LIU Chengwei
Professor of law, Director of the China-American Law Institute
Research Area: Contract law, Civil and Commercial Law, Comparative Law
EDUCATION
Doctor of Laws, Chinese Academyof Social Sciences (CASS), 2002-2005
Master of Laws, North-western Universityof Political Science and Law, 1999-2002
Bachelor of Laws, Hunan University Law School, 1996-1999
POSITIONS
2013- Professor of Law, College of Comparative Law,
China
University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, PRC
2008- Member of Academic Board and Associate Professor of Law, School of American and Comparative Law,
China
University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, PRC
2005-2008 Assistant Professor of Law, School of American and Comparative Law,
China
University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, PRC
2014-2015 Visiting Scholar, Columbia Law School, New York, NY,
U.S.A.
2006-2007 Randle Edwards Fellow, Columbia Law School, New York, NY,
U.S.A.
2005-2008 Post-doctor Research Fellow in political science, Party School of Central Committee of the CCP, Beijing, PRC
2004 Certificate of EU law and German law, BUCERIUS Law School, Beijing, PRC
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Historical Transformation and Modern Developments of Anglo-American Law of Contract, Beijing: Peking University Press, 2014.
On Doctrine of Consideration in Anglo-American Law of Contract, Beijing: The Publishing House of Law, 2006
Property and Politics: Transformation of Land Institutions in Chinese Rural Area, Beijing: The Publishing House of Law, 2012.
The New Developments of Comparative Law, Beijing: Chinese Social Science Press, 2010 (with Ran Hao and Ran Jingfu).
Pragmatism and Theory in English Law (Translated Chinese Version of P. S. Atihah's Book), Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2008.
ARTICLES
The Establishment of Certainty Rule of Lost Profit Due to Breach of Contract, Chinese Journal of Law, Volume 2, pp. 84-101 (2013).
Rise and Fall of Comparative Law and China's Mega trends, Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 3, pp. 1-18 (2013).
Transformation and Developments of Contract Theory, Peking University Law Journal, Volume 4, pp. 774-794 (2011).
P. S. Atiyah on English Law, Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 6, (2011).
Victim-Offender Reconciliation Agreement in Civil Law Perspective, Global Law Review, Volume 2, (2010).
Ages of American Contract Law, Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 1, (2010).
Theoretic and Practical Dilemmas of Relational Contract Theory, Private Law Review, Volume 2, 2011.
The Evolvement of Doctrine of Consideration, Peking Law Review, Volume 1, 2007.
The Historical Origins and Sources of Doctrine of Consideration in Anglo-American Law of Contract, Tsinghua Law Review, Volume 1, 2007.
On Doctrine of Privity of Contract, Nanjing University Law Review, Spring volume, 2007.
The Functional Analysis of Doctrine of Consideration, Peking University Law Jourmal, Volume5, 2006.
Richness of Contract Theory, Journal of Comparative Law, volume 5, 2006.
Restatement of Contract: Between Statue Lawand Case Law, Civil and Commercial Law Review, volume 36, 2006.
Legacy of E. Allan Farnsworth, Journal of Comparative Law, volume 1, 2006.
Claims and Contributions of Relational Contract theory, Civil and Commercial Law Review, volume 41, 2008.
Articles before 2006 are omitted.
MEMBERSHIPS
2005- Memberof the Editorial Board, Private Law Review
2007- Memberof Standing Committee, Chinese Society of Comparative Law
2012- Secretary-general, Member of Standing Committee, Beijing Society of Comparative Law
AWARDS
2010 Qi Dansheng Book Award for On Doctrine of Consideration in Anglo-American Law of Contract
2010 Award for Distinguished Legal Research,
China
University of Political Science and Law
2011 Distinguished Teaching Award,
China
University of Political Science and Law
2012 This Year's Award for Teaching Distinction,
China
University of Political Science and Law
