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The School of Law hosted a lecture on the prospects of the East Asian economic community on 25 September, featuring as guest speaker Professor M Supperamaniam of the International Islamic University of Malaysia.
As students from the School of Law, we joined the six-week long China Legal Placement programme this summer to study Chinese law, visit legal institutions in Beijing and gain work experience at the People’s Courts in Shanghai and Nanjing.
The School of Law at CityU hosted a lecture entitled “The Challenge of Civil Justice Reform: Delivering Law Enforcement at Proportionate Cost and in Reasonable Time”, featuring Professor Adrian Zuckerman of University of Oxford, UK, as the speaker.
CityU will confer honorary doctoral degrees on The Hon Mr Justice Patrick Chan, Dr Chow Yei-ching, GBS and Mr Sze Chi-ching, JP in recognition of their significant contribution to education and the well-being of society.
While many scholars turn democracy into a gigantic, often culturally specific package of political and economic arrangements, Professor Edward Rubin, Professor of Law of the University of Pennsylvania, offered a different approach in his public lecture on 9 April. He pointed out that democracy consists of pragmatic political arrangements that align the incentives of government officials with the desires of people.
The Council of City University of Hong Kong announced its decision to set up an independent committee to review issues surrounding the recent events involving the School of Law.
With regard to the discussion at the Special Meeting of the Legislative Council's Panel on Education on 2 April on the appeal for contract renewal by some teaching staff of the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong would like to make a statement as follows:
City University appointed an independent Appeal Committee to examine the appeals lodged by seven School of Law teaching staff concerning contract renewal. After two months of detailed consideration, the Appeal Committee concluded its findings and announced its decisions.