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Routledge
China's Confucian-based imperial legal system developed and flourished for more than 3000 years. Its disintegration, following the collapse of the last dynasty in 1911, ushered in a new century of legal experimentation, development and intermittent disorder. No single book could possibly offer a completely comprehensive discussion of every element of the rich and diverse system of Chinese law.... Read more
Contents: Theory and History; The inscrutable Occidental? Implications of Roberto Unger's uses and abuses of the Chinese past, William Alford; Legal pragmatism in the People's republic of China, Yu Xingzhong; Socialist legal theory in Deng Xiaoping's China, Carlos Wing-Hung Lo; The anatomy of rural family revolution: state, law and the family in rural China, 1949-1966, part I, Neil Diamant;The constitution of the People's Republic of China, William C. Jones; Ruling the country in accordance with the law: reflections on the rule and role of law in contemporary China, Randall Peerenboom; A 2nd Great Wall? China's post-Cultural Revolution project of legal construction, William P. Alford. Specific Issues: Sources of order in Chinese law, Perry Keller; Power and politics in the Chinese court system: the enforcement of civil judgements, Donald Clarke; Police powers and control in the People's Republic of China: the history of Shoushen, Kam C. Wong; Citizens V mandarins: administrative litigation in China, Minxin Pei; Legal person in China: essence and limits, Tingmei Fu; Legal and institutional uncertainties in the domestic contract law of the People's Republic of China, Daniel Rubinstein; Regulating labour relations in China: the challenge of adapting to the socialist market economy, Pitman B. Potter and Li Jianyong; Name index.
Biography
Perry Keller
’This important and impressive volume anthologises fourteen previously published articles that deal with a wide variety of topics in the law of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)...the book...provid[es] an excellent beginning for lawyers and scholars who need to have a solid foundation in PRC law...this volume is a tour de force in the essentials of legal thinking about China.’ Hong Kong Law Journal '...Chinese Law: A Language Approach presents an innovative and thought provoking prism through which to think about law in China, past and present. LAWASIA Journal
