Civil Code General: General Civil Code of the People's Republic of China

Author: Wang Zhu et al. (editors)
Publisher:
Publishing Date: 2006-12-01
Features:
Innovation—Breaking through traditional models, making a fresh attempt in structure and format that differs from conventional legal compendia;
Professional—All compilers are legal research and teaching personnel, comprehensively including relevant laws and regulations, and making professional, authoritative selections and edits;
Practical—Summarizing each provision, providing comments and explanations for key provisions to facilitate readers' search and understanding; leaving sidebars on each page for readers to take notes.
The series arranges the provisions of the principal laws in order, interspersing relevant laws, administrative regulations, judicial interpretations, and important departmental rules. The principal laws are printed in Song typeface, size 5, while the related regulations are printed in (Kai typeface, size 5) to distinguish them from the principal law provisions.
The series summarizes the essence of each provision and marks it with special indicators to highlight the main purpose of the provision.
The series either uses footnotes or provides a comparison of old and new texts to reflect the most recent amendments to the principal laws.
All laws, regulations, and other normative documents selected in the series are the latest and effective.
General Principles for Compilation:
Considering the purpose of this book and its coordination with other titles in the series, the compilers followed the following principles during the selection process:
First, this book cites more than 300 related laws, judicial interpretations, and regulations associated with the General Principles of Civil Law, making it the most comprehensive among similar books. Due to space constraints, provisions are generally quoted in excerpt form. For those that require full citation but would consume excessive space, the names and article numbers of relevant legal provisions are listed in the provision annotations to facilitate readers' comprehensive review and understanding.
Second, for repeated or conflicting provisions concerning the same regulatory object, the book only includes the latest provisions based on the principle that new laws prevail over old ones. If necessary, the compilers will list and briefly analyze the provisions that have become ineffective.
Third, regarding the coordination between the General Principles of Civil Law, the Contract Law, and the Guarantee Law. The compilers adhere to the systematic nature of civil law, taking the General Principles of Civil Law as the framework and appropriately expanding on the Contract Law and Guarantee Law.
Fourth, other legal departments, primarily the provisions of the Civil Procedure Law, are not fully included in this book but are briefly mentioned in the provision annotations. Readers can refer to the series' "Civil Procedure Law One-Stop Guide" for detailed information.
Fifth, the annotations in this book are primarily indicative, aiming to be concise and to the point. Content already mentioned in related regulations is not repeated, and content typically covered in textbooks is also left unannotated.