KEY FEATURES
• Covers national research on the Socialist legal system which the Chinese government has aimed at perfecting
• Studies the current situation and the characteristics of such a legal system, analyzes the problems of China’s legal system and the possible solutions, and explores the development trends of both Chinese and international legal systems
• Provides an essential reference for understanding the structure of China’s Socialist legal system
CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS
• Formation of the Socialist Legal System with Chinese Characteristics
• The Traditional Legal System of China: Evolution and Characteristics
• The Western Legal System: Historical Evolution and Reference to Modern China
• Constitutional Law and Laws Related to Constitutional Law
• Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Civil and Commercial Law, Economic Law, Social Law, and Procedural Laws of Litigation
• International Economic Law and the Socialist Legal System with Chinese Characteristics
The result of a national project entitled “Research on the socialist system with Chinese characteristics,” undertaken by Renmin University of China Law School, this book is an authoritative review of China’s legal system. Answering questions such as What is the tendency of Chinese and foreign legal systems? and How is a legal system constituted? this detailed analysis explains the current system, outlining its limitations, and demonstrates how such issues might be resolved.
About the Author
Zhu Jingwen is a professor in legal theory at the Renmin University of China and a board member of the China Law Society. He is a former visiting scholar at the University of Hawaii and a former Fulbright Scholar at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Han Dayuan is the dean of the China Law School at the Renmin University of China and a former visiting scholar at Harvard University. They were both elected as Distinguished Contemporary Chinese Jurists.
