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Book SynopsisLeading Chinese law experts tackle important issues that comprise and influence Chinese law today.
Trade Review"This collection, with its prominent contributors broad range of topics, cutting-edge research, and thought-provoking discussion, is surely a fine piece of work which will bring the understanding of the Chinese legal system to a deeper level." * International Journal of Legal Information *
Table of Contents1 Trying to Understand the Current Chinese Legal System2 Exporting "the Pursuit of Happiness"3 Puzzling Observations in Chinese Law: When Is a Riddle Just a Mistake?4 Grave Matters: Warring States Law and Philosophy5 The Role of Case Precedent in the Qing Judicial Process as Re?ected in Appellate Rulings6 The Comparative Law School of China7 Law in China's Economic Development: An Essay from Afar8 A Legal Perspective on the Development of Electoral Democracy in China: The Case of Village Elections9 The Concept of "One Country, Two Systems" and Its Application to Hong Kong10 The Rule of Law in Taiwan: Culture, Ideology, and Social Change
