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The Road to the Rule of Law in Modern China

  • Shows the rise of a new academic school called political constitutionalists
  • Studies rule of law in China through the "political" path rather than just the “legal” path
  • Uses proper methodology which fits the public law studies during the transitional times very well

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. Inception: From Hundred Days Reform to Xinhai Revolution

    • Quanxi Gao, Wei Zhang, Feilong Tian
    Pages 1-18
  3. Failed Legacy: The Early Days of the New Republic

    • Quanxi Gao, Wei Zhang, Feilong Tian
    Pages 19-44
  4. Revolutionary Legal System: From Common Program to 1975 Constitution

    • Quanxi Gao, Wei Zhang, Feilong Tian
    Pages 61-98
  5. Transformation to Daily Routine: Reform and Governance

    • Quanxi Gao, Wei Zhang, Feilong Tian
    Pages 99-133
  6. Review and Outlook

    • Quanxi Gao, Wei Zhang, Feilong Tian
    Pages 135-143
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 145-150

About this book

This book is a grand review of the centurial development of rule of law in China. It covers the most important issues in this area and presents “political constitution,” a new interpretative framework that allows the Chinese experience of rule of law to be more fully and correctly expressed. It is especially useful to scholars involved in the study of modern China. The main chapters of this book include: The Constituent Movement in the Late Qing Dynasty; The Xinhai (1911) Revolution; Constitution-making at the Beginning of the Republic of China; The Great Revolution in the 1920s; The Rise of the Party State and its Transition; The Founding of 1949 New China and its Early Constitutional Development; and The Dualist System of Rule of Law in the Reforming Times.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Advance Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, BeiHang University, Beijing, China

    Quanxi Gao, Feilong Tian

  • People’s Prosecutors Office Beijing Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

    Wei Zhang

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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