ZHAO, Jing，Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor, Department of Law, School of Humanity and Law

Education

2012-2019  Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, Doctor iuris (Dr. iur.)

2010-2012  Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, Master of Law (LL.M.)

2008-2012  China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), Master of Law

2004-2008  China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), Bachelor of Law

Work Experience

2019-present  Department of Law, School of Humanity and Law, Beijing University of Chemical Technology

Research Interests

Jurisprudence, Legal Philosophy, Legal Methodology, Philosophy of Science

Courses Taught

Jurisprudence; Legal Methodology; Selected Topics in Legal Philosophy; Legal Professional Ethics; Moot Court

Publications

1) Journal Articles

1. Neukantianische Begründung des Rechts: Zu Emil Lasks Rechtsphilosophie als kritische Wertlehre des Rechts, in: Emil Lask between Neo-Kantianism and Phenomenology (forthcoming).

2. On the Relation Between Law and Morality: From the Separation to the Connection Thesis in Gustav Radbruch’s Legal Philosophy, in: Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, Beiheft 158, 2019, pp. 269-304.

3. The Justification Problem in Hans Kelsen’s Theory of Legal Validity, in: Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, Beiheft 151, 2016, pp. 131-146.

4. Between Idealism and Natural Law: A Research on Ernst Cassirer’s Legal Philosophy, in: Legal Theory, 2025(3).

5. The Value Justification of Law under the Perspective of Emil Lask’s Legal Philosophy, in: Legal Method, Vol. 40, 2023.

6. On the Scientific Character of Legal Science, in: Northern Legal Science, No. 6, 2022, pp. 62-80.

7. The Spiritual Path and Evolution of Thought of Gustav Radbruch, in: Yenching Legal Studies, No. 4, 2021, pp. 118-141.

8. The Nature of Things and Methodological Dualism in Gustav Radbruch’s Legal Philosophy, in: Review of Legal Philosophy and Political Philosophy, No. 3, 2018, pp. 332-389.

9. On the Vitality of Law, in: Law and Business Review, No. 5, 2009.

2) Books

1. Die Rechtsphilosophie Gustav Radbruchs unter dem Einfluss von Emil Lask. Eine Studie zur neukantianischen Begründung des Rechts, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2020.

2. Emil Lask. Die wissenschaftliche Korrespondenz von Emil Lask, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022.

3) Translations

1. Emil Lask, Legal Philosophy (Rechtsphilosophie, 1905), translated into Chinese, The Commercial Press (forthcoming).

2. Ulfried Neumann, Theorie der juristischen Argumentation, translated into Chinese, in: Legal Theory, Vol. 2, 2018.

3. Methodenlehre zwischen Staatsrecht und Rechtsphilosophie, translated into Chinese, in: Legal Theory, Vol. 1, 2018.

4. On the Necessity of the Value Justification of Law, translated into Chinese, in: Journal of Soochow University (Law Edition), Vol. 9, No. 1, 2022, pp. 68-79.

5. Legal Sociology as an Empirical Theory of Validity, translated into Chinese, in: Folk Law, Vol. 30, 2023, pp. 504-523.

Research Grants

1. The National Social Science Fund of China: Liang Qichao on the History of Chinese Legal System, 2023-2026, Principal Investigator.

2. Beijing Social Science Fund: Translation, Annotation and Research on Emil Lask’s Legal Philosophy and Academic Correspondence, 2024-2027, Principal Investigator.

3. Gustav Radbruch Gesamtausgabe, Chinese translation, 11 volumes, The Commercial Press, participant and translator/editor.

4. German Research Foundation (DFG): The Academic Correspondence of Emil Lask, 1875-1915, 2018-2022, participant.

5. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Beijing University of Chemical Technology: On the Scientific Character of Legal Science, 2020-2021, Principal Investigator.

Honors Received

1. The article “On the Scientific Character of Legal Science” was selected for the “Academic Card” column of Academic Digest of Liberal Arts in Higher Education, No. 1, 2023, and abstracted in Xinhua Digest, No. 7, 2023.

2. Juni 2022: “Outstanding Thesis Supervisor” title

3. Juni 2026: “Outstanding Thesis Supervisor” title