CHINA LAW READER

…This well written and researched book offers a unique, and needed, resource for practitioners and scholars of Chinese law. –David Atnip, Lawyer and Managing Director, LawInn HR

The number of American law students who speak Chinese is increasing. The number of American law students who can read Chinese is increasing as well, though that number is considerably less than those who can speak it. The number of American law students who can read Chinese legal documents with anything approaching their ability to read those documents in English is exceedingly small. So how does someone make the leap from being able to read general interest publications in Chinese to being able to read legal documents in Chinese? I am constantly being asked this question and my answer is usually that they should try to take a legal Chinese course at their law school if it has one or otherwise, just learn Chinese legal terminology on the job. They invariably then ask me if I can recommend a book to them and I would invariably say no. Until now. Until China Law Reader. China Law Reader is written by Lawrence Foster, a Professor of Law at the University of Hawaii, Tiffany Yajima a licensed lawyer who was formerly with AmCham in Shanghai, and Yan Lin, a Professor of Law at Jiaotong University in Shanghai. In its introduction, China Law Reader describes its purpose and its ideal reader as follows: The primary purpose of the CLR is to introduce you to the language of Chinese law. The ideal user is someone who has completed at least two years of Chinese language study and is now ready to read actual law-related Chinese language texts in order to learn the specialized language of Chinese law. I completely agree. If you already are able to read Chinese fairly well and you are going to be working with legal text, get the book. Now. –Dan Harris from China Law Blog

…This well written and researched book offers a unique, and needed, resource for practitioners and scholars of Chinese law. –David Atnip, Lawyer and Managing Director, LawInn HR –This text refers to the paperback edition.

Before obtaining his legal education, Dr. Foster received a PhD in Chinese Studies and taught Chinese language at the University of Hawaii, Western Washington State University, and at the University of Washington. –This text refers to the paperback edition.