Advertise on podcast: Legal Frontiers from PKU STL

Description

Legal Frontiers is the new podcast from Peking University School of Transnational Law (STL), providing research-based analysis of developments in transnational law and legal practice. Interviews, presentations and panel discussions will examine the intersection of law and transnational challenges such as climate change, new technologies, public health and economic relations, as well as directions in transnational dispute resolution. STL is the only law school in the world that combines an American-style Juris Doctor degree (J.D.) with a China law Juris Master degree (J.M.). STL provides an academically rigorous, bilingual four-year program of legal education that prepares students for the mixture of common law, civil law, and Chinese legal traditions increasingly characteristic of the global economy. STL also offers a unique LL.M. program for international students.

Unlock Legal Frontiers from PKU STL podcast Email contact info,
Listeners & Audience details

Email contact information

Direct podcast contact details

Listeners

Audience numbers & engagement insights

Audience details

Podcast Insights

Social media

Check Legal Frontiers from PKU STL social media presence

Podcast episodes

Check latest episodes from Legal Frontiers from PKU STL podcast

Investment arbitration, the ‘Spanish saga’ & a just energy transition with Fernando Dias Simões

2026/03/02

In this episode, STL Associate Professor Dr Fernando Dias Simões discusses the long-running series of investment disputes related to renewable energy in Spain and other countries, highlighting issues including different treatment of international and domestic investors, the role of ‘vulture funds’ and the ‘modernisation' of the Energy Charter Treaty.

Transnational AI Regulation, Standards and Climate Change with Alastair Marke

2025/11/07

This episode features a guest lecture by Alastair Marke, Director-General of the Blockchain & Climate Institute, on transnational AI regulation, comparing UK, EU, and Chinese frameworks. It discusses international standards, including through the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), as soft law bridging regulatory disparities and aligning with models for AI ethics, and examines case studies focusing on the ramifications of AI regulatory models on climate change AI applications, such as those related to weather prediction and management of smart grids.

Integrity & sanctions at the World Bank with Liu Chang

2025/08/26

Multilateral development banks provide tens of billions of dollars in financing every year. To ensure that this money gets to its intended beneficiaries, MDBs have developed their own systems of investigation and sanctions for fraud, corruption and other misconduct. In this episode, Liu Chang, Counsel at the World Bank’s Office of Suspension and Debarment, discusses the World Bank’s sanctions system from its legal underpinnings to adjudication to compliance, as well as integrity cooperation among MDBs and current challenges in the field.

DeepSeek, Open AI and regulation with Gilad Abiri

2025/02/11

DeepSeek has upended the global AI debate. In this episode, STL Associate Professor Gilad Abiri speaks with Stephen Minas to unpack what the release of the Chinese company’s R1 artificial intelligence model means for the future development of AI, the regulatory issues of open-source AI and tech competition between major economies.

Climate Funds and Sustainable Development with Gonzalo Larrea

2024/12/18

This episode features a guest lecture delivered at STL Sustainability Innovation & Law Circle by Dr Gonzalo Larrea, Assistant Professor at Utrecht University School of Law. The COP29 outcomes target an expanded role for climate funds in delivering climate finance for developing countries. In his lecture, Dr Larrea provides a comparative analysis of climate funds such as the Global Environment Facility, Green Climate Fund & Adaptation Fund, focusing on their safeguards against negative environmental and social impacts on local communities and proposing reforms to strengthen these safeguards.

Welcome to STL: Assistant Professor Kevin W. Gray

2024/09/05

This episode begins our “Welcome to STL” series, where we speak with new members of the STL faculty about their work & background. Assistant Professor Kevin Gray, who recently joined STL, is a transnational & constitutional law scholar with a background in philosophy. Here, he discusses his research agenda, including corruption in international arbitration, & upcoming courses at STL.

Labor Law, ESG And International Economic Agreements With Luo Kaitian

2024/06/24

In this episode, Dr Luo Kaitian and Professor Stephen Minas discuss the practice of labor law in China and its transnational elements, including foreign ESG requirements and the negotiation of labor provisions in international economic agreements. Dr Luo, Founding Partner at Puran Law Firm, also reflects on how to promote workplace diversity and inclusion and offers some advice for students interested in labor law.

AI in legal services, digital platforms & the ‘reputation state’ with Dai Xin

2024/03/26

In part 2 of our interview, Peking University Law School Associate Professor Dai Xin discusses how to make use of data to improve market efficiency and government performance, digital platform regulation and the need to weigh transparency and privacy imperatives. The conversation also addresses the growing use of artificial intelligence in legal services, the impact of chatbots on access to justice and how AI-generated content will change legal scholarship and education.

Graduating from law school during a financial crisis with Dai Xin

2024/03/13

This episode features the 1st part of a 2-part interview with Associate Professor Dai Xin from Peking University Law School. In this episode, Prof. Dai discusses his experience of graduating from law school into a financial crisis, offers advice for law students on resilience in challenging times and reflects on his journey into academia, models of legal academia and legal education in a context of rapid technological change.

The new high seas treaty with Ronán Long

2023/10/12

Professor Ronán Long discusses the significance of the new international agreement under UNCLOS on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, including its potential to contribute to ocean governance and ecosystem restoration. Professor Long is Director of the WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute at the World Maritime University.

Reforming arbitration reform with Crina Baltag & Mark Feldman

2023/06/07

The co-chairs of the recent ITA-ASIL Conference on “Reforming Arbitration Reform: Emerging Voices, New Strategies, Evolving Values”, Associate Professor Crina Baltag (Stockholm University) and Professor Mark Feldman (STL), speak with Stephen Minas about regionalism, sustainability, diversity and legitimacy in the reform of international commercial and investment arbitration.

International law in Northeast Asia with Asif H Qureshi

2023/04/29

This episode features an interview with Asif Qureshi, Professor of Law at STL, on public international law in Northeast Asia and on law reform in national and international law, following the STL workshop on ‘Law Reforms Around the World’. Professor Qureshi also discusses the foundation and work of the Manchester Journal of International Economic Law.

Context-specific climate laws with Anirudh Sridhar

2023/03/30

In the 1st episode of our new series, Stephen Minas interviews Anirudh Sridhar, Centre for Policy Research, on climate laws beyond net-zero targets. They discuss what goes into making bottom-up, context-specific climate laws, the governance functions these laws perform and the links between climate policy, coal phasedown, infrastructure and manufacturing in developing countries. They also discuss the trend of upgrading existing laws to tackle climate change and CPR’s ongoing project on context-specific climate governance.

Climate Change, Sustainable Development & Cleantech: A Pathway for Developing Countries

2021/12/20

This episode features a discussion on the book ‘Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Cleantech: A Pathway for Developing Countries’. The speakers are the book’s author, STL Associate Professor Joy Xiang, Rob Merges, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professor of Law at UC Berkeley & Co-Founder, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, Richard Wilder, General Counsel for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) & STL Associate Professor Stephen Minas. The panellists discuss the state of cleantech transfer & capacity-building for developing countries, innovation, the role of IP law and the experience of similar issues in the pandemic context. We gratefully acknowledge the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology which hosted the event and made the recording available for this podcast.

The German Law Journal & the future of transnational law publishing

2021/10/29

In this episode, Professor Emanuel V. Towfigh and Dr Stephen Minas discuss the German Law Journal (GLJ) as a window into transnational legal scholarship and publishing, including issues of democratising access to legal scholarship, open access, and data security of online publications. Emanuel V. Towfigh is Distinguished Scholar in Residence at STL, Chair in Public Law, Empirical Legal Research and Law & Economics at EBS Law School & Co-Editor in Chief of the GLJ.