This course is about narratives on Chinese legal tradition and its modern transformation. It is neither a comprehensive, chronological and descriptive account of Chinese legal history nor a study of today’s Chinese law. Rather, the course aims at achieving the prescribed learning outcomes through guided in-depth reading as well as deliberation that provides the teacher and students with opportunities to think together about and discuss certain narratives of China’s legal past. It is expected that the class will move beyond the traditional “transmission” mode of teaching and learning and that all members of the class will play an active role in exploring various aspects of legal knowledge and sharing their interpretations and opinions with the class.