Research Fellow Li Honghai, Legal History
Dr. Li Honghai, a research fellow of Peking University Law School, is mainly devoted in the study of English legal history (particularly 12-13 centuries) and common law jurisprudence. He has been an academic visitor of the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, under the supervison of Prof. Sir J. H. Baker during the academic year of 2005-2006. His publication includes An Historical Interpretation of the English Common Law (Tsinghua University Press, 2003); also he translated Prof. van Caengem's The Birth of the English Common Law, Prof. Paul Brand's The Origins of the English Legal Profession, Maitland's Constitutional History of England, and took part in the translation of Prof. Sir J. Holt's Magna Carta.
1998.9-2001.7 Ph.D, Peking University
1995.9-1998.7 Master of Law, Peking University
1991.9-1995.7 Bachelor of Law, China University of Political Science and Law
2001.7-2006.12 Beijing University of Forestry, Lecturer, Associated Professor
2005.8-2006.8 Academic Visitor, Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge, Wolfson College
2006.12-2013.7 Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Professor, Director of the Common Law Research Institute
English Legal History, English Common Law, Comparative law
PUBLICATIONS
1、MONOGRAPHS
1. An Historical Interpretation to the English Common Law, Tsinghua University Press, 2003.
2. A Comparative Study of the Anglo-American Law, Peking University Press, 2013, vice-chief editor and author of the first two chapters.
3. Reflection on the National Judicial Exam (2002-2011), China University of Political Science and Law Press, 2013, core author of this collective works.
2、TRANSLATIONS
1. R. C. v. Caenegem, The Birth of the English Common Law, China University of Political Science and Law Press, 2003; The Commercial Press (Beijing) Ltd, 2014(to be published).
2. Paul Brand, The Origin of the English Legal Profession, Peking University Press, 2009.
3. J. Holt, Magna Carta, Peking University Press, 2010, co-translator with Bi Jingyue and Miao Wenlong.
4. F. W. Maitland, The Constitutional History of England, China University of Political Science and Law Press, 2010.
5. William Sharp McKechnie, the “Historical Introduction” of Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John with an Historical Introduction, China University of Political Science and Law Press, 2016.
3、ARTICLES AND REVIEWS：
1. “History and Myths: a Legend of 800 Years”, Peking University Law Journal, 6(2015).2. “What possibly can we learn from Magna Carta?---An 800th anniversary memorial essay”, Journal of Comparative Law, 6(2015).
3. “Common Law Constitutionalism in Modern English Constitutional Thoughts”, Journal of East China University of Political Science and Law, 1(2015).
4. “The Evolution of the English Constitutional Thoughts”, Private Law, 2 (2015).
5. “Reflection on the Necessity of Compiling the Civil Code in China”, in Wang Limin (ed.), On Traditional Chinese Culture of Civil Law and Chinese Civil Code, Law Press, 2015.
6. “Glory in Silence: History of the Study of English Legal History”, Tsinghua Law Review, 1(2015).
7. “How to Find Ratio Decidendi in a Case”, China Case Law Review, 1(2015).
8. “Common Law as Dog-Law---also with Comments on the Retrospectivity of Common Law”, Chutian Law Review, 4(2015).
9. “Circuit Trial and the Birth of Common Law”, Peking University Law Review, 1(2015).
10. “An Historical Exploration of the Transformation of English Jury”, Law Review, 4(2015).
11. “National Judicial Exam and the Legal Education in China”, China Legal Science, 4(2012).
12. “‘Water and Oil’ or ‘Water and Milk’: on the Relationship between Common Law and Statutes?”, Peking University Law Journal, 2(2011).
13. “‘Henry II’s Reformation and the Birth of English Common Law”, Peking University Law Journal, 6(1996).
14. “Action in Rights in the Early Period of English Common Law”, Peking University Law Journal, 3(1999).
15. “Common Law Judges’ Judicial Techniques and the Possibility of its Introduction into China”, Studies in Law and Business, 5(2007).
16. “Historical Dimension of the English Common Law”, Global Law Review, 2(2009).
17. “Multi-dimensional Review on the English Constitutional History”, Journal of Comparative Law, 6(2010).
18. “Self-sufficient and not Self-sufficient: on the Relationship between the English Common Law and Equity”, Tsinghua Law Review, 6(2010).
19. “Distinctions in Case Law and its Application in Chinese Judicial Practice”, Tsinghua Law Review, 6(2004).
20. “The Study of Common Law in China: Perplexities and Approaches”, Tsinghua Law Review, 4(2007).
21. “Ownership or Estate?--The Concept of Estate in Early Common Law”, in Journal for Law and Policy in China, 2007, Volume1, No. 1.
22. “Similarities of the Development of Classical Roman Law and English Law”, Tsinghua Discourses on Rule-of-Law, 4(2004).
23. “English Legal Profession and the Rule of Law”, in Comparative Law Study in China, 2003.
24. “A Brief Review of the Common Law Methods”, Legal Methods and Legal Approaches, 7(2011).
25. “Judicial Directions: a Special Law without Authoritative Form”, Journal of East China University of Political Science and Law, 6(2007).
26. “Common Law and Empiricism”, Procuratorate Daily, 2011.3.24
27. “Judicial Techniques at Common Law”, Procuratorate Daily, 2011.4.14
28. “Why State and Corporations: Review on Maitland’s State, Trust and Corporations?”, Study of Legal Culture, 6(2010)
29. “The Evolution of the English Constitution”, Teahouse for Jurists, 29(2010)
30. “‘Politicum et Regale’ and ‘Tantum Regale’: Review on Sir J. Fortescue’s On the Laws and Governance of England”, Study of Legal Culture, 5(2010).
31. “Origin of the Rule of Law in England”, Hust Law Review, 2(2009).
ACADEMIC AWARDS
1. Monograph, An Historical Interpretation to the English Common Law, for following awards:
a) Beijing Government Awards for Excellent Works in Philosophy and Social Science, 2nd class, 2004.
b) Qian Duansheng Legal Research Awards, 2008.
c) Chinese Legal Culture Research Awards, 2nd class, 2011.
2. Article, “National Judicial Exam and the Legal Education in China”, China Legal Science, 4(2012), for following award:
a) Chinese Legal Education Research Awards, 1st class, 2013.
COURSES TAUGHT
1. Foreign Legal History
2. An Introduction to the English Common Law
3. Case Law
4. Constitutional History of England
5. Bibliography on English Common Law