Dong Chunhua  Part-time Lawyer of Gaopeng&Partners(Shanghai)  Associate Professor of East China University of Political Science and Law(ECUPL)  Doctor and Post Doctor of law

Main research directions:Comparative civil and commercial law,tort law and product liability law.

Published Translations:Ages of American Law,Products Liability,The Torts Process,Tort Liability Law of China.

Monographs:Comparative Study on Product Defect Law of China and America,Positive Study on Tort Liability of Defective Medical Device,Positive Study on Tort Liability of Blood Transfusion,and over 30 papers and translations about tort law,product liability law and comparative law published in journals such as Journal of Comparative Law,Law Science,Modern Law Science,Legal Forum and Law Science Magazine.

Fund of China for Young Scholars,Research on After-sales Obligation of Manufacturers in American Product Liability Law,the project supported by China state finance,Research on Damage to Defective Product Itself,the project on national rule of law and legal theory supported by Ministry of Justice for young scientists,Positive Study on Tort Liability of Blood Transfusion—Taking Shanghai and Henan as Research Targets,general project supported by Shanghai Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science,and Reasonable Establishment of Tort Liability System for the Disabled in China,the law research project supported by China Law Society.

Brief introduction to some monographs and translations of lawyer Dong:

In this book,based on the logic of defective product lawsuit procedure,the author explains:only when the products are judged to be defective,can the liability be generated,and judging whether the products are detective must be according to a certain standard;when the products are determined to have defects,the manufacturers should be held responsible in accordance with some imputation theory;as the manufacturers are confirmed to take responsibilities,damages will be the primary problem.This book focuses on the elaboration of the most controversial issue punitive damages.

The book is featured by a comparative research on legislation and juridical practice of product liability in China and America through empirical methods,especially,in-depth comparison of similarities and differences between China and America in juridical practice based on a raft of juridical cases,offering suggestions for legislation and juridical practice of product liability in China.


The book is an authority on American product liability law and one of best sellers of David G.Owen.It traces the history and development of American product liability law,deeply explains relevant policies and bases and conflicts of interest,and vividly shows the readers how American solve the difficult issue in the controversial and fast-growing field.


Medical device is a special product.It focuses on the research on special issues of tort liability of medical devices.Through some empirical methods such as data investigation and case analysis,the author elaborately discusses the differences of the liabilities for damage caused by medical devices and other products,points out the difficulties of the damage caused by medical devices,obtains a conclusion on the basis of abundant case data and makes theory and practice complement each other.