The Road to the Rule of Law in Modern China

• Main Authors: Gao, Quanxi (Author), Zhang, Wei (Author), Tian, Feilong (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path,
• Subjects: Law.; Law > Philosophy.; Constitutional law.; Administrative law.; Constitutional Law.; Administrative Law.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.

This book is a grand review of the centurial development of rule of law in China. It covers the most important issues in this area and presents “political constitution,” a new interpretative framework that allows the Chinese experience of rule of law to be more fully and correctly expressed. It is e...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Inception: from Hundred Days Reform to Xinhai Revolution
• Failed Legacy: The Early Days of the New Republic
• Rule by the Party: Party Rule, Tutelage and Transformation towards A Modern Legal System
• Revolutionary Legal System: from Common Program to 1975 Constitution
• Transformation to Daily Routine: Reform and Governance
• Review and Outlook.