Comparative research

Author: Shen Zongling
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book is a comprehensive foundational study of comparative law, specifically a macro-comparative research on major legal systems and legal institutions of the contemporary era. It was written based on the book "General Theory of Comparative Law," published by Beijing University Press in 1987 (which won the First Special Award for Outstanding Academic Works from University Presses in 1992), with some modifications and updates to the basic content. The book includes discussions on many significant changes in the global legal field since World War II, especially in recent decades, such as the rise of European Union law; the growing convergence of the two major Western legal systems; the intellectual dominance of U.S. law in the West and its significant influence on the civil law system; the dissolution of the Soviet legal system in the early 1990s and the creation of the Russian Federation's legal system; the replacement of East German law by West German law; new reforms in Islamic law; and, particularly, the tremendous development of contemporary Chinese socialist law, including changes in the legal field brought about by the implementation of the "One Country, Two Systems" principle. This book is a comprehensive foundational study of comparative law, specifically a macro-comparative research on major legal systems and legal institutions of the contemporary era. It was written based on the book "General Theory of Comparative Law," published by Beijing University Press in 1987 (which won the First Special Award for Outstanding Academic Works from University Presses in 1992), with some modifications and updates to the basic content. The book includes discussions on many significant changes in the global legal field since World War II, especially in recent decades, such as the rise of European Union law; the growing convergence of the two major Western legal systems; the intellectual dominance of U.S. law in the West and its significant influence on the civil law system; the dissolution of the Soviet legal system in the early 1990s and the creation of the Russian Federation's legal system; the replacement of East German law by West German law; new reforms in Islamic law; and, particularly, the tremendous development of contemporary Chinese socialist law, including changes in the legal field brought about by the implementation of the "One Country, Two Systems" principle.