C. STEPHEN HSU (XU CHUANXI)

Dean and Professor of Law; Supervisor of Doctoral Students; Member, the University Academic Committee and Education Supervisory Committee; Vice Director, the University Committee of International Exchange

Education

J.D., Harvard University Law School, 1999

Ph.D. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Yale University, 1996

M.Phil. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Yale University, 1993

M.A. in International Relations, Peking (Beijing) University, 1990

B.A. in English Literature, Peking (Beijing) University, 1987

Research Interests

Civil and commercial law (including comparison of Chinese and U.S. civil/commercial law), the American legal system, Chinese legal reforms, anthropology of law, comparative law

Courses Taught

Torts

Contracts

Topics in Anglo-American Legal Studies

Representative Publications

Contemporary Chinese Legal Development: Achievements, Problems, and Prospects (in Chinese)(general editor), Beijing: The Publishing House of Law, 2004

Understanding China’s Legal System (general editor), New York, NY: New York University Press, 2003

Administrative Fines: In Search of a New Perspective (in Chinese), Chinese Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 4, pp. 3-12 (July-August 2003)

A Study of the Res Ipsa Loquitur Doctrine (in Chinese), Journal of Legal Studies, Volume 4, pp. 31-41 (July-August 2003)

China’s Current Tort Law: An Assessment (in Chinese), Forum of Political Science and Law, Volume 1, pp. 34-49 (January-February 2002)

Fundamental Principles of China’s Contract Law (with Professor Wang Liming), Columbia Journal of Asian Law, Volume 13, #1, pp. 1-34 (Spring 1999)

Contact Information

Tel.: 010-5890-8246

Fax: 010-5890-8245

Email: chsu@cupl.edu.cn