This course aims at introducing to students China’s long legal tradition, and exploring the developments of laws and legal institutions in China’s long history in a chronological order. It will start with the Zhou Dynasty and end with the Republic of China. Fundamental legal principles, concepts, and interesting arrangements in major legal areas in each major dynasty will be covered.

CILO-1: Students will be able to describe the fundamental comprehension of the major principles and changes of Chinese legal systems during different periods of China. CILO-2: Students will be able to explain where and how China’s modern legal system started. CILO-3: Students will be able to explain historically China’s current legal system: including its achievements and its problems.