Xiaoqian Hu
Xiaoqian Hu teaches Property, Torts, and seminars on property and social change. Her research on property issues in the United States examines how property law shapes racial and class inequality and what legal changes might be realizable to advance structural equity. Her research on China examines how property law shapes and is shaped by China’s socioeconomic transformation and how state actions and discourses affect class dynamics and government legitimacy.
Professor Hu received her S.J.D. from Harvard Law School and was awarded the Yong K. Kim ’95 Memorial Prize for her work on property struggles in China. She also received a Ph.D. in comparative law and law and economics from the University of Turin (Italy), and a master’s degree in civil jurisprudence and an LL.B. from East China University of Political Science and Law.
Representative Publications
- The Nuisance of Discrimination, forthcoming 16 UC Irvine L. Rev. (2026).
- Deconstructing Racial Code Words, 58 L. & Soc’y Rev. 294 (2024) (with Deirdre Pfeiffer).
- Pandemic Impact and Women’s Resilience in China, in Gender Companion to Gender and Covid-19 77-89 (Linda C. McClain & Aziza Ahmed eds. Routledge, 2024) (with Yanliu Tao & Qichen Zhang).
- Vulnerability, Resilience, and the Fair Housing Act, in Law, Vulnerability, and the Responsive State 158-174 (Martha Fineman & Laura Spitz eds., Routledge, 2023).
- Property and Prosperity, A Demythifying Story, 96 St. John’s L. Rev. 591 (2022).
- “A Glass of Milk Strengthens a Nation.” Law, Development, and China’s Dairy Tale, 16 J. Food L. & Pol’y 78 (2020).
- Dairy Tales: Global Portraits of Milk and Law, 16 J. Food L. & Pol’y 1 (2020) (with Jessica Eisen and Erum Sattar).
- “Put That Bucket Down!” target="_blank": Money, Politics, and Property Rights in Urbanizing China¸ 44 Vt. L. Rev. 243 (2019) (lead article).
- Encounter: How Duncan Kennedy and Chinese Legal Scholars View Legal Transplants and the Rule of Law – A Commentary on the Harvard-Renmin Virtual Workshop on Duncan Kennedy’s Three Globalizations of Law and Legal Thought, 9 Front. L. China 560 (2014).
- When American Law Meets Chinese Law Eye to Eye: How Two Legal Systems Approach the Duty to Protect, 10 Global Jurist Article 5 (2010).
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Education
- S.J.D. Harvard University Law School
2019 - LL.M. Harvard University Law School
2012 (degree waived) - Ph.D. University of Turin
2010 - Master's in Law, East China University of Political Science and Law
2007 - LL.B., East China University of Political Science and Law
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