China and Colombia: Towards a Legal Comparison.

China and Colombia: Towards a Legal Comparison is the first joint publication by professors at Fudan University Law School (People's Republic of China), and professors at the School of Law at Universidad Externado de Colombia. The book, aimed at bringing two distant legal traditions face to face, compiles eight articles on four topics whose global legal relevance is indisputable: (i) Constitutional justice and socio-economic rights; (ii) judicial reform; (iii) gender and the legal profession; and, finally, (iv) international investment arbitration. Each topic is analyzed in two articles -one from the Colombian perspective and the other from the Chinese perspective.ln the analysis of both legal scenarios, readers will notice some partial convergences, which do not, however, hide the differences between the two legal orders. Nevertheless, the purpose of this book is not to analyze the reasons behind the differences and partial similarities between the two legal scenarios. Indeed, the book's claim, as a first step in a broad-based comparative research project, is less ambitious: the aim was always to provide readers with a series of normative and theoretical reflections and empirical information on the topics under analysis in each legal order.