20th Century Chinese Social Sciences. Law Volume

Author: Shen Guoming
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: The book provides an overview of the transformation and development of traditional Chinese law into modern law during the 20th century. It introduces the main achievements of various modern legal disciplines such as legal theory, constitutional law, administrative law, commercial law, economic law, criminal law, procedural law, legal history, and international law. It also analyzes major controversial issues like "equality before the law" and the "presumption of innocence," and reviews the evolution of legal education, research institutions, and associations from the late Qing Dynasty, the Republican era, the founding of the People's Republic of China, and especially since the implementation of the socialist market economy system. It is an academic work that covers the main disciplines of Chinese law in the 20th century.