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The History of Chinese Legal Civilization

Modern and Contemporary China (From 1840–)

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Authors:
  1. Jinfan Zhang

    1. Beijing, China

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  • Comprehensively examines the underlying rules of the development of Chinese legal systems economically, politically, and culturally

  • Combines classic analysis and historical analysis methods

  • Structurally divides China's 4000-odd-year legal history into several major sections according to different social patterns

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The History of Chinese Legal Civilization: Modern China (From 1840 to 1949)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 3-6

    3. The Rise of the Ideological Trend of Reforming the Political System and the Law Before and After the Opium War

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 7-53

    4. The Introduction of the Western Legal Culture and the Renovation of the Original Legal Concept (1840–1870s)

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 55-87

    5. The Legal System Proposed by the Westernization Group Featured by “Zhong Ti Xi Yong”

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 89-143

    6. The Emergence of Constitutional Thoughts and the Reform Movement

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 145-235

    7. The Preparation for Constitutionalism and the Drafting of Constitution in the Late Qing Dynasty

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 237-295

    8. The Dawn of Modern Legal Civilization Emerged in the Law Revision of the Late Qing Dynasty

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 297-369

    9. Da Qing Xing Lv (the Criminal Law of Great Qing): A New Chapter Reflecting the Civilization of Modern Criminal Law

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 371-428

    10. Da Qing Min Lv Cao An (The Draft of the Civil Law of Great Qing) Made on the Basis of the Western Civil Law

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 429-455

    11. The Commercial Legislation: From Restriction to Protection

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 457-473

    12. The Reform Leading to Judicial Civilization

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 475-518

    13. The National Program of the Republic of China and the New Age of Legal Civilization

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 519-571

    14. The Developments and Setbacks of the Chinese Modern Legal Civilization During the Period of the Beijing Government (1912–1928)

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 573-610

    15. Liu Fa Quan Shu (Complete Book of Six Laws) Made by the Nanjing National Government (1928–1949)

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 611-640

    16. The Legal System of New Democratic Legal Civilization in “The Base Areas” (1927–1949)

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 641-683

  3. The History of Chinese Legal Civilization: Contemporary China (From 1949–)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 685-685
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    2. Introduction

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 687-688

    3. The Common Program: A Monumental Work of Legal Civilization in New China

      • Jinfan Zhang
      Pages 689-755
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This book, based on the theory of Marxism-Leninism, aims to study the essence, content and features of various legal systems in China in different historical periods, as well as the rules of the development of Chinese legal systems. It effectively combines classic analysis and historical analysis to probe historical facts and elaborate the historical role of the legal system, revealing both the general and the specific rules of the development of China s legal system on the basis of the existing relevant research. The subject matter is of abundant theoretical and practical significance, as it enriches Marxist legal studies, deepens readers’ understanding of China s legal civilization and offers guiding principles for the creation of socialist legal systems with Chinese characteristics. It discusses the trends in thinking on the reconstruction of the legal system; changing laws; western legal culture; the legal system in the period of westernization, constitution and reform; preparation for constitutionalism; modification of the law during the late Qing Dynasty; criminal, civil and commercial legislation; and judicial reforms in the modern era as well as the various ups and downs and cases of malconduct after the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

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  • Beijing, China

    Jinfan Zhang

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