2023
October 11, 2023 - Speaker: Shigenori Matsui, Director of Japanese Legal Studies, University of British Columbia, Allard School of Law
Title: “Constitutional Right to Sexual Autonomy”
September 14, 2023 - Speakers: Kent Roach, Professor of Law, University of Toronto and Masaaki Takahash, Associate Professor of Law, Meijigakuin University
Title: "Is Less More? Remedies for Complex Rights Violations"
March 14, 2023 - Speakers: Takashi Shirouzu, Associate Professor of Law, Chiba University Law School and Margot Young, Professor of Law, Allard School of Law
Title: "Same-Sex Marriage in Japan―Moving Forward or Backward?"
February 14, 2023 - Speaker: Colin P. A. Jones, Professor of Law, Doshisha University, School of Law
Title: "Autonomous Robot: How Should We Regulate It?"
2021
April 21, 2021 - Speaker: Rachel Stern, Professor of Law and Political Science, University of California (Berkeley)
March 31, 2021 - Speaker: Maura Dykstra, Assistant Professor, Caltech, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
Title: "Crisis in the Empire of Routine: Uncertainty and Information in the Qing" (PDF)
March 25, 2021 - Speaker: Murat Iyigun, Professor of Economics, University of Colorado Boulder
Title: "A Theory of Cultural Revivals" (PDF)
March 19, 2021 - Speaker: Takashi Shirouzu, Associate Professor of Law, Chiba University Law School
Title: "Same-Sex Marriage: Comparison of Canada, US and Japan" (PDF)
March 10, 2021 - Speaker: Felipe Valencia Caicedo, Assistant Professor, UBC Vancouver School of Economics
Title: “Collateral Damage: The Legacy of the Secret War in Laos” (PDF)
February 10, 2021 - Speaker: Yan Xie, Assistant Professor, University of California Riverside
Title: “A Theory of Power Structure and Institutional Compatibility: China vs. Europe Revisited (PDF)”
February 3 - Speakers: Yue Hou, Janice and Julian Bers, Assistant Professors, University of Pennsylvania
Title: “Ethnic Discrimination and Authoritarian Rule: An Analysis of Criminal Sentencing in China (PDF)”
January 27, 2021 – Speaker: Ling Chen, Assistant professor, Johns Hopkins University;
Title: “Gaming the System: The Political Calendar and Selectivity of China's Tax Break Policy (PDF)”
2019-2020
June 10, 2020 - Albert Hung-yee Chen, Wilson Leung, Jie Cheng, Pitman Potter, Virtual round-table discussion, National Security (Law) in Hong Kong: An Assessment
March 11, 2029 - Pitman Potter, Exporting Virtue: China’s International Human Rights Activism In The Age Of Xi Jinping
March 6, 2020 - Rixue Jia, UCSD Economics, Entrepreneurial Reluctance: Academic Talent and Firm Creation in China
March 5, 2929 - Jie Cheng, Shige Matsui, Ljiljana Biukovic, Round-table discussion on Covid-19 and Infectious Disease Prevention Law
March 2, 2020 - Sarah Biddulph, Assistant Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Melbourne, The Intended and Unintended
Consequences of Transparency Reforms on Government Administration
January 28, 2020 - Younju Jung, Masan Branch Court, Korea, CALS visiting scholar, Impeaching the President in South Korea
January 13, 2020 - Guo Li, Vice Dean, PKU Law, Shadow Banks in China: Risk Mitigation and Regulatory Response
November 12, 2019 - Michael Blanchflower, Barrister, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Protests: From Peaceful Society to Petrol Bombs
November 5, 2019 - Masako Kamiya, Gakushuin University, Sexual Harassment and Japanese Law in International Context
September 20, 2019 - Randy Shek, Barrister, Hong Kong, “The Force is No Longer with You”: The Police and Hong Kong Protests
September 16, 2019 - Qian Liu, University of Victoria Law School Ph.D. candidate, Revisiting Feminist Ideals of Autonomy in Marriage Through an Asian Lens
September 13, 2019 - James Kung, HKU Economics, Elites, Ideology and Revolution: Evidence from 1911 China
2018-2019
Chikako Kannki & Judge Koji Kanki Rikkyo University Labour Law Reform: "Work Style Reform 2018 in Japan"
Ling Li, University of Vienna Politics of Anticorruption in China
David Yang Harvard University The Impact of Media Censorship: 1984 or Brave New World?
