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R. Randle Edwards, the Walter Gellhorn Professor Emeritus of Law, taught at Columbia from 1973 to 2002, and was director of the Center for Chinese Legal Studies from its creation in 1983 until his retirement. He served as chairman of the Committee on Legal Education Exchange with China from 1983-91. He has published numerous articles on China's criminal law, its practice of international law, and Chinese legal history. Full Profile
Professor Madeleine Zelin, is professor of Modern Chinese History, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Department of History, and is director of the East Asian National Resource Center. Professor Zelin specializes in modern legal history and the role of law in the Chinese economy. She has written widely on Chinese legal history and the complex forces shaping modern China. Her latest book, The Merchants of Zigong, Industrial Enterprise in Early Modern China, is a study of an advanced industrial community in southern Sichuan from the 18th century to the early 20th century. Professor Zelin teaches courses on Chinese legal history. Full Profile
The director of the Hong Yen Chang Center for Chinese Legal Studies is Benjamin L. Liebman, Robert L. Lieff Professor of Law.
Professor Liebman is widely regarded as one of the world’s pre-eminent scholars of contemporary Chinese law.
His current research focuses on the use of computational tools to study Chinese court judgments, the roles of artificial intelligence and big data in the Chinese legal system, Chinese tort law, Chinese criminal procedure, and the evolution of China’s courts.