Workshop: The Constitution and the Civil Code

Date: January 12 – 13, 2024 (Friday & Saturday)
Venue: Room 901, 9/F, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, The University of Hong Kong (In-person ONLY)
Language: English

*  The registration deadline is January 9th, 2024 at 5pm.

The Workshop will explore the relationship between constitution and civil codes, focusing attention on Asia, albeit from a broad, comparative perspective. Two themes are particularly important: (i) the structure of the relationship between constitutional (or human) rights and the private law; and (ii) the interactions between domestic institutions – the courts, the legislature, the executive – in efforts to “constitutionalize” civil codes, if any. The Workshop will depart from a traditional “conference format,” in that participants will not present papers. Instead, they have produced short texts that will help to organize our “roundtable” discussions.

Program:

January 12, 2024 (Friday)

13:30 – 15:00
Panel 1：The Constitutionalization of the Private Law
Speakers:
– Prof. Mads Andenas, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
– Dr. Christian Hofmann, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
– Prof. Mattias Kumm, School of Law, New York University
– Prof. Alec Stone Sweet, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

15:30 – 17:00
Panel 2: Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan
Speakers:
– James Fisher, College of Law, The Australian National University
– Prof. Keigo Komamura, Keiko University
– Prof. Hsiaowei Kuan, The Institute of Law, National Taipei University
– Dr. Yoon Jin Shin, School of Law, Seoul National University

January 13, 2024 (Saturday)

09:30 – 11:30
Panel 3: The Chinese Case
Speakers:
– Prof. Xirong Ren, School of Law, Jilin University
– Prof. Binwen Xing, School of Law, Jilin University
– Prof. Xiaobo Zhai, Faculty of Law, University of Macau
– Chong Bu, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
– Zhuo Ding, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong