China-EU School of Law
New book examines fundamental rights in China and Europe
1 December 2016, by Internetredaktion
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Which human rights should be legally guaranteed for citizens, 15 scholars from Europe and China ask.
Law professors Lucia Serena Rossi and Giacomo di Federico from the China-EU School of Law’s partner University of Bologna published a book entitled “Fundamental Rights in Europe and China — Regional Identities and Universalism”. With this, they “perhaps for the first time,” as they put it, reflect on fundamental rights from both a Chinese and European perspective. “The point of the comparison is not to put two systems in competition, for they are of course markedly different, but rather to promote a dialogue,” Rossi says. In the 200-page volume, eight Chinese and seven European scholars examine topics such as the state of freedom of religion and the protection of private property. “For the future, a lot will depend on the progress of law, but what is most important is to make sure the law is truly applied,” Professor Wang Xiumei from China Northwest University of Politics and Law writes. The book builds on a conference in Bologna in 2012 which was funded by the China-EU School of Law.
