Inside China's Legal System.
Wang, Chang.
Inside China's Legal System. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (391 pages) - Chandos Asian Studies Series . - Chandos Asian Studies Series .
Front Cover -- Inside China's Legal System -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword 1 -- Foreword 2 -- Notes -- About the authors -- Introduction: justice with a chinese face -- A 'socialist system of laws with chinese characteristics' -- Historical reforms in chinese law -- Comparing chinese and american legal systems -- American perspectives on chinese law -- Human rights commentary and the chinese response -- Questions raised by the chinese legal system -- Positive developments -- This book -- Notes -- Part I Historical views -- 1: Philosophical underpinnings of the chinese legal system -- Confucianism -- Confucius's view of law -- Confucius's view of history -- Critical thinking on confucius -- The resurgence of confucianism in china -- Mencius -- Legalism -- Qin and the first emperor -- Hidden rules and law in imperial china -- Law versus morality -- Penal codes -- No lawyers or legal profession -- Notes -- 2: China and the western influence -- '100 years of humiliation' -- Unequal treaties between 1842 and 1949 and extraterritoriality -- Nationalism -- The foreign affairs movement and the ti-yong dichotomy -- The failed '100 days reform' in 1898 and late qing reforms -- Republic of china -- 'The people's republic' -- Anti-rightist movement, great leap forward and great famine -- Cultural revolution -- The trial of the gang of four -- The case of yu luoke -- The case of zhang zhixin -- Tiananmen -- Notes -- Part II the players -- 3: The judiciary -- The party and the judiciary -- Non-independent judiciary -- Structure -- Supreme people's court -- Are fayuan courts? -- 'Judges' -- Judicial examination -- Judicial corruption -- Procuratorates -- Access to court information -- Notes -- 4: The police -- Definitions -- Overview -- Governing law -- Re-education through labor. Maintaining stability or -- 'Guobao' and 'drinking tea' -- Internet police -- Detention, torture and extrajudicial killings -- Yang jia case -- Wen qiang case -- Wang lijun case -- Notes -- 5: The lawyers -- Lawyers as a 'bad element' -- History of the legal profession in china -- Lawyers in the prc -- Legal education -- Regulating lawyers -- New rules for the punishment of lawyers -- 'They came for lawyers' -- Lawyers, law professors and troublemakers: zhang sizhi, jiang ping, pu zhiqiang -- Li zhuang case -- Notes -- Part III: Case studies -- 6: Civil laws and cases -- General principles of civil law -- Selected civil laws -- Commercial law -- Civil procedure -- Representative cases -- Notes -- 7: Criminal laws and criminal cases -- Criminal law -- Criminal procedure -- Criminal procedure law amendments -- The case of liu xiaobo -- Representative cases in criminal law -- The cpc and criminal law -- Notes -- 8: The curious case of ai weiwei and administrative law -- Timeline -- Procedure -- The 'tax' case -- Administrative law in china -- Petition -- Notes -- Part IV Conclusion -- Afterword -- Is constitutionalism incommensurable with chinese socialism? -- Important updates -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendix 1 constitution of the people's republic of china -- Preamble -- Chapter I: General principles -- Chapter II: The fundamental rights and duties of citizens -- Chapter III: The structure of the state -- Chapter IV: The national flag, the national anthem, the national emblem and the capital -- Appendix 2 the socialist legal system with chinese characteristics -- Foreword -- I. Establishment of the socialist system of laws with chinese characteristics -- II. Composition of the socialist system of laws with chinese characteristics -- III. Features of the socialist system of laws with chinese characteristics. IV. Improvement of the socialist system of laws with chinese characteristics -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix 3 charter '08 -- I. Foreword -- II. Our fundamental principles -- III. What we advocate -- Selected readings and resources for further research in chinese law and history -- Books -- Online resources -- Index.
9780857094612
Asian--Study and teaching.
Electronic books.
