Economic Law Tutorial

Author: Shan Feiyue
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: How can an economic law textbook capture readers' interest and attention? How can the knowledge and institutions of economic law be transformed into learning and practice through textbooks? This is a significant economic law issue that is no less important than any theoretical proposition in the field of economic law research. Over the years, I have been exploring the idea of writing an economic law textbook that is theoretically sound, knowledge-based, readable, and practical. The writing of this textbook can be seen as an attempt within this exploration. Because it is an attempt, it may not be fully mature; but because it is an attempt, this textbook also has its own characteristics:
First, this textbook does not adopt the approach of simply stuffing economic law knowledge into a "pocket-sized" format. Instead, it selects relatively mature economic legal institutions and integrates them into the two currently recognized economic law system sections in legal academia—"Market Regulation Law" and "Macro-Control Law"—highlighting the economic law attributes of these legal institutions. Second, in the exposition of economic law theory, this textbook adopts the basic theory of "public economic law" that I proposed myself—"economic law is the law that regulates public economic relationships." However, it does not make excessive distinctions or judgments between other economic law theoretical schools. The reason is that the vitality of economic law theory stems from the stance of construction and creation, and "establishing" is more important than "breaking down." In the arrangement of specific economic law institutions, this textbook strives to align with the principles of public economic law. For example, the chapter on "Legal Institutions of Public Utilities," although still somewhat rough, its inclusion in the economic law system represents an effort to expand the scope of economic law institutions. Third, this textbook attempts to comprehensively integrate economic law theory, economic law institutions, economic law practice, and economic law learning throughout every chapter, making the knowledge of economic law three-dimensional, readable, and practical, and providing readers with a clear impression of economic law. Interest has always been the starting point for learning and research. One of the goals pursued in the writing of this textbook is to make it interesting and engaging for readers, rather than causing rejection or repulsion during the reading process. This book is one of the general law textbooks for the 21st century and is suitable for undergraduate and graduate law students. The book is divided into three parts and 16 chapters. The foundational theory section explains the emergence and development of economic law, its concepts and positioning, as well as its basic principles. The market regulation law section discusses legal institutions such as competition, public utilities, prices, product quality, consumer rights protection, and foreign trade. The macro-control law section covers legal institutions related to the promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises, finance, taxation, the central bank, financial regulation, accounting, auditing, and natural resources.