March 16, 2010

Introductions

 

1st Panel

 

2nd Panel

3rd Panel

Closing remarks by Professor Cohen

Professor Cohen at the EWC: China, Soft Power and the Rule of Law

A Program in Celebration of Jerome A. Cohen's 80th Birthday
Sponsored by the William S. Richardson School of Law
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Time: 2:50 p.m to 5:45 p.m.
Law School Classroom 4

2:50-3:00 p.m. Introductions: Professor Jerome Cohen, chair and commentator

3:00- 3:40 p.m. Panel One: China and International Law:

Jon Van Dyke (WSRSL), China's Attitudes towards International Law
Carole J. Petersen (Matsunaga Peace Institute and WSRSL), China's Engagement in the Human Rights Treaty System: Changes in Style or Substance?

3:45- 4:40 p.m. Panel Two: Chinese Law and Legal Institutions

Ronald C. Brown (WSRSL), Labor and Employment Law: Advances and Surprises
Alison W. Conner (WSRSL), Chinese Legal Education: Looking Back as well as Forward
Christopher McNally (The East-West Center), China's Emergent Capitalism and Implications for Constitutionalism

4:45-5:30 p.m. Panel Three: Regulation of Business in China:

Lucille A. Barale (Georgetown University Law Center), Rule of Law-- How It Looks to the Foreign Investor
Vivienne Bath (University of Sydney Faculty of Law), Rule of Law – China as an Investor

5:30-5:45 p.m. Closing remarks by Professor Cohen