The Greater China Legal History Seminar Series 2024-25 will commence in September 2024 marking the 10th  year of this important project. 

The Greater China Legal History Seminar Series was launched in 2017. This seminar series builds upon the success of the Chinese Customary Law Seminar Series conducted from 2014 to 2016 covering topics such as Chinese Customary Land Law, Chinese Customary Family Law and Customary Trusts in Hong Kong. The Greater China Legal History Seminar Series aims to serve as a forum to discuss the historical development of a great variety of legal issues of interest in the Greater China region. Acknowledging that the historical development is the basis of modern law and its application the seminars offer the opportunity to explore the respective contextual status. While being conducted by experts in their fields, the seminars are meant to cater to the legally interested general public. The events will usually comprise presentations by one or more speakers (up to 70 minutes) followed by a Q&A session (up to 30 minutes). Each Seminar is open and free of charge to all who are interested.

Anyone interested in contributing to the seminar series, please contact the organizers Professor Lutz-Christian Wolff, Dean of the Faculty of Law & Wei Lun Professor of Law and Professor Steven Gallagher, Associate Dean (Academic and Student Affairs).

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 Seminar Schedule 2024-25
DateDetails
6 September 2024
12:30-2:00 pm
Sir TL Yang – Hong Kong’s First Chinese Chief Justice
Speaker: Prof. Li Chen, Professor of Law, Fudan University Law School, China
18 October 2024
12:30-2:00 pm
The Gates of Kam Tin – An Early Case of Repatriation of Looted Cultural Property (register now)
Speaker: Prof. Steven Gallagher, Professional Consultant & Professor of Practice in Law, CUHK LAW
22 November 2024
12:30-2:00 pm
How to own a forest: shareholding, futures contracts, and ancestral trusts in southern China
Speaker: Prof. Ian M. Miller, St. John’s University, History Department, New York
10 January 2025
12:30-2:00 pm
Crying for Justice: The Impact of Public Opinion on the Local Judiciary during Ming
Speaker: Dr. Ka-chai Tam, Associate Professor, Department of History, HKBU
28 February 2025
12:30-2:00 pm
The Dian – a Pre-revolutionary Security Right with Post-revolutionary Implications
Speaker: Dr. Ulrike Glueck, Managing Partner, CMS Shanghai, China
21 March 2025
12:30-2:00 pm
Deportation in Hong Kong History
Speaker: Dr. Christopher C. Munn, Honorary Institute Fellow, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, HKU

>> Recap of previous seminars