Constitutional Law Teaching Supplementary Regulations (2006 New Version)

Author: Compiled by the Research Center for Legal Education
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Political scientist Xiao Gongquan, while discussing the late Qing reforms, raised a question: If there is no person like Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, how can their reforms be realized? He also pointed out that every historical reform in China has faced this issue. Xiao's discussion of reform was at the political level. However, his insight holds great significance for today's "rule of law construction" in China's legal sphere. We cannot help but say that the future success and stability of China's rule of law depend on the participation of countless legal professionals. The more the legal profession grows, matures, and succeeds, the more solid, detailed, and powerful the rule of law becomes, like a thriving, immortal giant tree rooted in Chinese soil. For the cultivation of future legal professionals, the legal education being advanced by dedicated individuals today is of "unparalleled importance." Among the various components of legal education, law schools are universally recognized as the most crucial. However, the significance of legal education textbooks and the level of attention they receive may still be insufficient. We, at Legal Publishing House, are currently advancing a project—compiling teaching aids for legal education—which may be another overlooked part of legal education textbooks. Yet, compiling legal teaching aids is precisely an issue that should not be ignored. We know that Chinese law school education is not a U.S.-style vocational training system. In such a system, readers have at least completed their undergraduate studies, and many students have even years of work experience. In contrast, the mainstream students of Chinese legal education—undergraduates at law schools—are typically 18-year-old teenagers. Law school education accompanies these young students through their precious four years of knowledge acquisition, but it must also consider their interests. Thus, while law textbooks enrich their minds with systematic theories, legal teaching aids support them from all angles—through cases, regulations, reading materials, or engaging formats—fully aligning with their interests to complement the role of law textbooks. These bright young minds will one day become talents for the rule of law. Legal Publishing House, in this process, not only wishes them success but also aims to assist them in achieving it.