Law in China

The Brookings Institute, an American think tank, recently held an event entitled “Rule of Law in China: Prospects and Challenges” to launch Chinese law professor He Weifang’s book In the Name of Justice: Striving for the Rule of Law in China.
He Weifang spoke about China’s judicial system, covering key Communist Party players and scandals such as the prosecution of Bo Xilai. He used some slides during his presentation. His remarks were simultaneously interpreted in English. 1 hour, 26 min
Former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Hunstman talked about the rule of law in China. He was joined in discussion by law professors from Yale, Harvard, and New York University. 1 hour, 27 minutes
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer who has recently published Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View talked about constitutionalism in China, giving suggestions about how to improve the rule of law there. 1hour 12 min

Niall Ferguson on the rule of law and its economic consequences

Harvard economic historian Niall Ferguson gave the BBC's Reith Lectures for 2012. The general theme was  The Rule of Law and Its Enemies: 2012. In his third lecture, The Landscape of the Law,  Ferguson asks "... what, if anything, developing countries like China can learn from the West about the rule of law." 42 min, transcript available.

The rule of law in China

Australian Broadcasting Company's The Law Report of 25 October, with Damien Carrick, has a report on the rule of law in China.
30 min., streaming or downloadable .mp3, transcript available

China and International Law

The China and International Law Symposium, sponsored by the Confucius Institute and the University of Chicago Law School, was held on April 6, 2011. Audio recordings are now available, flashplayer or downloadable .mp3. Elements include:
"China, International Law and Regional/Global Security" Panelists: Jacques deLisle, University of Pennsylvania; James Li, Tsinghua University; Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago
88:02 minutes
"International Human Rights: Does China Change Human Rights Law or Does Human Rights Law Change China?" Panelists: Dingxin Zhao, University of Chicago; Randy Peerenboom, Beijing/LaTrobe University, Australia; Eric Posner, University of Chicago
80:46 minutes
"The Rise of China and its Impact on International Relations" Panelists: Daniel Abebe, University of Chicago; David Kang, University of Southern California; Charles Lipson, University of Chicago; Dali Yang, University of Chicago
80:20 minutes
"China, the WTO, and International Economic Law" Panelists: Anu Bradford, University of Chicago; Julia Qin, Wayne State University; Jiangyu Wang, National University of Singapore; Peter Yu, Drake University
100:59 minutes

Public international law and EU law audio/video American Foreign Policy in the War on Terror: Is Torture Ever Acceptable? a debate between Jeremy Waldron and John Yoo, Columbia Law School, April 21, 2005. video click here The Court of Justice of the European Communities, Philippe Léger, Advocate-General at the Court of Justice of the European Communities, Duke Law School, March 29, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 11 mins. video click here Humanitarian law in the EU and universal jurisdiction click here The Supreme Court Meets International Law Dean Harold Koh, Yale Law School video click here Remaking Global Rules: From Torture to Trade [Philippe Sands] video click here The Constitutional Treaty: The Future of Europe? Heritage Foundation, January 26, 2005. 1 hr. 9 minutes video click here The Law Report - Australian radio - has in its archives "The Law Report in Europe". Especially interesting is "European Court of Justice" which has an interview with the British justice on the European Court of Justice audio click here On the Europa website, a series of videos illustrating key subjects and Community policies click here to see the wide choice of subjects PBS (American public television) this site has scripts you can read, if the recording is too difficult at first, to help you. audio, sometimes video available CALLS FOR U.N. REFORM March 21, 2005 click here CRISIS IN SUDAN March 17, 2005 click here CHINESE CHALLENGE TO TAIWAN March 14, 2005 click here CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT March 10, 2005 click here The limits of international law, Eric Posner and Jack Goldsmith present their recent book challenging many assumptions about international law at the American Enterprise Institute. To watch the program via C-Span, go to this page, then chose the American Enterprise Institute Panel on International Law. But don't wait too long, because the archives on C-Span are not indefinite. You can also access the transcript of the debate International Law and Individuals: International Criminal Tribunals, Stanford Law School, March 18, 2005 click here [includes comments by Judge Patrick Lipton Robinson (Jamaica), International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; Judge Florence Ndepele Mwachande Mumba (Zambia), member of the Appeals Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; Judge Geoffrey Robertson Q.C. (United Kingdom), member of the Appeals Chamber, Special Court for Sierra Leone; and Judge Navanethem Pillay (South Africa), International Criminal Court]. 1 hr. 36 minutes. Another video is available of the plenary session of the colloquium, with more stars (Judge Hanne Sophie Greve, Norway, European Court of Human Rights; Judge Theodor Meron, US, president, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; Judge Rosalyn Higgins, UK, International Court of Justice; Judge Sang-Hyun Song, Republic of Korea, International Criminal Court) United Nations peacekeeping on Justice Learning (audio) click here and don't forget UN Radio, with news everyday