Soft law governance
Subtitle: towards an integrated approach
By: Luo Haocai, Song Gongde ; translated by Ben Armour, Tang Hailong
Contributors: Song, Gongde, author; Armour, Ben, translator; Tang, Hailong, translator; Armour, Ben, 1961- translator; Tang, Hailong, 1976- translator
Publisher: William S. Hein & Co.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Buffalo, New York
Language: eng
Translated from: chi
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9780837738611
Subjects: Soft law; Administrative law; Interpretation and construction; Public administration; Law; Political aspects; Sociological jurisprudence
Description: Systematically discusses two aspects of soft law research. The first is to construct a theoretical system to interpret soft law governance phenomena; the second is to resolve the issue of "soft law is also law (in a legal regime)" and redefine the traditional concept of "law" --Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-442).

Translated from the original Chinese.
Table of contents: title: Out of the predicament inherent in the "state control paradigm" in the transition to rule of law; title: Reflections on and revision of the definition of "law"; title: Rational choice of a rule of law mechanism according to legal objectives; title: Differentiation between hard and soft law; title: Characteristics, functions and boundaries of soft law; title: The integration of hard and soft law.