Great Qing Civil Code Draft · Nationalist Civil Code Draft

Author: Yang Lixin
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: The two civil law draft bills were born from the feudal traditions of Chinese society and adopted advanced Western civil law systems and civil code compilation methods, marking a historic turning point in the development of Chinese civil law. The two draft bills abandoned the feudal Confucian core of Chinese civil law and adopted the advanced concepts of fairness and justice in civil law, achieving a revolutionary transformation in Chinese civil law thought. They adopted a clear guiding philosophy for compilation, emphasized social investigation, and initially reflected a legislative approach that combines local characteristics with Western influences. They incorporated a large number of advanced systems from Continental civil law, laying a solid foundation for the modernization and contemporary development of Chinese civil law. They document the historical progress of Chinese civil law, providing detailed historical materials for studying the development of Chinese civil law today and serving as an important reference for formulating civil law.