projects
The Establishment of a Chinese-German Institute of Legal Science in Beijing
Since 2004 the Albert-Ludwigs-University has been involved in a joint project together with the other German universities of Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Cologne and the Chinese University for Law and Politics in Beijing, in the aim to establish a Chinese-German Institute of Legal Science in Beijing. The Chair of East Asian Law will attend to the coordination of this undertaking.
Beginning in the winter semester of 2006/07, eleven Chinese students have so far attended lectures in Germany under this project. Several DAAD-lectors (currently Mr. Dr. Marco Haase) and German visiting professors supplement the lectures at the Chinese-German institute in Beijing.
Furthermore, advanced courses dealing with Chinese law and taking place in China are planned for German students. Other German and Chinese universities and institutions of research will be invited to colloquia on specific legal questions. (For further information, have a look at http://www.jura.uni-freiburg.de/institute/asien/chinesisch-deutsches-institut-fur-rechtswissenschaft-an-der-cupl)
The Chinese-German institute aims at becoming the first place of contact for people working in the fields of politics, economy and law and having questions concerning German law. They will be consulted by experts in Beijing.
This institute will contribute to academic exchange between Germany and China.
A study group on German and Chinese law
A few years ago, young and motivated law students interested in Chinese law met regularly to learn more about these two countries’ law systems. Ms. Prof. Dr. Bu’s Chair for East Asian law has revived this study group since April 2007.
The study group convenes at regular intervals and encourages exchange between German and Chinese law students. Direct contact makes is possible to obtain more than just a flighty impression of each other’s culture and law. Exchanging ideas with people of similar interests who have greater experience can also be useful for one’s own legal study.
Furthermore, it is foreseen that various personalities be invited to hold lectures. Chinese law, as well as, German law offer a myriad of topics to spark interesting discussions. An important example is the issue of the stringent legal reform currently going on in China, influenced, to a considerable extent, by European legal concepts. Topics of this type allow law students to gain a more profound understanding of their own as well as the foreign legal system in comparing and contrasting the two.
Anyone interested in taking part in our study of German and Chinese law is cordially invited to the study group.
For further information, please contact Ms. Vanessa van Weelden at the e-mail address: asien@jura.uni-freiburg.de.