Gao Hongjun

Gao Hongjun
Professor, School of Law, Tsinghua University

Education Background

Bachelor, Department of Law, Jilin University, March 1978-December 1981
Teaching Assistant and Lecturer, Institute of Comparative Law, China University of Political Science and Law, December 1984-March 1991
Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, April 1991-August 1996
Research Fellow, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, September 1996-May 1998
Professor, School of Law, Tsinghua University, June 1998-present

Professional Experience

Bachelor, Department of Law, Jilin University, March 1978-December 1981
Teaching Assistant and Lecturer, Institute of Comparative Law, China University of Political Science and Law, December 1984-March 1991
Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, April 1991-August 1996
Research Fellow, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, September 1996-May 1998
Professor, School of Law, Tsinghua University, June 1998-present

Academic Affiliations

President, Comparative Law Research Association of China Law Society
Vice President, National Society of Foreign Legal History

Research Interest

Jurisprudence, comparative law, foreign legal history

Research Overview

Visiting Scholar, Berkeley School of Law, University of California, August 1987-August 1988
Senior Visiting Scholar, International Institute for Asian Studies, June-August 1996
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, Sophia University, January-March 1998

Academic Achievements

(1) Publications (including edited works)

  1. The Way Out for Modern Rule of Law (现代法治的出路), Tsinghua University Press, 2003.
  2. Islamic Law – Tradition and Modernization (Revision) (伊斯兰法——传统与现代化), Tsinghua University Press, 2004.
  3. 1st Co-author of Rule of Law: Ideas and Systems (法治:理念与制度), China University of Political Science and Law, 2002. (1st Prize for the 8th Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences in Beijing. The 14th China Book Award)
  4. Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Towards the Era of Rights – A Study on the Development of Chinese Citizens' Rights (走向权利的时代——中国公民权利发展研究), China University of Political Science and Law Press, 1995, 2000 Revision.
  5. Co-author of History of Foreign Legal System (2nd Edition) (外国法制史), Peking University Press, 2003.
  6. 1st author of Discussing Philosophy of Law and Democracy and Rule of Law (商谈法哲学与民主法治国), Tsinghua University Press, 2007.
  7. 1st editor of The Law of Social Theory: Interpretation and Evaluation (1st Editor) (社会理论之法:解读与评析), Tsinghua University Press, 2006.
  8. 1st editor of Jurisprudence Reading Literature (法理学阅读文献), Tsinghua University Press, 2010.
  9. 1st editor of Comparative Law Reader (比较法学读本), Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press, 2011.
  10. Editor-in-Chief of The Original Theory of Anglo-American Law (I and II) (英美法原论), Peking University Press, 2013. (Selected into the National Library of Philosophy and Social Sciences Achievements)
  11. Co-editor of Globalization of Law: China and the World (法律全球化:中国与世界) (with Lu Nan and Yu Shengfeng), Tsinghua University Press, 2015.
  12. New History of Foreign Legal System (I and II) (新编外国法制史), Tsinghua University Press, 2015.
  13. New History of Western Legal Thoughts (Volume I and II) (新编西方法律思想史), Tsinghua University Press, 2015.
  14. Comparative Law and Legal Culture from a Global Perspective (全球视野的比较法与法律文化), Tsinghua University Press, 2015.
  15. About State Ruling – A Collection of Jurisprudence (新寄治邦——法理学论集), Law Press, 2015.
  16. New History of Foreign Legal System (I and II) (新编外国法制史), Tsinghua University Press, 2015.
  17. New History of Western Legal Thoughts (Volume I and II) (新编西方法律思想史), Tsinghua University Press, 2015.
  18. 1st editor of Legal Culture Reader (法律文化读本), Tsinghua University Press, 2016.
  19. Editor-in-Chief of On the Rule of Law in Tsinghua (清华法治论衡) (Issue 1-24), Tsinghua University Press, 2000-2016.

