Routledge Law and Institutions of Modern China: Critical Concepts in Law

In the past three decades, the Chinese legal system has undergone a substantial transformation, reflecting the economic, social, culture, administrative, and political changes taking place in China. Compared with the situation in the early 1950s when the newly established People’s Republic of China started to construct a socialist legal system and with the situation in the early 1980s when post-Cultural Revolution (1966–76) legal reform had just started, the current Chinese legal system has become a relatively comprehensive system, comparable to a certain degree with the jurisdictions in Western developed countries. This new Major Work collection from Routledge brings together the most representative pieces for a comprehensive set covering every aspect of current Chinese law, providing readers with a one-stop reference resource on China’s legal, judicial, and institutional changes in the past decades, as well as current law and institutions in China. Review It's been 60 years or so since the establishment of the People's Republic of China, and the "journey to create a socialist legal system in the PRC has been tortuous," states editor Zhu in his introductory essay. He explains that "Chinese law and institutions and their progresses, while transforming substantially and in some aspects `Westernizing', are generally shaped and limited by China's current political and administrative structures, ideological underpinning, cultural traditions and values, as well as the stages of economic development." This four-volume reference presents 59 carefully selected previously published articles and excerpts."―Book News