| Law-Making in the People's Republic of China Contributor(s): Chen, Jianfu (Editor), Li, Yuwen (Editor), Otto, Jan Michiel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9041114335 ISBN-13: 9789041114334 Publisher: Brill Nijhoff OUR PRICE: $273.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2000 Annotation: Who are the legislators and what are the products of the legislative process in China? How does a law come into being? What meaning should we ascribe to these legislative products from the perspective of legal certainty? Can we recognise a Chinese approach to or style of law-making? What technical legislative problems have Chinese jurists identified and what sorts of solutions to them are being considered? These are the questions which "Law-making in the PRC" attempts to solve. The volume opens with papers on the historical perspective of law-making, on ideology and law-making, and on a comparison between the PRC's legal framework and the frameworks of other legal systems. Part II deals with various Institutions and Actors' involved, and offers analyses of the National People's Congress, the State Council, departmental rule-making, local law-making, law-making in autonomous regions, public participation, and the proposed law on law-making by academics. Part III offers three case studies' in which important areas of legal development are analysed from a law-making point of view. The selected areas are administrative law, contract law, and criminal law. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | International - Political Science | Human Rights - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice |
| Dewey: 328.510 |
| LCCN: 00060964 |
| Series: London-Leiden Law, Administration and Development |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.52" W x 9.58" (1.42 lbs) 320 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Who are the legislators and what are the products of the legislative process in China? How does a law come into being? What meaning should we ascribe to these legislative products from the perspective of legal certainty? Can we recognise a Chinese approach to or style of law-making? What technical legislative problems have Chinese jurists identified and what sorts of solutions to them are being considered? These are the questions which Law-making in the PRC attempts to solve. The volume opens with papers on the historical perspective of law-making, on ideology and law-making, and on a comparison between the PRC's legal framework and the frameworks of other legal systems. Part II deals with various Institutions and Actors' involved, and offers analyses of the National People's Congress, the State Council, departmental rule-making, local law-making, law-making in autonomous regions, public participation, and the proposed law on law-making by academics. Part III offers three case studies' in which important areas of legal development are analysed from a law-making point of view. The selected areas are administrative law, contract law, and criminal law. |