Law And Legality In China

This book explores legal mobilization, culture, and institutions in contemporary China from a perspective informed by 'law and society' scholarship.

A critical evaluation of the latest reform in Chinese law that engages legal scholarship with research of Chinese legal historians.

Law and Society in China examines the interplay between law and society from imperial to present-day China. This synoptic book traces the developments of law in Chinese societies, investigates the role of law in social governance, and discusses China’s ongoing reforms towards the rule of law with Chinese characteristics. In fostering a comprehensive, rather than piecemeal and disconnected, understanding of the interaction between law and society in China, this book will reduce misconceptions about and enhance appreciation for Chinese law.

Comparing four key branches of private law in China and Taiwan, this collaborative and novel book demystifies the 'China puzzle'.

This collection of selected works by Professor Albert H.Y. Chen shows the contours of the author’s scholarship as it developed over 35 years of his academic career, from 1984 to the present. The essays are divided into three sections which cover the three major domains of Professor Chen’s research. Part I covers the legal developments and controversies of “One Country, Two Systems” since the Hong Kong interpretation on “the right of abode” in 1999 to the anti-extradition movement of 2019. Part II shifts to focus on tradition and modernity in Chinese Law, including China’s Confucian and Legalist traditions and how the socialist legal system in China evolved and modernized in the era of “reform and opening”. Part III examines the transplantation of Western thinking and constitutionalism to East Asia in modern times and discusses the achievements and failures of these efforts. In conjunction with an introductory chapter that sets out the basic orientation and paradigm of these legal and constitutional studies and an epilogue that reflects on the main themes, this collection exemplifies the author’s important contributions to the field and provides insight into how the legal orders in Hong Kong and mainland China have changed over the course of Professor Chen’s academic career.

A comprehensive and concise study of contemporary Chinese law. Contents: The legal System of China, Constitutional Law and State Structure - China, Judicial Review in China, The General Priciples of Civil Law - China, CivilProcedure Law - China, Law of Contract - China, Law and Taxation - China, Banking Law - China, Company Law - China, Law of Family, Marriage and Succession - China, Employment Law - China, The Essential of Land Law in China, Lawof Intellectual Property - China, Law of Environmental Protection - China, Criminal Law - China, Criminal Procedure Law - China, Maritime Law - China, Conflicts of Law - China, Non-judicial Means of Dispuite Settlement - China

This book explores legal mobilization, culture, and institutions in contemporary China from a perspective informed by 'law and society' scholarship.

This insightful book investigates the historical, political, and legal foundations of the Chinese perspectives on the rule of law and the international rule of law. Building upon an understanding of the rule of law as an 'essentially contested concept', this book analyses the interactions between the development of the rule of law within China and the Chinese contribution to the international rule of law, more particularly in the areas of global trade and security governance.