Research on the Changes in the Rate of Civil Litigation in Contemporary China (A Comparative Sociology Perspective)

Author: Ran Jingfu
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Since the Reform and Opening-Up, the rate of civil litigation in China has undergone a sharp change. In 1978, the initial year of the Reform and Opening-Up, China's rate of civil litigation was only 31.46 cases per 100,000 people. By 1999, this figure had increased to 403.23, a growth of 11.82 times over the 21-year period. After 2000, the rate of civil litigation declined somewhat but still remained at a relatively high level. Based on China's experience in Reform and Opening-Up and modernization, this book employs sociological jurisprudence and comparative law research methods to provide a systematic description and explanation of these changes. Through this description and explanation, it achieves three objectives: first, it analyzes and verifies various theories and viewpoints on the changes in the rate of civil litigation, particularly those of foreign scholars; second, it examines China's litigation-related systems and policies to propose preliminary rationalization suggestions; third, it explores the application of sociological research methods in legal studies and the conduct of sociological jurisprudence research within the framework and perspective of comparative law.