Jurisprudence (Second Edition)

Author: Shen Zongling
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: This book is one of the core textbooks for law majors in higher education institutions, part of the national planning textbook series for the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" in China. It consists of 4 parts and 20 chapters, meticulously summarizing and integrating years of research achievements in Chinese jurisprudence. The book enriches and updates the teaching content of jurisprudence while significantly adjusting and improving the curriculum framework. It comprehensively, systematically, and deeply explains the fundamental theories and knowledge of jurisprudence.
Part I: General Principles of Law not only elaborates in detail on the concept of law, the value of law, legal rights and obligations, and the functions of law but also discusses the historical development of law and capitalist law.
Part II: Rule of Law and the Construction of a Socialist Rule-of-Law State provides chapter-by-chapter analysis of developments and reforms in politics, economy, culture, science, and technology under the concept of rule of law.
Part III: Lawmaking covers the process of lawmaking, the sources and classification of law, and legal systems.
Part IV: Implementation and Supervision of Law introduces the implementation of law, legal relations, legal liability and sanctions, legal interpretation and reasoning, and legal supervision, clarifying the fundamental framework of the theory of law implementation and supervision.
This book highlights the applied nature of jurisprudence, incorporating practical achievements from China's rule-of-law construction. The exposition of fundamental theories, viewpoints, and knowledge is more concise, accurate, and appropriate, laying a preliminary foundation for the framework of a Chinese jurisprudential system. It can serve as a textbook for law majors in higher education institutions and is also suitable for use by students in other disciplines and general readers.