Professor

Deputy Director of Civil Procedure Law Institute

Selected for the Outstanding Overseas Talent Program, Professor Li (born in 1980) joined the faculty of the China University of Political Science and Law in 2006, becoming one of the youngest professors of law nationwide. As an experienced Master’s Supervisor, he is responsible for instructing both undergraduate and graduate students. Meanwhile, Professor Li holds a joint appointment with the China-EU School of Law.

Professor Li teaches courses in civil procedure, foreign civil procedure law, civil litigation & alternative dispute resolution, American civil practice & remedies, torts, American tort law, and comparative law of contracts. Besides being an innovator of the Bilingual Teaching Method, he is also the creator of a Capstone Course in civil procedure law, in which students are required to play the role of lawyers in a semester-long complex simulation integrating the diverse areas of civil litigation with practice skills and issues of ethics and professionalism.

Professor Li specializes in dispute resolution, civil & merchant laws & intellectual property. As a distinguished scholar in the field of torts, his current research focuses on product liability, and his most recent publications in this area include “Concise Chinese Tort Law” (Springer, April 2014) and “FDA Food Safety Modernization Act and Its Enlightenment” (Journal of Dalian University of Technology, February 2012).

Professor Li received his LL.B. from Fudan University Law School in 2002, and his J.D. from University of Minnesota Law School in 2005. He was a clerk at the Supreme People’s Court of the PRC and a summer-intern of Morrison & Forester LLP during his student days.

Educational Background

2002 - 2005         Juris Doctor, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.

1998 - 2002         Bachelor of Law, Fudan University Law School, Shanghai, China

Working Languages

Chinese & English

Contact Information

Email: lixiangfd@gmail.com

Publications

Books

1. Concise Chinese Tort Laws, published in 2014, by Springer

2. Products Liability: Cases and Materials, published in 2009, by Hunan Renmin Press

3. Basic Contract Law: Cases and Materials, published in 2008, by China University of Political Science and Law Press

4. The Law of Civil Procedure: Explanations, Cases and Materials, published in 2006, by China University of Political Science and Law Press

5. Class Actions in a Comprehensive Horizon: Principles, Culture and Practice*, published in 2005, by Wuhan University Press (*co-authored)

6. American Copyright Law: Doctrines, Cases and Materials, published in 2004, by China University of Political Science and Law Press

7. Torts: Fundamentals, Cases and Materials, published in 2004, by China University of Political Science and Law Press

Journal Articles

1. The Changing Nature of Copyright in the Digital Age, Exploration and Free Views, May 2012 (CSSCI Source)

2. FDA Food Safety Modernization Act and Its Enlightenment, Journal of Dalian University of Technology, February 2012 (CSSCI Source)

3. Research on Conflicts between Defamation and Art Criticism, Exploration, January 2012 (CSSCI Source)

4. Analysis on the Causal Relationship of Inside Trading, Modern Finance and Economics, December 2011 (CSSCI Source)

5. Analysis on Resolving Three Major Difficulties in Making Chinese Government Ethics Law, Law Science Magazine, December 2010 (CSSCI Source)

6. The Criticism and Improvement of the Rules on Tenfold Damages of China’s Food Safety Law, Journal of Studies in Law and Business, June 2009 (CSSCI Source)