Research
The Erasmus China Law Centre focuses its research on four main themes:
1. Rule of law building in China: analysing the judicial system and its need for reform, the improvement of the criminal trial system, administrative and civil litigation, and balancing the relationship between court and extra-judicial organs.
2. Globalisation and its impact on the Chinese legal system: adopting and implementing international principles, rules and values in the Chinese domestic legal order. This covers topics in both public and commercial law.
3. People-centered legal reform: improving law-making and law-enforcement concerning NGO registration and administration, food safety control, non-discrimination, gender equality, and human rights law in general.
4. Law and economic development: the role of law in facilitating sustainable economic development, enhancing environmental protection, stimulating efficient use of energy, corporate social responsibility, and anti-corruption activities, and the involvement and contribution of China to the Millennium Development Goals and the World Trade Organisations.
Key features of the Erasmus China Law Centre research approach are:
- Empirical Research
- Comparative Study
- Practical Orientation
- Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research
