Guanghua Law School, Zhejiang University
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Guanghua Law School is a renowned law school
Law school
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 in Hangzhou City
Hangzhou
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, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
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Introduction

It is a law school of Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University
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 now located in the Zhijiang Campus, Zhejiang University
Zhijiang Campus, Zhejiang University
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, close to the Liuhe Pagoda
Liuhe Pagoda
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 and the Qiantang River
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Brief history

It was reorganized in 2007, at the 110th anniversary of Zhejiang University. Before, it was the Zhejiang University's law school, which was first founded in 1945.

In 1952, due to the Adjustment of University Colleges & Departments (中國高校院係調整/中国高校院系调整), Zhejiang University was dissociated and only kept its engineering
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 (major) and a few science
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 (minor) parts. Its humanities
Humanities
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 and major science parts were separated from the university and further formed the new Hangzhou University
Hangzhou University
Since 1998, Hangzhou University has been a part of Zhejiang University....

, so the law school was moved into the newly established Hangzhou University, became its Department of Law.

In 1995, the Department of Law, Hangzhou University was enlarged and developed into the Law School, Hangzhou University. 1998, the Hangzhou University re-merged into the Zhejiang University, so that Zhejiang University re-obtained its law school.

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