Publications

Our original research on Chinese law and policy explores pressing and contemporary issues within the field. The research results are disseminated through leading academic publishers. Below is a list of the most recent publications by members of Durham CCLP.

• Chen, G. (2025 in press). Can China Squelch Free Speech Beyond Its Borders?. Journal of International Media & Entertainment Law,
• Li, Z. (2025 in press). Two Kinds of Dual States: Judicial Empowerment and Disempowerment in Authoritarian Politics. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
• Chen, L. (2024). Will Virtual Hearings Remain in Post-pandemic International Arbitration?. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique, 37(3), 829-849. 
• Chen, L. (2024). Self-governing organizations and culture: addressing condominium law developments in China. Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law, 16(1), 20-35.
• Du, M. (2024). International Investment Law and the Rule of Law: The Case of China. Washington international law journal, 33(2), 314-344.
• Du, M. (2024). International Economic Law in the Era of Great Power Rivalry. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 57(3), 723-794.
• Chen, B. M., Li, Z., Cai, D., & Ash, E. (2024). Detecting the influence of the Chinese guiding cases: a text reuse approach. Artificial Intelligence and Law, 32, 463-486.
• Du, M. (2023). Explaining China’s approach to investor-state dispute settlement reform: a contextual perspective. European Law Journal: Review of European Law in Context, 28(4-6), 281-303.
• Chen, G. (2023). The "Constitutional" Rise of Chinese Speech Imperialism. Journal of Free Speech Law, 2(2), 483-572.
• Wu, Z., & Chen, L. (2023). Revisiting property transfer theory: English law and Chinese law compared. Legal Studies, 43(2), 259-277. 
• Chen, M. B., & Li, Z. (2023). Courts Without Separation of Powers: The Case of Judicial Suggestions in China. Harvard International Law Journal, 64(1), 203-252.
• Chen, G. (2022). How Equalitarian Regulation of Online Hate Speech Turns Authoritarian: A Chinese Perspective. Journal of Media Law, 14(1), 159-179.
• Du, Ming, & Kong, Q.J. (2020). Explaining the Limits of the WTO in Shaping the Rule of Law in China. Journal of International Economic Law, 23(4), 885-905.

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Open access copies of these publications are available through Durham Research Online. For full publication lists, please visit the staff webpages of the CCLP members below.