Democracy and Rule of Law in China’s Shadow - Brian Christopher Jones
Location:
Virtual Event
Date/time
Tue 26 October 2021
10:00-11:30
The Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law presents
Democracy and Rule of Law in China's Shadow
The ECCL welcomes Dr Brian Christopher Jones (University of Sheffield) to discuss his recent edited volume, Democracy and Rule of Law in China's Shadow, a description of which is provided below. In addition to Dr Jones, presenters include two contributors to the volume, Dr Amy Barrow (Macquarie University) and Dr Lin Chien-Chih (Academia Sinica, Taiwan). Discussants are Professor Wen-Chen Chang (National Taiwan University), Dr Stephen Thomson, and Dr Maartje De Visser (Singapore Management University).
This event is now a roundtable discussion. The three authors will introduce the book, followed by comments from our three discussants. The schedule is as follows:
Chair/introductions
10:00-10:10 Dr Asanga Welikala
Book Presentations
10:10-10:20 Dr Brian Christopher Jones
10:20-10:30 Dr Amy Barrow
10:30-10:40 Dr Lin Chien-Chih
Discussants
10:40-10:55 Dr Stephen Thomson
10:55-11:10 Dr Maartje De Visser
11:10-11:25 Professor Wen-Chen Chang
Chair/close
11:25-11:30 Dr Asanga Welikala
Democracy and Rule of Law in China’s Shadow
This book provides detailed insight into some of the most contentious events occurring in jurisdictions operating within China's vast shadow.
Epic clashes between law and politics have become a regular fixture throughout the world, and no region has seen more of these than Asia. In some cases these conflicts have involved newfound democratic aspirations or democratic deepening, while in others it has arisen because of pushback against authoritarian or semi-authoritarian governments. Indeed, many of these clashes centre on or involve the region's most powerful and controversial player: China. This book focuses on several of these critical struggles, examining how democracy and the rule of law play out in a number of jurisdictions highly influenced by China's presence.
Brian Christopher Jones is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Sheffield. He previously lectured at the University of Dundee, Liverpool Hope University, and the University of Stirling, and did his post-doctoral studies at Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica (Taiwan). He currently serves as the co-convenor of the Public Law Section for the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS), and is also a member of the SLS Executive Committee. Brian's research focuses on public law, touching on aspects of constitutional theory, comparative constitutional law, and the interaction between law and politics. He's author of Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy: Challenging the Infatuation with Writtenness (2020), and editor of Law and Politics of the Taiwan Sunflower and Hong Kong Umbrella Movements (2017) and Democracy and Rule of Law in China's Shadow (2021).
The event will be held on Tuesday 26 October, 10:00-11:30 BST. Tickets are free, but Zoom registration is mandatory. Please register (link below)