Research on the Changes in the Rate of Civil Litigation in Contemporary China: A Comparative Sociology Perspective

Author: Ran Jingfu
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: Since the reform and opening-up, the rate of civil litigation in China has undergone a sharp change. In 1978, the initial year of the reform and opening-up, China's rate of civil litigation was only 31.46 cases per 100,000 people. By 1999, this figure had increased to 403.23, a 11.82-fold growth over the 21-year period. After 2000, the rate of civil litigation declined somewhat but remained at a relatively high level. Based on the practical experience of China's reform and opening-up and modernization, this book employs sociological jurisprudence and comparative law research methods to provide a systematic description and explanation of the aforementioned changes. Through this description and explanation, it achieves three objectives: first, it analyzes and verifies various theories and perspectives on the changes in the rate of civil litigation, particularly those of foreign scholars; second, it examines China's litigation-related systems and policies to propose preliminary rationalization suggestions; third, it explores and investigates the application of sociological research methods in legal studies, as well as the conduct of sociological jurisprudence research within the framework and perspective of comparative law.