Philosophical Examination of the Issue of Legal Convergence and Others

Author: Li Shuangyuan
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This collection includes nearly 30 of my writings since 1981. Most of them revolve around the theme of how private international law should develop in China, while several others address issues related to China's legal philosophy and the modernization of the legal system (rule of law). I have been fortunate to participate in the revival, development, and initial flourishing of private international law in China, making it an important part of my life. This has been both a historical opportunity and the encouragement and mentorship of three senior scholars in the field of private international law in China. Undoubtedly, it has also poured a great deal of my own effort into it. Due to health constraints, I have produced fewer results recently, but I continue to pay close attention to the developments in the study of private international law. The view that the trend of legal convergence is intensifying is one I proposed at the end of 1989, based on the theory that peace and development have become the themes of the era. Initially, I only mentioned the convergence of private international law. By 1993, I had linked the trend of legal convergence to the universal essence that law seeks, treating it as a general law of legal evolution and progress. In the article "A Philosophical Examination of Legal Convergence in the Contemporary International Community" (1998), I further proposed the idea that the struggle between contradictions serves to establish a new or higher order of harmony and criticized the erroneous philosophical theory that "struggle is everything." This should be one of the earliest articles advocating the construction of a harmonious society in China.