The Making of the Chinese Civil Code. Promises and Persistent Problems

22 June 2021

Welcome Address
Marco Ventoruzzo Director, Angelo Sraffa Department of Legal Studies, Bocconi University

Keynote Speech

Innovations of the Chinese Civil Code
Wang Liming Renmin University of China

Session 1 – A Civil Code With Chinese Characteristics

Defending the Book of Personality Rights in China's New Civil Code. A Response to the Needs of the Era of Evolving Technology
Wang Liming/ Xiong Bingwan Renmin University of China

The New Chinese Civil Code. The Expression of a Post-Modern Legal Time
Marina Timoteo University of Bologna

The Chinese Civil Code. A Modern Bridge Between Roman Law and Chinese Legal Tradition
Enrico Toti University of Rome

Session 2 – Soviet Influence in Chinese Civil Law. Some Unresolved Problems

Chinese Civil Law and Soviet Influences. What is Left
Gianmaria Ajani University of Turin

Soviet and Post-Socialist Russian Influence of Chinese Civil Law
Gabriele Crespi Reghizzi University of Pavia

State-Ownede Enterprises' Freedom in Contracting. A Persistent Difficulty
Hao Jiang/ Antonia Von Appen Bocconi University

Session 3 – Chinese Legal Tradition 

The Rule of Law in Traditional China
James Gordley Tulane Law School

Private Law Influences in the Late Imperial Codes
Taisu Zhang Yale Law School

Session 4 – What Is a Contract in Chinese Law?

Conception of Contractual Consent
Catherine Valcke University of Toronto, Faculty of Law

Contract, Agreement, and Promise. The Search for the Boundaries of Contractual Obligations
Michele Graziade University of Turin

23 June 2021

Session 1 – Change of Circumstances. Old and New

Art.580-2 of the Chinese Civil Code. Can Chinese Folk Medicine Cure Serious Illness?
Han Shiyuan Tsinghua University Law School

Change of Circumstances from a French Perspective
Bénédicte Fauvarque Cosson Judge, Conseil d'état

Article 533 and Change of Circumstance in the Chinese Civil Code
Qiao Liu City University of Hong Kong Law School

Session 2 – Property and Marital Property

Security Interests and Guarantees in the New Chinese Civil Code. Some Critical Reflections
Lei Chen Durham Law School

The Appreciation of Separate Property During Marriage. A Search for the Spirit of the Chinese Marital Property Regime
He Jian Peking University School of Law

Session 3 – The New Directions in Tort Law

Redefining Chinese Tort Law in the Era of the Civil Code. Evolution or Revolution?
Chunyan Ding City University of Hong Kong Law School

Aims of Tort Law
Mauro Bussani University of Trieste

Session 4 – Doctrinal Difficulties in Chinese Tort Law

Causation in the Chinese Civil Code
Marta Intantino/ Weiwei Wang University of Trieste

Rethinking Responsibility
Jörg Fedtke Tulane Law School/ University of Passau, Faculty of Law

Closing Remarks
Pietro Sirena Dean, Bocconi School of Law

For Information
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