PROGRAM
China: Law ◊ Finance ◊ Security
Sponsored by:
The University of Iowa College of Law
The University of Iowa Center for International Finance & Development
Journal of Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems
International Law Society
The University of Iowa International Programs
Center for Asian & Pacific Studies
The University of Iowa Student Government
Friday, February 10, 2006
University of Iowa College of Law
Levitt Auditorium
8:45 A.M. Registration and Breakfast
9:45 A.M. Welcoming Remarks
§ Professor Eric Andersen, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Iowa College of Law
Introduction to the Program
§ Professor Enrique Carrasco, Director, University of Iowa Center for International Finance and Development
10:00 A.M. Opening Remarks
10:50 A.M. Panel One: Rule of Law in China
§ Professor Larry Catá Backer, The Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University
“Chinese Constitutionalism, Sange Daibiao (The ‘Three Represents’) and the Rule of Law”
§ Professor John Ohnesorge, University of Wisconsin, Assistant Director, East Asian Legal Studies Center
“China’s Developing Administrative Law”
§ Mr. Xiaoping Chen, Editor-in-Chief, China Law Digest, SJD Student University of Wisconsin
“Chinese Rule of Law: From the Perspective of the Rights Advocacy Movement”
Moderator: Professor John C. Reitz, University of Iowa College of Law, Associate Dean of International and Comparative Law Programs
12:30 P.M. Luncheon: Developments in China’s Financial Sector
§ Dr. Jason Li, Visiting Professorial Fellow, Southern Methodist University Institute of International Finance, Commerce & Technology, Assistant Professor of Financial Law, Head of International Development, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
“China’s Securities Markets: Progress, Problems, and Possible Solutions”
§ Mr. Ting Zhong, Research Fellow, Southern Methodist University Institute of International Finance, Commerce & Technology
2:15 P.M. Break
2:30 P.M. Panel Two: Security Across the Taiwan Strait
§ Professor Lung Chu Chen, Professor of Law, New York Law School, Founder and President, New Century Institute
“Taiwan: The Case for Independence”
§ Professor Zhengyuan Fu, former Professor, University of California, Irvine
“China's Perspective of the Taiwan Issue”
Moderator: Professor Marcella David, University of Iowa College of Law
4:15 P.M. Closing Remarks
§ Helen Yu, Erin Peterson, and David Pendergast, Principal Student Organizers and Creators of the Program
