Spring 2006 brought a series of visitors to the College of Law from near and far, talking about a
range of issues related to Asia. In early February, with support from the campus Center for East
Asian and Pacific Studies, the College hosted a symposium on Law, Economics and Institutions in
East Asia. Professors Jacques DeLisle of the University of Pennsylvania (Law), Ethan Michelson of
Indiana University (Sociology), and Jon Marshall of Kenosha College (Political Science) joined U of I
faculty Ken Koga (Accounting) for interdisciplinary panels on China and Japan. Continuing our
efforts to develop closer links with our neighbors in Indiana, we had a book discussion of political
scientist Scott Kennedy's recent book, The Business of Lobbying in China (Harvard 2005). We welcomed
Dr. Heng Wang from Southwest University of Politics and Law in Chungching for a talk on China
and the WTO. Professor Lesley Wexler of Florida State College of Law presented her work on the
Economics of Daughter Discrimination in China. And finally, well-known Seoul National University
Professor Kuk Cho presented a talk on Korean law.
The Fall will bring another exciting set of activities. The East Asian Reading Group will tackle the
most recent book by prolific scholar J. Mark Ramseyer of Harvard Law School, The Fable of the
Keiretsu, in which he provocatively argues that many of the central institutions of the so-called
Japanese variant of capitalism do not exist. We will also host a delegation from Mongolia's Ministry
of Justice, who are planning to meet with Professors Ginsburg and Maggs on legislative drafting
issues.
Professor Ginsburg spent three weeks in Asia this summer, teaching a graduate seminar at Kyushu
University, lecturing at the Constitutional Court in Seoul along with various law schools, and visiting
Hong Kong to plan a major conference the program will put on there next year. Stay tuned for more
information on that. He also visited Taipei this Spring, and is now planning a Fall visit with
Professor Ulen to China for meetings on Law and Economics.
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