(2) Translations

  1. One of Editors-in-Chief of American Scholars on Chinese Legal Tradition (美国学者论中国法律传统) (Revision), Tsinghua University Press, 2004.
  2. Co-translator of Henry W. Ehrmann, Comparative Legal Culture, Tsinghua University Press, Chinese Edition, 2002.
  3. Co-translator of Harold J. Berman, Law and Revolution: The Formation of Western Legal Tradition, China Encyclopedia Publishing House, 1993.
  4. Co-translator of Konrad Zweigert & Hein Koetz, An Introduction to Comparative Law, Law Press, 2002.
  5. Co-translator of Mary Ann Glendon et al., Comparative Legal Tradition in a Nutshell, Tsinghua University Press, Chinese Edition, 1992.
  6. Co-translator of René David, English Law and French Law, Tsinghua University Press, 2002.
  7. Co-translator of David Nelken (ed.), Comparing Legal Cultures, Tsinghua University Press, Chinese Edition, 2003.
  8. Co-translator of Lawrence M. Friedman, The Republic of Choice: Law, Authority, and Culture, Tsinghua University Press, 2005.
  9. Co-translator of David Nelken & Johannes Feest (ed.), Adapting Legal Cultures, Tsinghua University Press, Chinese Edition, 2006.
  10. Translator of Matthew Devlin (ed.), Habermas, Modernity, and Law, Tsinghua University Press, 2008.
  11. Co-translator of European Law of the Road: The European Perspective of Sociology of Law, Tsinghua University Press, 2010.
  12. Co-translator of Austin Salat (ed.), The Handbook of Law and Society, Peking University Press, 2011.
  13. Co-translator of Gunther Teubner, Magic Array, Exploitation and Alienation: Teubner's Collection on Law and Sociology, Tsinghua University Press, 2012.
  14. Co-translator of James J. Heckman et al., Global Perspectives on the Rule of Law , Tsinghua University Press, 2012.

