Center for Women’s Law and Legal Services http://www.woman-legalaid.org.cn/index.php

China Woman Newspaper Story on the study (Chinese only)

http://www.china-woman.com/rp/rp/snews/main?fid=open&fun=show_news&from=view&nid=45932

Annotated List of Chinese Academic Law Libraries

The Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has posted an annotated list of 100 Academic law libraries on the China Law Libraries Online Web site.  Information on collections, library services, staffing and physical facilities is available for many of the libraries. The article is in Chinese, but it does include links to the libraries. 

Overview of Law Libraries in China 国部分法律图书馆概况

Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

http://tinyurl.com/kmfsdw

 

Main Site of ChinaLawLib.org  http://www.chinalawlib.org.cn/

 

Long titles of Chinese statutes

The International Energy Agency book “Cleaner Coal in China” has posted its annexes online. Annex III includes a list of Chinese  statutes related to renewable energy and environmental law. The Annex provides the full title of each statute in English and Chinese, in addition to information on the date of passage, entry into force, and the government organ that issued the law.  Because uniform translations of statutes are uncommon, having the dates and the decree numbers of the government bodies helps locate the full-text in English or Chinese of these laws in databases, such as LexisNexis China Law Database, IsinoLaw, LawInfoChina and Westlaw China. Let’s hope that all publications will provide such complete and useful bibliographic references to Chinese legislation.

Cleaner Coal in China http://www.iea.org/w/bookshop/add.aspx?id=355

Book Annexes: http://www.iea.org/Textbase/nppdf/free/2009/Coal_china2009_annexes.pdf

Corporate Social Responsibility in China

China CSR Map provides information on organizations, corporations and individuals involved in corporate social responsibility. Information is available in English and Chinese. The site also provides links to international CSR codes and organizations.

China CSR Map

http://www.chinacsrmap.org/E_Default.asp

http://www.chinacsrmap.org/