DS32.8.W364 2013
349.51
Inside China's Legal System. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (391 pages) - Chandos Asian Studies Series . - Chandos Asian Studies Series .
Front Cover -- Inside China's Legal System -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword 1 -- Foreword 2 -- Notes -- About the authors -- Introduction: justice with a chinese face -- A 'socialist system of laws with chinese characteristics' -- Historical reforms in chinese law -- Comparing chinese and american legal systems -- American perspectives on chinese law -- Human rights commentary and the chinese response -- Questions raised by the chinese legal system -- Positive developments -- This book -- Notes -- Part I Historical views -- 1: Philosophical underpinnings of the chinese legal system -- Confucianism -- Confucius's view of law -- Confucius's view of history -- Critical thinking on confucius -- The resurgence of confucianism in china -- Mencius -- Legalism -- Qin and the first emperor -- Hidden rules and law in imperial china -- Law versus morality -- Penal codes -- No lawyers or legal profession -- Notes -- 2: China and the western influence -- '100 years of humiliation' -- Unequal treaties between 1842 and 1949 and extraterritoriality -- Nationalism -- The foreign affairs movement and the ti-yong dichotomy -- The failed '100 days reform' in 1898 and late qing reforms -- Republic of china -- 'The people's republic' -- Anti-rightist movement, great leap forward and great famine -- Cultural revolution -- The trial of the gang of four -- The case of yu luoke -- The case of zhang zhixin -- Tiananmen -- Notes -- Part II the players -- 3: The judiciary -- The party and the judiciary -- Non-independent judiciary -- Structure -- Supreme people's court -- Are fayuan courts? -- 'Judges' -- Judicial examination -- Judicial corruption -- Procuratorates -- Access to court information -- Notes -- 4: The police -- Definitions -- Overview -- Governing law -- Re-education through labor. Maintaining stability or -- 'Guobao' and 'drinking tea' -- Internet police -- Detention, torture and extrajudicial killings -- Yang jia case -- Wen qiang case -- Wang lijun case -- Notes -- 5: The lawyers -- Lawyers as a 'bad element' -- History of the legal profession in china -- Lawyers in the prc -- Legal education -- Regulating lawyers -- New rules for the punishment of lawyers -- 'They came for lawyers' -- Lawyers, law professors and troublemakers: zhang sizhi, jiang ping, pu zhiqiang -- Li zhuang case -- Notes -- Part III: Case studies -- 6: Civil laws and cases -- General principles of civil law -- Selected civil laws -- Commercial law -- Civil procedure -- Representative cases -- Notes -- 7: Criminal laws and criminal cases -- Criminal law -- Criminal procedure -- Criminal procedure law amendments -- The case of liu xiaobo -- Representative cases in criminal law -- The cpc and criminal law -- Notes -- 8: The curious case of ai weiwei and administrative law -- Timeline -- Procedure -- The 'tax' case -- Administrative law in china -- Petition -- Notes -- Part IV Conclusion -- Afterword -- Is constitutionalism incommensurable with chinese socialism? -- Important updates -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendix 1 constitution of the people's republic of china -- Preamble -- Chapter I: General principles -- Chapter II: The fundamental rights and duties of citizens -- Chapter III: The structure of the state -- Chapter IV: The national flag, the national anthem, the national emblem and the capital -- Appendix 2 the socialist legal system with chinese characteristics -- Foreword -- I. Establishment of the socialist system of laws with chinese characteristics -- II. Composition of the socialist system of laws with chinese characteristics -- III. Features of the socialist system of laws with chinese characteristics. IV. Improvement of the socialist system of laws with chinese characteristics -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix 3 charter '08 -- I. Foreword -- II. Our fundamental principles -- III. What we advocate -- Selected readings and resources for further research in chinese law and history -- Books -- Online resources -- Index.
9780857094612
Asian--Study and teaching.
Electronic books.
DS32.8.W364 2013
349.51