Chen Li, Fudan University Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards under the 1958 New York Convention in China
Chen Xinyu Tsinghua Law School Shen Jiaben and the Rule of Law in Modern China.
Shigenori Matsui,Allard School of Law, What is happening to NISSAN and Carlos Ghosn?
Nancy Qian, Northwestern University The Dynamic Effects of Computerized VAT Invoices on Chinese Manufacturing Firms
Mark Koyama, George Mason University Persecution and Toleration: The Long Road to Religious Freedom
Greg Distelhorst, University of Toronto The Political Beliefs of Chinese Officials
Quoc-Anh Do, Sciences Po, France One Mandarin Benefits the Whole Clan
2017-2018
Visit of the Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma
On Wednesday, May 31st, the Peter A. Allard School of law was pleased to welcome the Honourable Geoffrey Ma, Chief Justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal to Allard Hall. Justice Ma visited Vancouver to participate in the Asia Pacific Judicial Colloquium, hosted by the Vancouver Bar Association at the Law Courts Inn. The Colloquium brought together a distinguished group of jurists including Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada as well as the Chief Justices of the High Court of Australia, the Supreme Court of New Zealand, and the Supreme Court of Singapore. Prior to attending the Colloquium, Justice Ma held an engaging talk and Q&A session at Allard Hall with students, faculty, legal professionals, and other members of the Allard community.
2017 World Chinese Legal Philosophy Conference
On October 29 and 30, 2017, jointly with the Institute of Law, Politics and Philosophy of Tsinghua University Law School, the Center for Asian Legal Studies (CALS) hosted the 6th World Chinese Legal Philosophy Conference at Allard Hall. Scholars from 22 universities in 8 countries and regions attended the conference and presented papers on comparative legal philosophy, law and world history, comparative legal culture, legal pluralism in China, the Chinese judiciary, and the future of the Chinese governance system. While the working language of the conference was Chinese, the majority of the participating scholars also published in English. The conference exemplified CALS’ engagement with leading legal research institutions in China and the very large legal research community there.
The Changing Politics of Central Banking | The Potential for an Indigenous Policy under the constitution of Japan | Civil Code Draft and Property Law Reform in China |
Annelise Riles Professor, Cornell University | 
Teruki Tsunemoto Professor, Hokkaido University | 
Weixing Shen Professor & Dean, Tsinghua University Law School |
Practising Criminal Law in Hong Kong | Criminal Justice in Japan: Is a 99.8% Conviction Rate too High? | Barriers to Entry and Regional Economic Growth in China |
Michael Blanchflower S.C., Parkside Chambers | 
Kentaro Takai Japanese Public Prosecutor | 
Loren Brandt Professor, University of Toronto |
Rule of Law Reform and the Rise of Rule by Fear in China | War and States: China’s Long March Towards Unity (750 BC – 1911 AD) | Recent Debates Relating to Hate Speech in Japan |
Eva Pils Professor, The Dickson Poon School of Law, Kings College | 
Debin Ma Professor, London School of Economics | 
Shinji Higaki Professor, Fukuoka University |
2016-2017
2015-2016
Rethinking Copyright for the Digital Age | Anti Anti-Orientalism, or is Chinese Law different? | Sexual Crimes in Canada: A comparison with Japan |
Yoshiyuki Tamura Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University |
Donald C. Clarke Professor, The George Washington University Law School |
Toshinori Wada Professor, Keio University Law School |
