Chinese Law in Context invites students to look inside Chinese law. The purpose of this course is to go beyond a mere description of the 'external' contours of the Chinese legal system and explore the 'internal' workings of the system. It also explores the inter-relationship between the legal systesm of PRC, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The course covers: the reasons for engaging with the Chinese legal system, including the economic, political and cultural rationales (the why); where to locate Japanese law, ie, as part of comparative law, the 'new' Asian law or Chinese studies (the where); the structure, institutions and classification of the legal system (the what); the various methodologies that may be adopted in analysing Chinese law (the how); Chinese legal history and historiography (the when); and the major theoretical positions on Chinese law and their advocates (the who). Special emphases are placed on dispute resolution, the rule of law in China, and human rights regulation in China.