The Role of Courts in Evolving Societies
Norwegian China Law Centre at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Renmin University of China Law School and University of Bielefeld, Germany are jointly organising the conference "The Role of Courts in Evolving Societies" in Beijing 25-26 May 2018.
Main content
Even if the Chinese legal system in many ways is very different from the Europan legal system, a common feature is that both Chinese and European courts to an increasing extent have to take transnational sources of law into account, and that both the Chinese and the European court systems are in continous transition. Chinese and European judges and academics will gather in Beijing in May to shed light on various questions related to internationalisation and transition of the courts.
The conferene is the first step towards collaboration on the joint research project "The Role of Courts in Evolving Societies: A Comparative Study of European and Chinese Experiences".
Conference Programme
The conference will open Friday 25 May. A conference dinner is hosted on Friday evening.
The conference programme has three parts, where the two first topics will be explored on day one, while the third and final topic will be explored on day two.
Opening Ceremony
08.30-09.50 Opening ceremony
Chair:
ZHU Yan, Professor, Renmin Law School
Bjørnar Borvik, Professor, University of Bergen Faculty of Law
Opening remarks
WANG Liming, Executive Vice-President and Professor, Renmin University of China
H.E. Geir O. Pedersen , Ambassador, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Beijing
TAO Kaiyuan, Vice President and Justice, Supreme People's Court of P.R.C
Karl Harald Søvig, Dean and Professor, University of Bergen Faculty of Law
Keynote Speech
Magnus Matningsdal, Justice, Supreme Court of Norway
Topic: Trends in the Case-Law from the Supreme Court of Norway in the 21st century
09.50-10.10 Tea Break & Group photo
Panel A: Legal Systems and Court Systems
Chair:
WANG Chenguang, Professor, Tsinghua University School of Law
Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde, Professor, University of Bergen Faculty of Law
Speakers (30 minutes for each speaker):
Remco van Rhee, Professor, Maastricht University Faculty of Law
Topic: European Court Systems. A comparative overview
SUN Xiaoxia, Professor, Fudan University Law School
Topic: Chinese Court System and Its Reform
11.10-12-10 Panel discussion
Panel of judges:
- Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen, Justice, Supreme Court of Norway
- Reinhard Gaier, Former Justice, Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
- Sir Richard Aikens, Former Lord Justice, Court of Appeal of England and Wales
- Nina Betetto, Judge, Supreme Court of Slovenia
- ZHAO Daguang, Former Presiding Judge of the Administrative Tribunal, Supreme People’s Court of P.R.C
- U Chi, Former President and Judge, Beijing Intellectual Property Court
12.10 Lunch
Panel B: The rationale for making court systems more efficient and effective. Ideals and realities.
13.30-15.00 B.1 Advanced Research on Court practice
Chair:
YAO Hui, Professor of Renmin Law School, Deputy Chief Judge of the Civil Tribunal of the Supreme People’s Court
Anne Sanders, Professor, University of Bielefeld
Speakers (30 minutes for each speaker):
David Stephen Law, Professor, Washington University, St. Louis
Topic: Time-saving devices in the U.S. Federal Appellate Courts
CHEN Weidong, Professor, Renmin Law School
Topic: China’s Judicial Reform and Judicial Efficiency
14.30-15.00 Discussion
15.00 Tea Break
15.20-16.50 B.2 Young Researchers exploring national courts
Chair:
ZHANG Jianwei, Professor, Tsinghua University School of Law
Asbjørn Strandbakken, Professor, University of Bergen Faculty of Law
Speakers (20 minutes for each speaker):
Henrik Litleré Bentsen, PhD Candidate, University of Bergen Faculty of Social Sciences
Topic: Dissenting Opinions of the Norwegian Supreme Court
Vanessa Hellmann, Research Fellow, Bielefeld University
Topic: A Law Triangle: The German Constitutional Court and its European Neighbors
16.20-16.50 Discussion
16.50 Tea Break
17.10-18.30 B.3 Court Management
Chair:
DU Wanhua, Judge and Former Member of the Judicial Committee, Supreme People’s Court of P.R.C
Ragna Aarli, Professor, University of Bergen Faculty of Law
Speakers (20 minutes for each speaker):
Andreas Lienhard, Professor, Bern University
Topic: Basic Research into Court Management in Switzerland
ZUO Weimin, Dean and Professor, Sichuan University Law School
Topic: Some Thoughts on the Court Management in China
18.00-18.30 Discussion
18.30 Conference dinner
Panel C: The role of the judge in making court systems more efficient and effective
Saturday 26 May 9.00-12.15
Chair:
HE Jiahong, Professor, Renmin Law School
Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde, Professor, University of Bergen Faculty of Law
Speakers (15 minutes for each speaker):
Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen, Justice, Supreme Court of Norway
Reinhard Gaier, Former Justice, Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
Sir Richard Aikens, Former Lord Justice, Court of Appeal of England and Wales
Nina Betetto, Judge, Supreme Court of Slovenia
JIANG Huiling, Judge of the Supreme People’s Court of P.R.C, Director of the China Institute of Applied Jurisprudence
XUE Feng, Vice President and Judge, Beijing Dongcheng District People’s Court
10.45 Tea Break
11.15 Plenary discussion
Closing Ceremony
12.15 Closing Ceremony
Chair:
HAN Dayuan, Professor, Renmin Law School
Elisabeth Steiner, Former Judge, European Court of Human Rights
Concluding remarks
ZHU Jingwen, Professor, Renmin Law School
Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde, Professor, University of Bergen Faculty of Law
Sir Richard Aikens, Former Lord Justice, Court of Appeal of England and Wales
13.00 Lunch
