Legal Frontiers from PKU STL
Episodes
Investment arbitration, the ‘Spanish saga’ & a just energy transition with Fernando Dias Simões
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, STL Associate Professor Dr Fernando Dias Simões discusses the long-running series of investment disputes related to renewable energy...
Transnational AI Regulation, Standards and Climate Change with Alastair Marke
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features a guest lecture by Alastair Marke, Director-General of the Blockchain & Climate Institute, on transnational AI regulation, compa...
Integrity & sanctions at the World Bank with Liu Chang
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Multilateral development banks provide tens of billions of dollars in financing every year. To ensure that this money gets to its intended beneficiari...
DeepSeek, Open AI and regulation with Gilad Abiri
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DeepSeek has upended the global AI debate. In this episode, STL Associate Professor Gilad Abiri speaks with Stephen Minas to unpack what the release o...
Climate Funds and Sustainable Development with Gonzalo Larrea
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features a guest lecture delivered at STL Sustainability Innovation & Law Circle by Dr Gonzalo Larrea, Assistant Professor at Utrecht Uni...
Welcome to STL: Assistant Professor Kevin W. Gray
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode begins our “Welcome to STL” series, where we speak with new members of the STL faculty about their work & background. Assistant Profe...
Labor Law, ESG And International Economic Agreements With Luo Kaitian
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Luo Kaitian and Professor Stephen Minas discuss the practice of labor law in China and its transnational elements, including forei...
AI in legal services, digital platforms & the ‘reputation state’ with Dai Xin
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 an...
Graduating from law school during a financial crisis with Dai Xin
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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. Da...
The new high seas treaty with Ronán Long
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Ronán Long discusses the significance of the new international agreement under UNCLOS on the conservation and sustainable use of marine bio...
Reforming arbitration reform with Crina Baltag & Mark Feldman
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The co-chairs of the recent ITA-ASIL Conference on “Reforming Arbitration Reform: Emerging Voices, New Strategies, Evolving Values”, Associate Pro...
International law in Northeast Asia with Asif H Qureshi
29 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 nati...
Context-specific climate laws with Anirudh Sridhar
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1st episode of our new series, Stephen Minas interviews Anirudh Sridhar, Centre for Policy Research, on climate laws beyond net-zero targets. T...
Climate Change, Sustainable Development & Cleantech: A Pathway for Developing Countries
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features a discussion on the book ‘Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Cleantech: A Pathway for Developing Countries’. The sp...
The German Law Journal & the future of transnational law publishing
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Professor Emanuel V. Towfigh and Dr Stephen Minas discuss the German Law Journal (GLJ) as a window into transnational legal scholarsh...
Regulatory Challenges of Renewable Energy Integration in China
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To meet the policy agenda of establishing an environmentally and climate-friendly energy system, several supporting mechanisms have been introduced un...
COVID-19 vaccines and national and COVAX no-fault compensation programmes
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Professor Duncan Fairgrieve and Dr Stephen Minas discuss the global challenge of COVID-19 vaccination, the importance of public confi...
Exploring the Interlinkages Between Climate Change and Agriculture and Legal and Policy Implications
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Agriculture, forestry and land use are responsible for approximately 23% of global GHG emissions that contribute to climate change, representing a big...
Biodiversity 2050: The Convention on Biological Diversity & a world living in harmony with nature
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Convention on Biological Diversity’s ‘2050 Vision’ aims to achieve a world that is ‘living in harmony with nature.' Yet biodiversity is th...
China’s digital currency
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Oriol Caudevilla discusses central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), how they are different to cryptocurrencies, the development of...
The AIIB, multilateral development banks & the law of international organizations
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1st episode of 2021, Peter Quayle and Stephen Minas discuss the establishment & early years of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the pr...
Regime Divergence or Convergence? Law of the Sea and Climate Change
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the 2nd session of the STL Law & Sustainability Colloquium, Dr Nilüfer Oral discussed the existing frameworks in relation to protection of the mar...
The BRICS, BRICS law, & law in the time of oxymora
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Professor Rostam J. Neuwirth & Dr Stephen Minas discuss the ‘cooperation & dialogue platform’ of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India...
International climate change law and negotiations in times of COVID-19
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1st STL Law & Sustainability Colloquium session, Christoph Schwarte reflected on how the pandemic may affect the international body of law rela...
Legal services disrupted: Technology & innovation
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Technology and changing business models are disrupting the legal profession, legal services and law schools. In this episode, Ray Campbell and Stephen...
Refugee law, asylum justice and closed borders
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Liu Yue and Stephen Minas discuss refugee law and the process of seeking asylum in both developed and developing countries. Yue share...
International cleantech cooperation: Climate change, WIPO Green & the Paris Agreement
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Joy Xiang and Stephen Minas discuss intellectual property rights management for clean technologies, innovation in developed & develop...
China’s Supreme People’s Court in 2020
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Susan Finder and Stephen Minas discuss China’s highest court, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC), and key SPC developments in 2020:...
1. connectivity & decoupling
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mark Feldman and Stephen Minas discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on transnational arbitration, as well as broader developm...