Preface

• Author: Meng Lu and Yang Weiran
• Pages: 1-2

Tsinghua China Law Review

Volume 9 Spring 2017 Number 2

PREFACE

Tsinghua China Law Review Spring 2017 Issue provides our

readers with a comprehensive understanding of the Chinese legal

history, current development and future possibilities. Articles are

elaborately selected with thoughts on the history of international

military tribunal and legal education, the practices of corporate law

and labor law, and future judicial reforms. The authors contributing

to this issue represent diverse academic and professional

backgrounds, sharing their insights concerning the development of

and the forefront of Chinses legal development.

In The Independent Director System in China: Weaknesses,

Dilemmas, and Potential Silver Linings, Professor Sang Yop Kang, a

leading scholar of corporate law and governance from School of

Transnational Law, Peking University, critically analyzes the

weaknesses of the independent director system in China, especially

under the pressure of controlling shareholder ownership.

Nonetheless, Prof. Kang believes that the system brings positive

effects to Chinese corporate economy.

In Made in China 2025: Implications of Robotization and

Digitalization on MNC Labor Supply Chains and Workers’ Labor

Rights in China, Professor Ronald C. Brown, a respectful expert

from University of Hawai’i Law School, examines the significance

of global digitalization and robotization on the configuration of

future labor supply chains. Emphasis has been placed on China’s

program, Made in China 2025 and its possible effects on foreign

multinational companies’ labor supply chains.

In A New Study on the Death Penalty Vote at the International

Military Tribunal for the Far East, Tokyo, Professor CHEN Xinyu,

an acclaimed legal history voice from the School of Law, Tsinghua

University, questions the popular view on six-to-five-votes at the

International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Tokyo, and further

offers some personal insights and comments based on historical

evidence. Professor CHEN aims to bring readers back to the real

situation of death penalty sentencing in history and inspire more

in-depth thinking.

In The Founding of Peiyang University Department of Law:

Oxford Style Legal Education in China (1895-1899), Professor

CHEN Li, a promising scholar from Law School, Washington

University in St. Louis, introduces Peiyang University, the first

institute in China offering modern legal education, from varies