The Institute for International Law and Public Policy at Temple University Beasley School of Law, in cooperation with the Chinese Society of Private International Law, is hosting a U.S.-China Private International Law Roundtable during the month of July 2005 at Temple University Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia.
The Roundtable is particularly timely given ongoing efforts to pass conflict of laws/private international law legislation in China, which are part of a larger project to replace the “General Principles of Civil Law” that are currently in effect. The Roundtable focuses on private international law issues that arise in international civil cases, with particular focus on, inter alia, recent developments in choice of law theories and approaches in the United States; the basic framework of choice of law rules in China; special challenges facing choice of law on the Internet; international efforts to codify choice of law and other private international law rules; cross-border discovery issues; jurisdictional issues in transnational cases; and international judicial assistance.
As part of the Roundtable proceedings, the Institute for International Law and Public Policy invited eight leading Chinese scholars and government officials to spend a month at Temple’s Philadelphia campus to conduct research on private international law topics. During this month, the Institute sponsored a series of lectures and presentations. Leading U.S. scholars, including Temple Professors of Law Richard Greenstein, Laura Little, and William Woodward, have given lectures to the Roundtable participants and joined the discussions. In addition, the Institute invited leading U.S. scholars and practitioners to discuss how private international law matters are handled in the U.S. courts in international cases. During the last week of the Roundtable, the scholars from China had an opportunity to present their research-in-progress to these experts. The papers produced by these participants in connection with the Roundtable will be published in the Chinese Yearbook of Private International Law sponsored by the Chinese Society of Private International Law.
2005 U.S.-China Private International Law Roundtable Details
