International Law and Comparative Law Forum (Issue 1)

Author: Zhao Haifeng
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: A hundred years after the legal reforms in the late Qing Dynasty, the Forum on International and Comparative Law was born in Harbin, the "Little Paris of the East," a northern city of ice and snow. This was a choice of history and reality, a result of economic globalization and the legalization of the world. The tide of the market economy has integrated the originally isolated and scattered ethnic groups, nations, and cultural forms. Various ethnic groups, nations, and cultures collide, harmonize, and evolve, unfolding a magnificent historical scroll. Amidst this, the transformation of legal rules, the intersection and fusion of legal cultures, and the of the legal spirit resonate like harmonious sounds and shadows. The arrival of economic globalization and the information society further accelerates this historical process. The significance of international and comparative law to human society becomes increasingly important, and the academic community responds swiftly, making international and comparative law a prominent field of study. The history of Chinese culture is a history of continuously absorbing and learning from the outstanding achievements of various ethnic groups, nations, and cultures. Chinese culture has always faced the world with an open attitude, and this cultural character has remained unbroken to this day. Since the late Qing Dynasty, the traditional Chinese legal system has faced the historical fate of collapse, and Chinese legal scholars have been striving to find legal forms suitable for the local context, with their efforts always centered on international and comparative law. After China became a formal member of the WTO and integrated into the new international economic order, the comprehensive and profound impact of international and comparative law on domestic political, economic, social, and cultural aspects has become prominent. Research on international and comparative law within the domestic academic community has flourished, with diverse schools of thought emerging.