Preface

• Author: Wang Chen and Hadas Peled
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Tsinghua China Law

Review

Volume 8 Fall 2015

Number 1

PREFACE

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the re-establishment of

the Tsinghua University School of Law. This issue reflects both the

dynamism and the development of the Chinese legal system and our

School of Law.

In Towards a Unified Court System: A Comparison between New

York State Courts and Chinese Courts, Honorable Justice Jonathan

Lippman, the Chief Judge of the State of New York and Chief Judge

of the New York Court of Appeals (2009-2015), draws from New

York’s and his own personal experience with reorganizing and

strengthening the judiciary and the justice system, providing

illuminating lessons for Chinese court reformers. This is a timely

article as the Chinese court system is undergoing major reforms

pursuant to the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee

Decision Concerning Some Major Questions in Comprehensively

Promoting Governing the Country According to Law.

In Regulation of Digital Financial Services in China: Last Mover

Advantage?, Messrs. Zhou, Arner and Buckley combine their

scholarly research and practice experience to analyze the forefront of

regulations on digital financial services and financial technology.

The article reflects the long march that the Chinese legal system and

economy made during the reform era – concluding that China can be

considered a leader of this field.

In Five Lectures on the Common Law with Comparative

Reference to the Law in China, scholars Godwin, Tan, Davies, Gans,

and Simons expound on the development, features, and application

of their respective expertise in the Common Law while providing a

comparative reference to the law in China. The essay, based on

lectures presented at Tsinghua Law School, reminds us the

importance of basic features across legal systems.

In American Legal Education, Skills Training, and Transnational

Legal Practice: Combining Dao and Shu for the Global Practitioner,

scholars Simons and McGuiness discuss the vanguard of global legal

education. The law professors share their insights following a

conference held on October 2015 in Tsinghua as part of its 20th