The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to share the latest publications from the China, Law and Development (CLD) project, a major research initiative supported by AMES. These new works highlight the project’s global impact and ongoing commitment to inclusive, interdisciplinary scholarship.
The first publication, Casebook on Chinese Outbound Investment: Law, Policy, and Business (Cambridge University Press, 2025), brings together 15 original case studies on Chinese global investment. Aimed at educators in law, business, and public policy, the Casebook supports classroom teaching on China-related topics and features contributions from early-career scholars across the Global South—reflecting CLD’s mission to foster a new generation of “China watchers.”
A book launch for the Casebook will take place at the Oxford China Centre on Monday 12 May at 5pm.
A second volume, Inter-Asian Law, co-edited by Professor Matthew Erie and Professor Ching-Fu Lin (National Tsing Hua University), will be published later this year. This collection explores how legal modernity is increasingly shaped by exchange between Asian jurisdictions, not only by Western models—an approach well aligned with the Faculty’s global and comparative outlook.
