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China’s rulers commit to the (socialist) rule of law - Jamie P. Horsley
Jamie Horsley is a Senior Research Scholar and Executive Director of The China Law Center.
Robert Williams and Jamie Horsley Hold Events on Food Safety Risk Communication
As part of the China Law Center’s ongoing work in regulatory reform and food safety governance, we co-sponsored a series of workshops in Beijing and Shenzhen the week of May 12 on the topic of food safety risk communication, focusing on the need for improved transparency, public participation and effective mechanisms of interaction between the government and the public.
China to enhance economic cooperation with U.S.
BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang on Saturday vowed to strengthen communication, coordination and cooperation with the United States in economic and trade areas.
Jamie Horsley in Workshops Promoting Improved Government Information Disclosure in China
Six years after China’s first nationwide freedom of information statute went into force, The China Law Center remains engaged in promoting increased freedom of information in China, working with government partners, academics and nongovernmental organizations to support ever greater use and more effective implementation of the State Council Open Government Information (OGI) Regulations. The Center’s Executive Director Jamie Horsley held a series of roundtables on March 25-26 in Beijing concerning issues arising under and revision of the OGI Regulations and a scholars draft of a more...
China Law Center Partner Publishes New Book on Juvenile Justice System
The Yale China Law Center is pleased to announce the publication of a new book, Research on the Juvenile Judicial System, edited by our longstanding collaborator, Judge YANG Feixue (杨飞雪), with the assistance of our Center.
Jamie Horsley and Robert Williams Hold Workshop with China’s Supreme People’s Court on Administrative Guiding Cases
The China Law Center co-sponsored a workshop on March 22 in Hangzhou with the SPC Administrative Tribunal and Professor Zheng Chunyan of Zhejiang University’s Guanghua Law School to bring together U.S. and Chinese judges and legal scholars to promote improvement and effective implementation of the SPC’s “guiding” cases system, focusing on administrative cases involving citizen-state disputes.
Su Lin Han Holds Workshop with Peking University Law School on Government Procurement of Eldercare Services and Role of NGOs
On March 22, the China Law Center co-sponsored a workshop with Professor Jin Jinping of the Peking University Law School and her Center on Nonprofit Organization Law to discuss the role of government and nonprofit organizations in providing public eldercare services.
Su Lin Han Convenes Workshop Wrapping Up Pilot Project on Employment Discrimination
Since 2012, our Center has collaborated with our partner Li Ying, a well-respected Chinese gender law expert and her NGO on a pilot to design and implement an EEOC-like agency in Xinle, Hebei Province specialized in handling employment discrimination claims and combating discriminatory employment practices in the workplace.
Former Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg ’78 to Lecture on U.S.-China Relations
James B. Steinberg ’78, a leading foreign policy expert who served as Deputy Secretary of State under Hillary Clinton '73, will deliver a Distinguished Lecture at Yale Law School on Thursday, March 6.
Jamie Horsley and Robert Williams Engage Chinese Judges and Scholars on Judicial Transparency
In recent months, The China Law Center’s work on judicial reform and government transparency have converged in tandem with new efforts by the Chinese government to promote openness in China’s court system, culminating in a series of workshops in October 2013 on judicial transparency and the handling of court cases involving China’s Open Government Information (OGI) Regulations.