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SAMULI SEPP\u00c4NEN \u85a9\u7a46\u7406\u6559\u6388<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5398ec people_title elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5398ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAssociate Professor \u526f\u6559\u6388\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e25488e people_info elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e25488e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef9d864\" data-id=\"ef9d864\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Email<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7875461 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7875461\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Office<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-39f06b9\" data-id=\"39f06b9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-722c405e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"722c405e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>(852)\u00a0 <span>3943 1066<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-293baf86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"293baf86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>(852) <span>2994 2505<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42bddeb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42bddeb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"mailto:sseppanen@cuhk.edu.hk\">sseppanen@cuhk.edu.hk<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a5c4ba5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a5c4ba5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Room 614<br>Faculty of Law<br>6\/F, Lee Shau Kee Building<br><span>The Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/span><br>Sha Tin, NT, Hong Kong SAR<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-373960b4 people_content elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"373960b4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6dda9a24\" data-id=\"6dda9a24\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e9c65a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e9c65a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Samuli Sepp\u00e4nen holds an S.J.D. degree from Harvard Law School and an undergraduate law degree from the University of Helsinki. At Harvard, Samuli served as a teaching fellow at the Kennedy School of Governance and as a coordinator of the Visiting Scholars\u2019 and Researchers\u2019 Colloquium at the law school. Between graduating from Harvard Law School and joining the faculty of law, Samuli was an associate with an international law firm in London. Samuli has also worked as a junior professional officer with the World Health Organization\u2019s Regional Office for South East Asia. Samuli\u2019s research focuses on legal and political thought in China and developmental aspects of international law. He is admitted to the New York bar.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8e724a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8e724a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f590a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f590a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>S.J.D. (Harvard Law School)<\/li>\n<li>LL.M. Program (Harvard Law School; degree waived for S.J.D. degree)<\/li>\n<li>LL.M. (Helsinki University)<\/li>\n<li>Admitted to the Bar of the State of New York<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55cc4e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55cc4e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eec9fb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eec9fb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Chinese legal studies<\/li>\n<li>Law and development<\/li>\n<li>Public international law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82ffba3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82ffba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">SELECTED ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND FELLOWSHIPS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-affaeb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"affaeb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Harvard Law School, East Asian Legal Studies<\/li><li>University of Oxford, Faculty of Law<\/li><li>Harvard Law School, Graduate Program Fellow<\/li><li>Harvard University, Kennedy School of Governance, Teaching Fellow<\/li><li>ASLA-Fulbright Fellow<\/li><li>Helsinki University, Erik Castr\u00e9n Institute of International Law and Human Rights, Research Fellow<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce0055e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce0055e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">SELECTED PUBLICATIONS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23467ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23467ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Books<\/p><ul><li><span>Ideological Conflict and the Rule of Law in Contemporary China: Useful Paradoxes (Cambridge University Press, 2016; book website:\u00a0<\/span><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/9781107142909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.cambridge.org\/9781107142909<\/a><\/u><span>).