(3) Theses

  1. On the Influence of Western Two Legal Systems on Islamic Law (论西方两大法系对伊斯兰法的影响), West Asia and Africa, 6, 1984.
  2. Islamic Law and Its Contemporary Influence (伊斯兰法及其当代影响), West Asia and Africa, 4, 1985.
  3. Characteristics of Islamic Law and the Current Situation and Prospects of Islamic Law System (伊斯兰法的主要特征及伊斯兰法系的现状与前景), Studies of World Religions, 4, 1985.
  4. Co-author of Comparative Study on the Main Sources of Two Contemporary Western Legal Systems (当代西方两大法系主要渊源比较研究), Journal of Comparative Law, 3, 1987.
  5. Extraterritorial Transplantation of English Law: Also on the Characteristics and Causes of the Formation of Common Law System (英国法的域外移植——兼论普通法法系形成的特点及原因), Journal of Comparative Law, 3, 1990.
  6. Characteristics of English Law: A Comparative Observation (英国法的主要特征——一个比较观察), Journal of Comparative Law, 4, 1991.
  7. On the Methods and Criteria of Division of Legal Systems (论法系划分的方法与标准), Foreign Law Review, 2, 1993.
  8. On the Revival of Islamic Law (论伊斯兰法复兴), Foreign Law Review, 1, 1994.
  9. Theory and Practice of Islamic Constitutionalism (伊斯兰宪政理论与实践), Foreign Law Review, 1, 1995.
  10. Islamic View of Human Rights (伊斯兰人权观), Studies of World Religions, 3, 1995.
  11. Developing Countries and Fundamental Economic Rights (in English), Fasahat H. Syed (ed.), Fundamental Economic Rights, Franz Publishing House, Pakistan, 1995.
  12. Islamic Jurisprudence and Its Major Schools (伊斯兰法学及主要流派), Foreign Law Review, 1, 1996.
  13. The Rule of Law and the Restriction of Public Power (法治与公共权力制约), Tsinghua Law Review, Series 2, 1999.
  14. Conflict and Integration of Modern Western Rule of Law (现代西方法治冲突与整合), Tsinghua Discourses on Rule-of-Law, Series 1, Tsinghua University Press, 2000.
  15. Co-author of Market Economy, Dispute Resolution and Rational Law: Centralized Associations in Changing China (市场经济、纠纷解决与理性法律:变化中中国集权社团), Public Law, Volume 2.
  16. Prospects for the Rule of Law in China in the 21st Century (21世纪中国法治瞻望), Journal of Tsinghua University, 4, 2001.
  17. Conflict and Choice: Modernization of Law in the Islamic World (冲突与抉择:伊斯兰世界法律现代化), Journal of Comparative Law, 4, 2001.
  18. Legal Paradigm and Legitimacy: Comments on Habermas' Theory of Modernity of Law (法范式与合法性:哈贝马斯法现代性理论评析), Peking University Law Journal, 6, 2002.
  19. Dilemma and Solution of Modern Rule of Law (现代法治的困境与出路), Chinese Journal of Law, 2, 2003.
  20. Modern Reflections on the Rule of Law in Pre-Qin and Qin Dynasties (先秦和秦朝法治的现代省思), China Legal Science, 5, 2003.
  21. The Spiritual Dimension of Legal Growth (法律成长的精神向度), Global Legal Review, 6, 2003.
  22. Co-author of Civil Rights in the Context of Rule of Law, Journal of Tsinghua University, 3, 2004.
  23. Four Issues of Rule of Law and Constitutionalism (法治与宪政四题), US-China Law Review, August 2005.
  24. Some Thoughts on the Study of Traditional Law (关于传统法研究的几点思考), Jurist, 5, 2007.
  25. The Broad Vision of Legal Research: The Law of Social Theory (法学研究的大视野——社会理论之法), in Gao Hongjun & Ma Jianyin (ed.), The Law of Social Theory: Interpretation and Evaluation (社会理论之法:解读与评析), Introduction, Tsinghua University Press, 2006.
  26. Between Having Nothing to Say and Having Something to Say: Comments on Zhang Weiren's Chinese Traditional Justice and Law (无话可说与有话可说之间——评张伟仁先生的《中国传统的司法和法学》), The Political Science and Law Tribune, 5, 2006.
  27. Declaration on the Revival of Chinese Culture (中国文化复兴宣言), Tsinghua Discourses on Rule-of-Law, Series 7, Tsinghua University Press, 2006.
  28. Emancipation through Democracy and the Rule of Law (通过民主和法治获得解放), The Political Science and Law Tribune, 5, 2007.
  29. Semantics, Context and China's Problems of Legal Culture (法律文化的语义、语境及其中国问题), China Legal Science, 4.
  30. Legal Transplantation: Metaphor, Paradigm and New Trends in the Era of Globalization (法律移植:隐喻、范式与全球化时代的新趋向), Social Sciences in China, 4, 2007.
  31. Political Philosophy and Legal Theory Towards Communicative Rationality (I and II) (走向交往理性的政治哲学与法学理论), The Political Science and Law Tribune, 5 and 6, 2008.
  32. Legal Culture and Legal Transplantation: Ancient vs. Modern and China vs. West (法律文化与法律移植:中西古今之间), Journal of Comparative Law, 5, 2008.
  33. Culture and Legal Transplantation: Theoretical Debate and Paradigm Reconstruction (文化与法律移植:理论之争与范式重构), Global Legal Review, 5, 2008.
  34. Rights Derive from Inter-subject Negotiations (权利源于主体间商谈), Tsinghua University Law Journal, 2, 2008.
  35. Freedom and Restrictions of American Legal Culture (美国法律文化的自由及其限制), Tsinghua University Law Journal, 1, 2009.
  36. Reflection on Comparative Law Research: Contemporary Challenges and Paradigm Shift (比较法研究的反思:当代挑战与范式转换), Social Sciences in China, 6, 2009.
  37. Jurisprudence Research: Multi-Prism of Law (法理学研究:法律的多棱镜), in Gao Hongjun et al. (ed.), Jurisprudence Reading Literature (法理学阅读文献), Introduction, Tsinghua University Press, 2010.
  38. Globalization of American Law: Typical Examples and Jurisprudence Analysis (美国法全球化:典型例证与法理分析), China Legal Science, 1, 2011.
  39. Characteristics of English Law: Compared with Continental Law (I, II and III) (英国法的主要特征—与大陆法相比较), Journal of Comparative Law, 3-5, 2012.
  40. Anglo-American Law from the Perspective of Comparative Legal Culture (比较法律文化视域中的英美法), Peking University Law Journal, 3, 2012.
  41. Reading Towards New Legal Common Sense: Law, Globalization and Liberation: Between Regulation and Liberation (规制与解放之间读《迈向新法律常识—法律、全球化和解放》),The Political Science and Law Tribune, 4, 2012. Reprinted in full text in Renmin University of China Journal Materials: Jurisprudence, Legal History, 10, 2012.
  42. 2nd co-author of China and WTO: Review and Prospect of Globalization Perspective (中国与WTO:全球化视野的回顾与展望) (with Lu Nan), Journal of Tsinghua University – Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition, 6, 2012.
  43. The Contents and Characteristics of Ancient Indian Law: From the Perspective of Manu Law Theory (古代印度法的主要内容与特征——以《摩奴法论》为视角), Legal Science, 5, 2013.
  44. Theory and Practice of Legal Globalization (法律全球化的理论与实践), Qiushi Journal, 3, 2014, (repreinted in University Digest, 4, 2014).
  45. Comments on Dworkin's Legal Thoughts (德沃金法律思想评析), Tsinghua University Law Journal, 2, 2015.
  46. Gadamer's Hermeneutics and Interpretation of Chinese Laws (伽达默尔的解释学与中国法律解释), The Political Science and Law Tribune, 2, 2015.

