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China's Long March toward Rule of Law » (1st Edition)

Authors: Randall P. Peerenboom
ISBN-13: 9780521016742, ISBN-10: 0521016746
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: September 2002
Edition: 1st Edition

Argues that China is in transition from rule by law to a version of rule of law.

	Preface
	List of abbreviations
1	Introduction	1
2	The evolution of rule of law in China: the role of law in historical context	27
3	Post-Mao reforms: competing conceptions of rule of law	55
4	Rule of law and its critics	126
5	Retreat of the Party and the state	188
6	The legislative system: battling chaos	239
7	The judiciary: in search of independence, authority, and competence	280
8	The legal profession: the quest for independence and professionalism	343
9	The administrative law regime: reining in an unruly bureaucracy	394
10	Rule of law and economic development	450
11	Rule of law, democracy, and human rights	513
12	Conclusion: the future of legal reform	558
	References	599
	Index	653