Basic Rights of the Constitution: Principles, Norms, and 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 master's students and undergraduates. 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 of 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 practices 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 in public interest litigation related to constitutional equality, freedom, and anti-discrimination, which have had significant domestic and international influence. The book features an innovative format, clear structure, concise language, thorough documentation, strong applicability, and high academic and practical value. It can serve as a textbook for undergraduate and master's students in law, political science, sociology, public administration, and other related fields when teaching constitutional law, human rights law, and civil rights. It is also a valuable reference for lawyers, judges, prosecutors, and other legal professionals involved in civil rights cases.