Title: China's legal system : new developments, new challenges /
Authors: Clarke, Donald C.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Law China; Justice, Administration of China
Abstract: "China has seen immense economic and social changes since the mid-1990s. Compaiens are raising huge amounts of money in domestic and overseas stock offerings; China has joined the World Trade Organization; citizens have unprecedented freedom in their private lives; courts are under increasing pressure to handle politically sensitive cases; and the government struggles to maintain order and authority in an increasingly fractious society. This special issue of the China Quarterly assembles both Western and Chinese scholars to examine the legal dimensions of these changes, showing both how far the legal system has come and the challenges that be ahead."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: The Chinese legal system since 1995. Steady development and striking continuities / Donald C. Clarke --Legislating for a market economy in China /Donald C. Clarke -- New hope for corporate governance in China? / James V. Feinerman -- China's courts : restricted reform / Benjamin L. Liebman -- Principals and secret agents : central vs. local control over policing and obstacles to "rule of law" in China / Murray Scot Tanner and Eric Green -- Transforming family law in post-Deng China : marriage, divorce and reproduction / Michael Palmer -- China and the international legal system : challenges of participation / Pitman B. Potter -- Trade, investment and beyond : the impact of WTO accession on China's legal system /Julia Ya Qin.