Lubman's Bird in a Cage was one of the first serious treatments of the developments in the PRC legal system. He notes the great increase in professionalism in the Chinese judiciary and in its burgeoning law schools. My own experience - principally via the strong friendships I have formed with half a dozen Chinese law professors over the past 9 years - is that Chinese lawyers are serious and meticulous about the law. They are conveying this attitude, methods, and values to their students. It is noteworthy that law is an undergraduate degrees and that Chinese universities are producing thousands of graduates who have majored in law.
Geroge: Thanks for this. My own friendships with Chinese law professors have yielded the same opinions as yours-- but of law professors, not necessarily of Chinese lawyers, who sometimes have very different values. I would be interested to know more about your own experiences, and look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, Stanley
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