Video recordings of all ten episodes of the acclaimed online seminar, “Law, Justice and Human Rights in China,” taught by USALI Faculty Director Emeritus Jerome A. Cohen and former USALI Visiting Scholar and Grove Human Rights Scholar at Hunter College Teng Biao, are available online here. Seminar readings are available here. USALI Executive Director Katherine Wilhelm moderates.

The seminar introduces the legal system of the People’s Republic of China, but first explores the influences of ancient Chinese political philosophy, imperial law, the law of the Republican era, and the Soviet Union. It then analyzes the role of the Communist Party in law and in practice, the criminal justice system, lawyers and the rights defense movement, the courts, legal education, Taiwan’s transition from one-party dictatorship to democracy, Hong Kong’s incorporation into the PRC, and the future prospects for rule of law in China.

The program was offered by The New University in Exile Consortium at The New School, which regularly offers free online seminars on a range of subjects. The New University in Exile Consortium is a group of universities and colleges publicly committed to the belief that the academic community has both the responsibility and capacity to assist persecuted and endangered scholars, to help protect the intellectual resources that are jeopardized when universities and scholars are under assault, and to advocate for academic freedom around the world.