21世纪中国研究中心活动 12月31日截止

时间: 2014-02-09 08:30:00 - 2014-12-31 20:30:00
地址: UCSD, San Diego, California, 92137
In a country known for tight political control and ineffectual courts, this talk will explore how environmental litigation works: how judges make decisions, why lawyers take cases and how plaintiffs win allies. Even in a country where expectations would be that law wouldn't much matter, environmental litigation provides a sliver of space for legal professionals to explore new roles and, in so doing, probe the boundary of what is politically possible.

Stern is an assistant professor of Law and Political Science at University of California, Berkeley. Her research explores the relationship between law, power, social change and globalization, particularly in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Her recent work focuses on the role courts play in authoritarian states as well as the political dynamics surrounding environmental regulation and activism in China.