Comparative Legal Studies - The Collected Works of Shen Zongling

Author: Shen Zongling
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book is a comprehensive foundational study of comparative law, specifically a macro-comparative research on contemporary major legal systems and legal institutions. It was written based on the book "General Theory of Comparative Law," published by Beijing University Press in 1987 (which won the First Special Award for Outstanding Academic Works from University Presses in 1992). The basic content has been modified and updated. The book includes discussions on many significant changes in the legal field since World War II, especially in recent decades, such as the rise of European Union law; the closer convergence of the two major Western legal systems; the intellectual dominance of U.S. law in the West and its major influence on the civil law system; the dissolution of the legal system of the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s and the creation of the legal system of the Russian Federation; the replacement of the legal system of East Germany by that of West Germany; new reforms in Islamic law; and, particularly, the significant development of contemporary socialist law in China, including changes in the legal field brought about by the implementation of the "One Country, Two Systems" principle. This book is a comprehensive foundational study of comparative law, specifically a macro-comparative research on contemporary major legal systems and legal institutions. It was written based on the book "General Theory of Comparative Law," published by Beijing University Press in 1987 (which won the First Special Award for Outstanding Academic Works from University Presses in 1992). The basic content has been modified and updated. The book includes discussions on many significant changes in the legal field since World War II, especially in recent decades, such as the rise of European Union law; the closer convergence of the two major Western legal systems; the intellectual dominance of U.S. law in the West and its major influence on the civil law system; the dissolution of the legal system of the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s and the creation of the legal system of the Russian Federation; the replacement of the legal system of East Germany by that of West Germany; new reforms in Islamic law; and, particularly, the significant development of contemporary socialist law in China, including changes in the legal field brought about by the implementation of the "One Country, Two Systems" principle.