(4) Selected Translations

  1. [UK] Joseph Shah, The Nature of Islamic Law, Journal of Comparative Law, 3-4, 1989.
  2. [US] Merriman, Characteristics of 'Law and Development Studies, Journal of Comparative Law, 2, 1990.
  3. [US] Benjamin Schwartz, On China's Legal View, Peking University Law Journal, 3, 1991.
  4. [E] O 'Kane-Frender, Comparative Law as an Academic Subject, Journal of Comparative Law, 3, 1991.
  5. [US] T. M. Bendit, On the Principle of Precedent, Legal Translations, 3, 1991.
  6. [US] H. J. Boehmann, Characteristics of Western Legal Tradition, Legal Translations, 4, 1991.
  7. [US] Alan Watson, Comparative Law as a Discipline, Legal Translations, 5, 1991.
  8. [US] B.G. Ramcharan, Strategies for the International Protection of Human Rights in the 1990s, Legal Translations, 6, 1991.
  9. [US] Gao Daoyun, A Comparative View of Early Rule of Law in China, Legal Translations, 1, 1992.
  10. [Italy] D. Nelken, Sociological Discussion on Legal Adaptation, in Adapting Legal Cultures, Tsinghua University Press, 2006.
  11. [Japan] Takao Kenase, The Absence of Modernity in Japanese Legal Discourse" (with Li Jing), in Adapting Legal Cultures, Tsinghua University Press, 2006.
  12. [UK] A. Harding, Comparative Law and Legal Transplantation in Southeast Asia: Implication of Custom Noise, in Adapting Legal Cultures, Tsinghua University Press, 2006.
  13. [UK] J. Vlad, Vultures Flying East: Creation and Globalization of Non-performing Debt Market, inAdapting Legal Cultures, Tsinghua University Press, 2006.
  14. [Germany] Gunther Teubner, The World Is Bukovina: Legal Pluralism in the World Society, Tsinghua Discourses on Rule-of-Law, Series 12.
  15. [US] Duncan Kennedy, The Three Globalizations of Law and Legal Thought: 1800-2000, Tsinghua Discourses on Rule-of-Law, Series 10.