LAWS6001 - Chinese Laws & Chinese Legal Systems

Objectives

• Acquire an overall picture of the modern Chinese legal system.
• Examine the concept of law as a political function and the implementation of law, not so much through courts, as through administrative fiats and authority, making law essentially a function of politics and administration.

Content

Chinese legal history; Chinese legal system; criminal law and procedure; constitutional law; civil law and procedure; legal profession; environmental law; contract law; property law; company law; intellectual property law; foreign joint ventures; arbitration and mediation; foreign trade law and taxation law.

Session

The 2009 Shanghai Winter School will run from 22 November - 12 December 2009
Applications open on Monday 29 June 2009
Applications close on Friday 24 July 2009

For more information, please visit Shanghai Winter School

The timetable is subject to frequent changes. Please refer to the latest version of the Postgraduate Timetable.

Assessment

• 1 x Take-home Examination to be completed in Shanghai (30%)
• 1 x 8000 Word Essay (70%) due on Thursday 25 February 2010

Courses this unit is available in

Master of Laws | Graduate Diploma in Law | Master of Business Law | Master of International Law | Master of International Business and Law