Serdecznie zapraszamy wszystkich studentów studiów stacjonarnych
Wydziału Prawa i Administracji UŚ na wykłady w języku angielskim,
w ramach realizowanego przez Uniwersytet Śląski Projektu Zintegrowany Program Rozwoju Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach
które w dniach 20 marca-5 kwietnia 2023
poprowadzi Prof. Mingzhe ZHU
Chinese Law in the Anthropocene
Prof. Mingzhe ZHU (CUPL)
In an era when human activities have a significant impact on the planet’s climate and ecosystems, it is legitimate to investigate the role of law in responding to the current ecological emergencies. In this context, legal and institutional practices and transformations in China are particularly relevant because it is the largest greenhouse gas emitter, home to 1.4 billion people vulnerable to climate events, and an increasingly important actor in international decision- and rule-making. We will see Chinese law, history, and politics through a lens of critical political ecology to understand what this country means to the Anthropocene and vice versa.
Prof. Mingzhe Zhu uzyskał tytuł doktora nauk prawnych w Instytucie Nauk Politycznych [Sciences Po] w Paryżu, a obecnie jest profesorem w China University of Political Science and Law [CUPL]. W swojej pracy naukowej koncentruje się na relacjach pomiędzy władzą polityczną, społeczeństwem a naturą w antropocenie, szczególną uwagę poświęcając recepcji kwestii środowiskowych w praktyce sądowniczej. Jest także aktywny na polu dydaktyki prowadząc rozmaite wykłady/kursy na uczelniach w Chinach, Polsce i Rosji m.in.: filozofię prawa, historia prawa chińskiego, prawo porównawcze oraz prawo i ekologia.
Obecnie prof. Mingzhe Zhu finalizuje prace nad projektem badawczym dotyczącym społeczno-prawnych perspektyw dążenia Chin do cywilizacji ekologicznej. Zasadniczo projekt ten próbuje udokumentować dynamiczne interakcje między różnymi podmiotami poprzez prawo i ukazać, jak ta dynamika kształtuje chińskie zarządzanie środowiskiem i stosunki społeczne.
Ramowy harmonogram wykładów online:
March 20 (3h) 14:00-17:00
March 21 (3h), 14:00-17:00
March 24 (2.5h) 14:00-16:30
March 27 (3h), 14:00-17:00
March 28 (3h), 14:00-17:00
April 3 (3h), 14:00-17:00
April 4 (2.5h) 14:00-16:30
April 5 (2.5h) 14:00-16:30
Chinese Law in the Anthropocene
人类世中的中国法
(Spring 2023, Silesia)
Description:
In an era when human activities have a significant impact on the planet’s climate and ecosystems, it is legitimate to investigate the role of law in responding to the current ecological emergencies. In this context, legal and institutional practices and transformations in China are particularly relevant because it is the largest greenhouse gas emitter, home to 1.4 billion people vulnerable to climate events, and an increasingly important actor in international decision- and rule-making. We will see Chinese law, history, and politics through a lens of critical political ecology to understand what this country means to the Anthropocene and vice versa.
This course is divided into 8 lectures (roughly 3 hours each). There will be one consultation section after lecture. The instructor is responsible for organising the discussion and critically review the works of students
Tentative plan (we may extend discussion and/or change assignments depending on collective expressions of interest):
Section 1: A Very Concise History of Chinese Legal Culture
March 20 (3h) 14:00-17:00
Reading Material(s)
Chang Wejen, Classical Chinese Jurisprudence and the Development of the Chinese Legal System
Peter Perdue, Nature and Power: China and the Wider World
Questions:
How would you descript the characteristics of traditional Chinese law?
What are the most important elements of Chinese legal philosophy?
Section 2: Chinese Legal System and Extrajudicial Activism
March 21 (3h), 14:00-17:00
Reading Material(s)
Philippe Huang, Between Informal Mediation and Formal Adjudication: The Third Realm of Qing Civil Justice
Xiaoping Cong, Ma Xiwu’s Way of Judging: Villages, the Masses and Legal Construction in Revolutionary China in the 1940s
Questions:
What are the main characteristics of the Ma Xiwu’s way of judging?
Can you identify the patterns of Italian judges, in comparison with their Chinese counterparts?
Section 3: China and International Law
March 24 (2.5h) 14:00-16:30
Reading Material(s)
Chimni, Capitalism, Imperialism, and International Law in the Twenty-First Century
Wang Jiangyu & Cheng Huaer, China’s Approach to International Law: From Traditional Westphalianism to Aggressive Instrumentalism in the Xi Jinping Era
Questions:
Is the “Chinese approach to international law” truly specific?
Can China’s Belt & Road Initiative contribute to the global pursuit of sustainability?
Section 4: Civil Code, Property, and Family
March 27 (3h), 14:00-17:00
Reading Material(s)
Peter Ho, Who Owns China’s Land? Policies, Property Rights and Deliberate Institutional Ambiguity
Zhu Mingzhe, In the Name of the Republic: Family Reform in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century France and China
Questions:
What is the role of subsequent civil codes in China’s modernization?
According to classical liberal political thinkers such as John Locke, private property is the key condition of industry. If protection of private property is lacking in China? How is its economic prosperity possible?
Section 5: Ecological Civilization and Environmental Protection
March 28 (3h), 14:00-17:00
Reading Material(s)
Wang Xi, (Environmental Law in) People’s Republic of China
Caroline Goron, Ecological Civilisation and the Political Limits of a Chinese Concept of Sustainability
Questions:
What are the legal measures taken by the EU in addressing climate change and biodiversity loss?
How shall social inequalities be framed in ecological transitions?
Section 6: Privacy, Data, AI
April 3 (3h), 14:00-17:00
Reading Material(s)
Philip Agre, Surveillance and capture: Two models of privacy
You Chuanman: Half a loaf is better than none: The new data protection regime for China’s platform economy
Section 7: COVID-19
April 4 (2.5h) 14:00-16:30
Reading Material(s)
Cheng Xiezhong, Soft Law in the Prevention and Control of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China
Shen Kui, The Stumbling Balance between Public Health and Privacy amid the Pandemic in China
Questions:
What is the legal framework that the Chinese government’s Anti-Covid measures possible?
Section 8: Thinking Law in the Anthropocene
April 5 (2.5h) 14:00-16:30
Reading Material(s)
Jorge Viñuales, The Organisation of the Anthropocene: In Our Hands?
Osoby zainteresowane uczestnictwem w zajęciach z prof. Mingzhe Zhu proszone są o kontakt z p. Beatą Waniek w Dziale Dydaktyki (p. 1.15).
Uczestnictwo w zajęciach będzie możłiwe po dołączeniu do zespołu MS Teams. Kod dostępu: 9d93iq0