Transnational Legal Development and Epistemic Communities


The TransLECS research project analyzes the impact of foreign legal cooperation measures on legal reforms in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Thereby, the main focus of the research has been laid on German and American legal cooperation measures implemented with Chinese partners. On the German as well as on the American side, a number of governmental and non-governmental actors offers a variety of legal cooperation projects which differ considerably as far as the programs' scope, aims and strategies are concerned. In order to give those interested in German-Chinese and American-Chinese legal cooperation an initial overview of these programs, the list below comprises links to the different German and U.S. governmental institutions and their programs.


German Governmental / governmental funded legal cooperation projects



Legal cooperation measures implemented by German private partisan organisations



German private academic legal cooperation projects




American Governmental / governmental funded legal cooperation projects



Legal cooperation measures implemented by American private partisan organisations



American private academic legal cooperation programs



American legal cooperation programs implemented / funded by private philanthrophic organizations



American legal cooperation programs implemented / funded by business organizations / occupational organizations