The CCTL Obligations Lab Asia of CUHK LAW aims to challenge conventional wisdom regarding the law of obligations with the goal of developing new lines of thinking so as to stimulate and re-invigorate related debates. Each year, the CCTL Obligations Lab Asia holds a conference with a specific theme, providing a venue for scholars in the relevant areas to exchange their ideas. Due to the pandemic, in the past years (2020-2023), the annual conferences were conducted online. In light of the regional focus of 2024 conference, we are excited to hold this conference in a hybrid format to provide our speakers and audiences with flexibility and to enhance the opportunities for personal interaction.

The theme of the 2024 CCTL Obligations Lab Asia is “Private Law in Greater China: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”. Private law in the People’s Republic of China has recently gone through a period of major renewal, culminating in the enactment of the new Chinese Civil Code. In contrast, private law in Hong Kong continues to be developed mostly incrementally by the courts, following the common law tradition of only occasional statutory reform. As civil law jurisdictions, Macao and Taiwan also each have their distinctive approach to private law reform. With a focus on the law of obligations, this conference aims to identify how private law scholarship can support and promote the modernisation of law in Greater China. It also seeks to explore to what extent cross-pollination between the private law systems of the four Chinese jurisdictions is possible, necessary and desirable.

*CPD credits are available upon application and subject to accreditation by the Law Society of Hong Kong (currently pending).

Visit the conference website for more details and register here by 12 noon, 9 May 2024 to attend the conference.