<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>Articles and book chapters<\/p><ul><li>\u201cThe New Chinese Doctrine of Non-Intervention,\u201d with Ewan Smith, <em>The International and Comparative Law Quarterly<\/em> 74 (2025): 377-408;<\/li><li>\u201cAdjudication in the Rhetorical Context of Chinese Ideological Speech,\u201d <em>Hague Journal on the Rule Law <\/em>17 (2025) : 381-400;<\/li><li>\u201cConceptualizing the Chinese Party-state Without the Rule of Law,\u201d in Michael Sevel (ed.), <em>Routledge Handbook of the Rule of Law<\/em> (Routledge, 2025): 333-344;<\/li><li>\u201cThe Chinese Balloon Incident and Partisanism in International Law,\u201d <em>Cardozo International &amp; Comparative Law Review<\/em> 7 (2024): 1-49;<\/li><li>\u201cChinese Legal Thought on the Global and the Domestic Stage: A Rhetorical Study,\u201d <em>Asian Journal of Comparative Law<\/em> 18 (2023): 158-178;<\/li><li>\u201cIdeology and Historiographic License in Chinese Legal Scholarship,\u201d <em>Law &amp; Social Inquiry<\/em> (2023): 1-24;<\/li><li>\u201cProduction and Global Dissemination of Chinese Legal Ideology: Implications for the Study of Illiberalism,\u201d <em>The Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law<\/em> 6 (2023): 447-499;<\/li><li>\u201cThe Global Turn in Chinese Legal Ideology,\u201d <em>Verfassung und Recht in \u00dcbersee \/ World Comparative Law <\/em>55 (2022): 287-308;<\/li><li>\u201cTurning the Party State Inside Out: CCP Intra-party Regulations as a Theoretical Challenge,\u201d <em>The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law<\/em> 1 (2022): 128-139;<\/li><li>\u201cFormalism and anti-formalism in the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s governance project,\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Global Constitutionalism<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>10 (2021): 290\u2013306;<\/li><li>\u201cDisorientation for the New Era: Intraparty Regulations and China\u2019s Changing Party State Relations,\u201d in Rogier J. E. H. Creemers &amp; Sue Trevaskes (eds.),<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Law and the Party in Xi Jinping\u2019s China: Ideology and Organization<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>(Cambridge University Press 2021): 214-236;<\/li><li>\u201cIdeological Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic: China and Its Other,\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>16 (2020): 24-65;<\/li><li>\u201cAfter Difference: A Meta-comparative Study of Chinese Encounters with Foreign Comparative Law,\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>American Journal of Comparative Law<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>68 (2020): 186-221;<\/li><li>\u201cInterrogating Illiberalism through Chinese Communist Party Regulations,\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Cornell International Law Journal<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>52 (2019): 267-311;<\/li><li>\u201cInternational Law and Economic Development,\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Oxford Bibliographies<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>(2019);<\/li><li>\u201cAnti-formalism and the Preordained Birth of Chinese Jurisprudence,\u201d China Perspectives (2018\/14), 31-38;<\/li><li>\u201cPerformative Uses of Sovereignty in the Belt and Road Initiative,\u201d in Zhao Yun (ed.), International Governance and the Rule of Law in China under the Belt and Road Initiative (Cambridge University Press, 2018), 32-56;<\/li><li>\u201cChinese Legal Development Assistance: Which Rule of Law? Whose Pragmatism?,\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>51 (2018): 101-158;<\/li><li>\u201cFrom Substance to Absence: Argumentative Strategies in the Implementation of the Human Rights-Based Approaches to Development,\u201d<em><span>\u00a0<\/span>New York University Journal of International Law &amp; Politics<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>49 (2017): 389-441;<\/li><li>\u201cRawls Rejected, Ignored, and Radicalized: Debating Procedural Justice in China,\u201d in Flora Sapio, Susan Trevaskes, Sarah Biddulph &amp; Elisa Nesossi (eds.),<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Justice: The China Experience<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>(Cambridge University Press, 2017): 92-110;<\/li><li>\u201cIdeological Renewal and Nostalgia in China\u2019s \u2018Avant-garde\u2019 Legal Scholarship,\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Washington University Global Studies Law Review<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>13 (2014): 83-125.<\/li><li>\u201cNarcissistic Law: Legal Fictions and the Law of the People\u2019s Republic of China,\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Finnish Yearbook of International Law<\/em>, 15 (2004), 83-110<\/li><\/ul><p>Book reviews<\/p><ul><li>\u201cShucheng Wang, Law as an Instrument: Sources of Chinese Law for Authoritarian Legality,\u201d <em>Hong Kong Law Journal<\/em> 54 (2024): 285-288;<\/li><li>\u201cRecentering the World: China and the Transformation of International Law, by Ryan Mart\u00ednez Mitchell,\u201d <em>Verfassung und Recht in \u00dcbersee \/ World Comparative Law<\/em> 56 (2023): 799\u2013801;<\/li><li>\u201cComparing Law: Comparative Law as Reconstruction of Collective Commitments by Catherine VALCKE,\u201d Asian Journal of Comparative Law 14 (2019): 382-384;<\/li><li>\u201cHuman Rights in China: A Social Practice in the Shadows of Authoritarianism, by Eva Pils,\u201d The China Journal 81 (2019): 183-185;<\/li><li>\u201cGuidebook to a Foreign Land: Review of G. 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