中南财经政法大学课程教学大纲.docx

中南财经政法大学课程教学大纲Course Syllabus ofZhongnan University of Economics and LawCourse Title: The Theory and Practice of International Law of ChinaCourse CodeSemesterSpring semesterTeachingHours48Credits3PrerequisitesInternational lawInstructors InformationNameLinlin Sun (lesson 1-4);Yiran Wei (lesson 5-8);Hantao Ding (lesson 9-12)Email, ,InstituteLaw SchoolApplicableObjectInternational StudentsCourseObjectivesThis course aims at familiarizing international students with China,s perception and practice of both public and private international law. Specifically, first, it intends to further students, understanding of fundamental legal concepts. Secondly, it enables students to evaluate the application of specific international legal rules and principles in practice. Thirdly, it encourages students to observe and comment on the operation of international legal system from a Chinese perspective. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to conduct in-depth analysis of international legal issues and understand the rationale underlying China,s positions toward international events.CourseDescription(200 words)This course introduces China,s perception and practice of international law. It is composed of two sessions: public international law (lesson 1-8) and private international law (lesson 9-12). In the session of public international law, it starts with a brief introduction of the historical development of China,s relation with international law from 1840s to the contemporary time. Thereafter, it turns to the topic of China's participation in the international governance of the global commons. Next is an overview of China,s engagement with international dispute settlement mechanisms in general international law, the law of the sea, and international trade and investment. In this respect, China,s participation in the Kosovo advisory case is selected for a case study. Additionally, it analyses the chronic bilateral territorial dispute between China and India. Lastly, it includes the topic of criminal justice cooperation by studying the Huang Haiyong Case in Peru and before IAcHR. In the session of private international law, it covers problems inherent in legal situations involving a cross-border elements pertaining to private law mainly from a Chinese perspective. Upon a brief introduction of the historical development, sources and scope of study of private international law in China, it examines key concepts, such as choice-of-law rule, connecting factor, characterization, renvoi, evasion of law and public policy. Then, it shifts to the question of how to determine the applicable law in obligatory and family relations.What is worth mentioning is that the course places emphasis on not only what China did but the rationale underlying her behaviors, her contribution to and effect on the operation of the international legal system.AssessmentMethodsThe academic performance of students will be assessed by a combination of methods:1. Presence at classes (10%),2. Engagement at classroom discussions (20%),3. Term paper (70%).(Total score: 100.)Textbooks and ReferencesTextbooksPublic international law1. Hanqin Xue, Chinese Perspectives on International Law: History, Culture and International Law (Martinus Nijhoff 2012).2. Karel Wellens (ed.), International Law: Theory and practice - essays in honour of Eric Suy (Martinus Nijhoff 1998).3. Lingliang Zeng, Contemporary International Law and China s Peaceful Development (Springer, 1st edn., 2021).4. James Crawford, Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law (OUP, 9th edn., 2019).5. Martin Dixon, Robert McCorquodale, and Sarah Williams, Cases & Materials on International Law (OUP, 6th edn., 2017).Private international law6. Zheng Sophia Tang, Yongping Xiao, Zhengxin Huo, Conflict of Laws in the People's Republic of China (Edward Elgar 2016).7. Ugljesa Grusic, Christian Heinze, Cheshire, North & Fawcett: Private International Law (OUP 2017).ReferencesPublic international law1. 中华人民共和国外交部条约法律司：中国国际法实践案例选编，世界知识出版社2018年版。2. 段洁龙：中国国际法实践与案例，法律出版社2011年版。3. 中华人民共和国国务院，“中国的北极政策”，2018年1月26日。State Council of China, China's Arctic Policy, 26 January 2018. English text Available at: >text=The%20State%20Council%20Information%200ffice%20of%20the%20People%27s,Policies% 20and%20Positions%20on%20Participating%20in%20Arctic%20Affairs.4. Bruno Simma, Daniel-Erasmus Khan, Georg Nolte and Andreas PauIus (eds), The Charter of the United Nations: A Commentary (OUP, 3rd edn, 2012).5. Maria Adele Carrai, Sovereignty in China: A Genealogy of a Concept since 1840 (CUP 2019).6. Julien Chaissa (ed.), China s International Investment Strategy: Bilateral, Regional, and Global Law and PCy(OUP 2019).7. Yenkong Nganjoh Hodu and Zhang Qi, The Political Economy of WTO Implementation and China's Approach to Litigation in the WTO (Edward Elgar 2016).8. Sienho Yee, 'Disput