Constitutional Interpretation

Author: Cai Dingjian
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features:
1. Due to the frequent amendments of the Constitution after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, this book provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the legislative and amendment process of the Constitution, its historical context, and the essence of the Constitution. The upper part of the book uses detailed historical materials to introduce the background, content, and historical evolution of the Constitution's drafting and amendments. The lower part explains the text of the constitutional provisions and their constitutional spirit in the order of the constitutional structure.
2. When explaining the content of each chapter of the Constitution, it first briefly introduces the constitutional knowledge related to the chapter and its significance and role in the Constitution, giving readers a general understanding of the constitutional knowledge and content of the chapter.
3. When explaining the constitutional provisions, it first summarizes the meaning of each provision in concise language. Some provisions also introduce the original intent behind their establishment during the constitutional drafting or amendment process, as well as the main opinions discussed during the drafting or amendment of the Constitution.
4. An important feature of this book is not only to explain the constitutional provisions but also to explain the key phrases within them. Key terms requiring explanation are marked with footnotes and explained in the following text.
5. When explaining the important key phrases of the constitutional provisions, it strives to explain them from the legislative intent. It also introduces as much as possible why the Constitution was drafted or amended in a certain way and the main viewpoints discussed during the process. In the explanation of the provisions, whether legislative intent is explained or not, its theoretical significance must be elaborated.
6. To avoid repetition, identical or similar clause phrases that have already been explained earlier in the book will not be explained again later.