Constitutional review and power checks and balances

Author: Chen Liming
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Constitutional Review and Power Balance This book combines China's practical realities and stands at the forefront of Chinese legal studies, offering innovative insights on the choice of constitutional review models currently under discussion. The author employs historical materialism and dialectical materialism as guiding principles, using various methods to analyze the issues of constitutional review and power balance. For instance, functional and structural analysis methods are applied to examine the structural composition of state power; historical, comparative, and normative analysis methods are used to study the relationships among different branches of state power; inductive, systematic, and empirical analysis methods are employed to describe the evolution of various branches of state power and the content of the judicial review system; comparative, deductive, and inductive methods are utilized to explore the relevant theories of China's judicial review system. The book analyzes multiple perspectives on mixed equilibrium theory, the cross-functional operation of state power, coordination among departments in power checks and balances, the shortcomings of various constitutional review models, and the construction of a limited judicial review system in China. It offers positive references and inspiration for the constitutional review system issues currently being discussed in China. The publication of this book holds significant implications for the in-depth development of Chinese legal theory, the advancement of legal research, the construction of a socialist rule-of-law state, and the building of a harmonious society. It is hereby recommended for official publication as part of the New Perspectives in Law Series.