Jurisprudence

Author: Zhang Wenxian
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: This book is a 21st Century Curriculum Textbook, a Core Course Textbook for Law Majors in Higher Education Institutions, and a Key Textbook under the National "Tenth Five-Year Plan." Jurisprudence is the general theory, fundamental theory, and methodology of law. Based on this course positioning, this textbook elaborates on basic issues and questions of jurisprudence, such as legal research and legal education, legal methodology, the ontology of law, the origin and development of law, the operation of law, the role and value of law, law and society, etc. It provides in-depth analysis of fundamental legal categories that permeate the entire legal system, such as law, rights, obligations, legal acts, legal relationships, legal liability, and legal values. It explores frontier issues in legal theory and legal system construction, including the elements of law, legal development, legal modernization, legal methods, legal professions, the rule of law state, law and human rights, law and economic globalization, and law and ecological civilization. The textbook also expands or deepens many traditional jurisprudential topics in content or theory. In terms of conceptual renewal, systematic construction, stylistic improvement, and technical standards, the textbook has also made new progress and breakthroughs. This book is both a 21st Century Curriculum Textbook and a National Key Textbook for General Higher Education under the "Tenth Five-Year Plan." The authors of this book are highly accomplished middle-aged and young scholars in the field of jurisprudence, totaling 20. Building on the characteristics of the previous edition, the textbook incorporates the latest achievements in jurisprudential teaching and research, further highlighting its teaching applicability. The book won the First Prize of the National Excellent Textbook Award in 2002. The book focuses on the argument that "jurisprudence is the foundation of law." It first explores basic jurisprudential issues such as legal research and legal education, research methods in jurisprudence, the ontology of law, the origin and development of law, the role and value of law, etc. Then, it analyzes fundamental legal categories that permeate the entire legal system, such as law, rights, obligations, legal acts, legal relationships, legal liability, and legal values. Moreover, it conducts meaningful exploration of current frontier issues in legal system construction, such as the rule of law state, law and the knowledge economy, sustainable development of law and society, and the limitations of law and the costs of the rule of law. The textbook expands or deepens many traditional jurisprudential topics in content or theory. It is highly reasoned, rigorously argued, and linguistically precise. In terms of conceptual renewal, systematic construction, stylistic improvement, and technical standards, the textbook has also made new progress and breakthroughs.