Online Conference "New Chinese Civil Code: A Law for Transition"

Programme

9.00-9.10 Welcome by Prof. Dr. Marina Timoteo (University of Bologna)

9.10-9.30 Keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Thomas Duve (Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory)

9.30-10.50 Panel 1: Chinese Civil Code in Context
Chair: Dr. Matthieu Burnay (Queen Mary University of London)

• A Critical Assessment of the Chinese Civil Code: Looking back and Thinking Forward
  by Prof. Dr. Chen Lei (Durham Law School, City University Hong Kong)
• The Chinese Style: a Civil Code for XXI Century
  by Prof. Dr. Marina Timoteo (University of Bologna)
• The Unidroit Principles as an Inspiration for Legal Drafting and the Chinese Civil Code
  by Prof. Dr. Anna Veneziano (UNIDROIT)

10.50-11.00 Break

11.00-12.20 Panel 2: Some Highlights on the Chinese Civil Code
Chair: Prof. Dr. em. Jacques-Henri Herbots (University of Leuven)

• The Contract Law in the Civil Code
  by Dr. Mimi Zou (University of Reading)
• Personal Data Protection: from Civil Code to Personal Information Protection law
  by Dr. Wu Lan (China University of Political Science and Law)
• The Chinese Civil Code and the Green Principle
  by Prof. Dr. Bian Yongmin (International University of International Business and Law)

12.30-12.45 Conclusions
by Mr. Hermes Pazzaglini (Advant-Nctm Law Firm)

Booking

In order to attend the conference it is necessary to register by Friday 29 October at the following email address: events@lawinchinese.eu.