Introduction to Foreign Civil and Commercial Law (Second Edition)

Author: He Qinhua, Li Xiuching
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book is a systematic discussion of foreign civil and commercial legal systems. It is divided into two parts, comprising 19 chapters. The first part elaborates on the historical development and characteristics of the civil and commercial law of the common law system, and systematically discusses civil and commercial legal systems such as property, contracts, torts, trusts, agency, corporate transactions, intellectual property, marriage and family, and inheritance in the common law system. The second part explains the history, civil and commercial codes, and recent developments in civil and commercial law of the civil law system, and separately discusses typical civil and commercial legal systems of the civil law system such as property, contracts, marriage and family, intellectual property, bills of exchange, corporations, and bankruptcy. The postscript part discusses the influence of the two Western legal systems on the civil and commercial legislation of China since modern times and its basic characteristics. The book is rigorous in its exposition, with up-to-date information, and is suitable for students and teachers of law and economics, legal practitioners, and related personnel to read and reference.