Constitutional Basic Rights - Principles. Norms. Applications: Principles. Norms. Applications

Author: Zhou Wei
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This book is an academic textbook on fundamental rights under the constitution, written by the author based on their teaching experience in constitutional law, civil rights, and human rights law courses for law masters and undergraduate students. Building upon existing academic traditions, the author analyzes civil rights, political rights, economic rights, social rights, and cultural rights through a three-dimensional integration of the theoretical principles of constitutional fundamental rights and human rights law, legislative examples, and specific applications of case studies. Among these, the research on areas such as the right to life, the right to equality, the right to education, the right to labor, freedom of information, freedom of marriage, children's rights, and cultural rights reflects the latest achievements in domestic and international academic research. In terms of legislative examples, the book comprehensively reviews the constitutions of major Western countries in modern times, international human rights conventions, and constitutional examples in China since modern times. In terms of case studies, it collects typical fundamental rights cases or examples that have recently impacted the real lives of Chinese society, among which more than ten cases were represented by the author as public interest litigation cases on constitutional equality, freedom, and anti-discrimination, which have had significant domestic and international influence. The book features a novel format, clear structure, concise language, thorough documentation, strong applicability, and high academic and practical value. It can serve as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in law, political science, sociology, public administration, and other related fields to take courses on constitutional law, human rights law, and civil rights. It can also be referenced by lawyers, judges, prosecutors, and other legal professionals when handling civil rights cases.