International Symposium on Rule of law and Scientific Development

CASS Forum and International Symposium on the Rule of Law:

Rule of law and Scientific Development

Institute of Law , CASS 14-15, Dec. 2012, Beijing

Programme

December 15, Saturday

09:00-09:40 Opening Ceremony

Chairperson: Prof. Mo Jihong, Assistant Director of the Institute of Law, CASS

Speakers:

1.Prof. Xin Chunying, Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs Commission, Standing Committee of the NPC

2.Dr. Wang Lei, Director General of International Cooperation Bureau, CASS

3.Prof. Kimo Nuotio, Dean of Law Faculty, Helsinki University

4.Prof. Li Lin, CASS Member and Director of the Institute of Law, CASS

Session One 10:00-12:00

Keynote Speeches

Chairperson: Prof. Mo Jihong, Assistant Director of the Institute of Law, CASS

Speaker 1: Prof. Xu Xianming, President of Shandong University

Topic: The Role of the Rule of Law in Human Rights Protection and Its Evolution

Speaker 2: Prof. Guo Daohui, Former Chief Editor, China Legal Science

Topic: The Rule of Law and State Governance in Contemporary China

Speaker 3:Prof. Koji Tonami, Law School of Waseda University, Japan

Topic: The Rule of Law and Perception Transformation of Japanese Constitutional Law after World War II

Speaker 4: Prof. Ignazio Castellucci, Law Faculty of Macao University

Topic: The Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics: Variable Geometries

Discussion

Session Two 13:30-15:20

The Rule of Law and Political Development

Moderators: Prof. Ji Xiangde, Assistant Director of Institute of Law, CASS

Prof. Yoshiki Kurumisawa, Director of the Institute of Comparative Law, Waseda University

Speaker 1: Prof. Sun Guohua, Law Faculty, China Renmin University

Topic: The Rule of Law and Social Governance in Contemporary China

Speaker 2: Prof. Liu Renwen, the Institute of Law, CASS

Topic: The Rule of Law and the Development of Counter-Terrorism Legal Regime

Speaker 3: Prof. OHNISHI Hitoshi, Tohoku University, Japan

Topic: Does the International Law Bring about Resolutions or Obstacles in the Globalizing World? – The Transformation of the Nation-State System and the Rule of Law

Speaker 4: Prof. Zhang Qianfan, Law School, Peking University

Topic: Judicial Review and Democracy

Discussion

Session Three 15:30-17:00

The Rule of Law and Economic Development

Moderators: Prof. Wang Xiaoye, Institute of Law, CASS

Prof. Mr. Mika Tirronen, Counsellor in Education and Science, Embassy of the Republic of Finland in China

Speaker 1: Prof. Xu Mengzhou, Law School of China Renmin University

Topic: Economic Restructure and Law of Program in China

Speaker 2: Ms. Natalie Lichtenstein, Senior Advisor, UNDP

Topic: The Rule of Law and Economic Development in the Worldwide Perspective

Speaker 3: Dr. Yang Linping, Director of Compensation Committee Office, Supreme People’s Court

Topic: Topic: Respect and Safeguard Human Rights: Implementation of the Legal Obligations of Remedying Human Rights Violations

Speaker 4: Mr. Richard Wagner, Baker & McKenzie Global Law Firm

Topic: Key Legal Issues and Risk Management for Outbound Transactions

Discussion

December 16, Sunday

Session Four 09:00-10:20

The Rule of Law and Social Development

Moderators: Associate Prof. Xie Zengyi, Institute of Law, CASS

Ms. Natalie Lichtenstein Senior Advisor, UNDP

Speaker 1: Prof. Chen Xinxin, Institute of Law, CASS

Topic: The Rule of Law in the Process of Social Management

Speaker 2: Prof. Kimmo Nuotio, Dean of Law Faculty, Helsinki University

Topic: The Role of Criminal Law in the Modernization of the Society

Speaker 3: Prof. Cui Yingnan, Beijing Union University

Topic: On the Organic Integration of Adhering the Party’s Leadership, Enabling People to Be the Masters of the Country and Managing State Affairs according to Law

Speaker 4: Prof. Yoshiki Kurumisawa, Director of the Institute of Comparative Law, Waseda University, Japan

Topic: Agricultural Land Law in the Change from Industrial to Sustainable Society

Discussion

Session Five 10:30-12:00

The Rule of Law and Cultural Development

Moderators: Prof. Chen Xinxin, Institute of Law, CASS

Prof. OHNISHI Hitoshi, Tohoku University

Speaker 1: Prof. Feng Jun, Deputy Director of the Department of Justice, Shandong Province

Topic: The Construction of Cultural Legal Regime and the Rule of Law

Speaker 2: Prof. Xiong Wenzhao, Law School, Minzu University of China

Topic: Development of Culture Law and the Rule of Law

Speaker 3: Assistant Prof. Robin Runge, University of North Dakota. USA

Topic: The Role of Society and Cultural in Development of the Legal Response to Domestic Violence in the U.S.

Speaker 4: Prof. Li Qi, Deputy Dean of Law School of Shanxi University

Topic: The Rule of Law and Market Economy

Discussion

Session Six 13:30-15:20

The Rule of Law and Constitution

Moderators: Prof. Zhou Hanhua, Institute of Law, CASS

Prof. Ignazio Castellucci, Law Faculty of Macao University

Speaker 1: Prof. Mo Jihong, Institue of Law, CASS

Topic: The Rule of Law is the Important Indication and Guarantee of Moderately Prosperous Society

Speaker 2: Prof. KABASHIMA Hirosh, Tohoku University

Topic: Conception of Rule of Law from an Idealist Point of View

Speaker 3: Associate Prof. Zhai Guoqiang, Institute of Law, CASS

Topic: The Thirtieth Anniversary of China’s Current Constitution and the Implementation of the Rule of Law as Fundamental Principle

Speaker 4: Assistant Professor, Han-Ru Zhou, Law Faculty of Montreal University, Canada

Topic: Substantive Conceptions of the Rule of Law in Common Law Systems

Speaker 5: Prof. Qian Hongdao, Law School of Zhejiang University

Topic: Index Number of the Rule of Law and Political Development

Speaker 6: Associate Prof. Cui Haoxu, Institute of Russian East European ﹠ Central Asian Studies, CASS

Topic: Russia’s Constitutional Review Regime and Its Inspiration to China

Discussion

15:20-15:30 Tea Break

15:30-16:40 Closing Remarks

Chairperson: Prof. Li Lin, Director of Institute of Law and Member of CASS

Closing Remarks:

Speaker 1: Professor Yoshiki Kurumisawa, Director of Institute of Comparative Law Waseda University

Speaker 2: Prof. Chen Su, Deputy Director of Institute of Law, CASS