Spotlight

One way the Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture enriches its offerings is by hosting a series of extremely distinguished Chinese law scholars at Cornell Law School. The visitors are supported by an endowment created by Anthony W. Wang J.D. ‘68 and his wife, Lulu C. Wang. The Wang Distinguished Professor in spring 2009 is Chenguang Wang, Dean and Professor of Law at Tsinghua Law School in Beijing. He will teach a seminar in Chinese Society and Chinese Law.

“Dean Wang is without a doubt one of the leading figures in Chinese legal studies today,” says Annelise Riles, who directs the Clarke Program. “His breadth of knowledge, as both a scholar and an institutional leader, is unsurpassed. We are most fortunate to have the chance to learn from him this semester.”

At Tsinghua Law School, Dean Wang teaches Legal Theory, Legislative and Judicial Theory and Practice, Legal Clinic, and Comparative Law. He is the co-author of several books, including The Chinese Legal System, New Trends in Comparative Law, and Twenty Years of Reform and Development of The People’s Congress. Wang has taught law in China, Hong Kong, Spain, and the United States.

Other Wang Visiting Professors have been Zhu Suli and Guo Li of Peking University Law School and Cui Zhiyuan of Tsinghua University.