On October 27th , 2017, professor Liu Yanhong was invited to give a lecture on Research Paradigm and Transformation of Chinese Law for teachers and students of the Institute of Intellectual Property in Nanjing University of Science and Technology. The lecture is a good platform for students and teachers to provide the opportunity of face-to-face communication, to improve students' awareness of their studying and to further understand the dynamics of relevant research.
Professor Liu Yanhong combined with her own scholarship experience to explain the point--- Good philosophy of law is based on the department law. Professor Liu combined with the current paradigm and pattern of Chinese law, and stand on the tradition of Chinese written law to analyze and compare several paradigms of Chinese legal research. Professor Liu also stressed the relationship between legal research paradigm and the method. The paradigm of legal research focuses more on the abstract field, which is the concept of the philosophical level. The method of legal research is concerned with the specific field and the concept of the scientific level. The former teaches the way of knowing the world. The latter provides the tools to change the world. The two are complimentary.
Professor Liu Yanhong also said that in the future road of academic research, the paradigm of choice should be careful, and the use of methods can be flexible. Only keeping renovating in steadiness could we discuss different issues under the solid theoretical premise.