Name

Zhao Xuegang

Title and Social Services

Associate Professor of the Law School,Director of Institute for Legislative Studies,China University of Political Science and Law

Editor-in-Chief of JohnLocke’s Works and Scholarly Books(Chinese version);

Editor-in-Chief of A Collection of Legislative Studies (including 8 English books).

Contact Information

Email：

xuegangzhao1024@163.com

Education Background

Sep. 1991--Jul. 1996: Law School, Shandong University, LL.B;

Sep. 1996--Jul. 1999: Law School, Shandong University, M.A;

Sep. 1999--Jul. 2002: Law Institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Ph.D;

Sep. 2005--Jul. 2008: Religious Studies Institute,PhilosophyDepartment of Sun Yat-sen University, Postdoctoral Researchin the Speciality ofPoliticalPhilosophy;

Sep. 2014--Sep. 2015:Visiting Scholar,Jefferson Center for Core Texts and Ideas, Department of Government, The University of Texas at Austin.

Research Interests

Jurisprudence, legislative studies, natural law theory, political philosophy

Publications

Books:

Locke on Law of Nature(edited and translated),published by Huaxia Press House(Beijing),2018;

Jurisprudence,published by Press Houseof China University of Political Science and Law(Beijing),2017;

History and Theory of The First Amendment of U.S Constitution,translated from English, published byChina Legal Press(Beijing),2015;

God, Locke and Equity,(byJeremy Waldron), translated from English, published byEast China Normal UniversityPress(Shanghai), 2014;

Redeeming Law: Christian Calling and the Legal Profession(by Michael. P. Schutt), translated from English, published by Central Compilation and TranslationPress(Beijing)in Jen. 2014;

Several volumes of Locke’s Works and Scholarly Books (edited and translated)have andwill be published by Huaxia Press House(Beijing)from 2013;

The Constitution of 1787(by Anastaplo, 310,000 words), translated from English, and published byEast China Normal UniversityPress(Shanghai)in March. 2012;

The Constitution of Deliberative Democracy(by Nino, 200,000 words), translated from English, and published by Law Press(Beijing)in Apr. 2009;

Hobbes on Faith and Heresy(Hobbes’ Appendix toLeviathan)(175,000 words),translated from English, revised by Latin, and published by Huaxia Press House(Beijing)in Feb. 2008;

A New Birth of Freedom(550,000 words, reviser), Harry V. Jaffa,published by East China Normal University Press(Shanghai)in Apr. 2008;

Crisis of The House Divided(350,000 words, reviser),Harry V. Jaffa,published by East China Normal University Press(Shanghai)in Sep. 2007.

On Philosophical Foundation of Human Rights(200,000 words),Ph.D dissertation, July, 2002;

SelectedArticlesand Papers:

John Locke on Toleration, conference paper to Symposium on Locke and Toleration, Southwest University of Political Science & Law, Chongqing, Nov. 2017;

On the Immutability of Natural Law: Why the Contents of Natural Law Can be Changed in Modern Time, conference paper to Symposium on Natural Law, Beijing, Dec. 2017;

Rousseau on Popular Sovereignty and Legislator, conference paper to Symposium on Rousseau on Civil Religion, Southwest University of Political Science & Law, Chongqing, Oct. 2016;

What Kind of Role does Constitution Play in China’s Religions?conference paper to Symposium onCatholic Church and China, Hongkong, Jan. 2016;

Why Dialogue between Religions: An Issue of Modernity?conference paper to Symposium onInter-religious Dialogue, Beijing, Dec. 2015;

Separation of Church and State and Modern Politics, Preface toLaw and Religion in the U. S(a translated book from English), 2016; and published inReligion and Rule of Law, vol. 4, July, 2015;

Locke, Equity, and We,Collected Articles of Classics,published by Huaxia Press House(Beijing),2015;

Machiavelli and Hobbes in the First Wave of Modernity,Journal of South Sea, vol. 1, 2015;

Leo Strauss on Locke,Journal of Hainan University, vol. 2, 2014;

Identity of Legislator and Quality of Legislation,Journal ofUniversity of Finance and Economicsat Xinjiang, vol. 2, 2014;

A World without Heresy: Notes and Paraphrases to Locke’s A Letter on Toleration,The Chinese Journal of Classical Studies(Hong Kong), 2013,Winter;

Several articles of the U. S. Constitution (especially of the First Amendment), and of philosophy of religion on Hobbes and Locke published by various publications(translated from English), from 2013；

The First Amendment of the U.S Constitution andThe Declaratio De Libertate Religiosa: Dignitatis Humanae(DH) (35,000 words), presented toSeminar on Second Vatican Council(Beijing, Guangzhou),June, July,2012;

Constitution as Political Will (10,000 words),The Chinese Journal of Classical Studies(Hong Kong), 2011, Winter;

Modernity ofContemporaryLegal Theories Debates: Its Critics(10,000 words),LawandDemocracy Review, 2011,10;

Hobbes on Heresy (13,000words),The Chinese Journal of Classical Studies(Hong Kong), 2010, Autumn;

On Locke’s View of Natural Law and HisPhilosophy of Religion(15,000 words),Journal ofThe Spirit of the Laws, 2009, 3;

Jurist in Pursuit of Word of God — On John C. H. Wu(7,000 words),China Book Review, 2008, 2;

On Concepts of Right to Life and Right to Existence(10,000 words),Journal of Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2004, 6;

How to Justify the Concept of Human Rights? —Significance of Kant’sEthicsto theFoundationofthe Concept of Human Rights(Illustrated by Right to Life)(12,000 words),Tribune of Political Science and Law, 2004, 5;

On Abolishment of Capital Punishment in China — from the Perspective of Right to Life(25,000 words),Global Law Review, 2004, Fall;

Criticism of Utilitarian View of Human Rights (40,000 words),Human Rights, 2003, vol. 2;

On Essence of Law from Epistemological Angle(35,000 words),Journal of Shandong University, 2000, 1; 2000, 3;

On Main Functions of Constitution(11,000 words),Journal of Shandong University(1998).

Besides above there are several chapters of translations about human rights,constitution,mass media law, and ethics of lawyer having been published in various books and journals.