Towards the Rule of Law in China
Social Diversification and the Power System

Explores how the law should be reformed in China to make it a constitutionalist and rule of law state.

Weidong Ji (Author), Xi Lin (Translated by)

9781108426541, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 3 March 2022

500 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 3.7 cm, 0.96 kg

Growing up in China while educated in Japan and the US, the author has in the past few decades both witnessed and actively participated in the historical process of legal transformations in contemporary China. Through a series of academic contributions, as well as meetings, activities and memberships with policymakers and practitioners, the author has spared no effort in applying his theoretical scholarship to real, concrete practices. He has made significant contributions to the building of a rule-of-law system in China, with great social influences. The publishing of this book is to share with English-speaking readers his insights, experiences, and practices related to the institutional undertaking of building the rule of law in China. It offers a legal perspective on some of the cutting-edge issues in our society at large (e.g. risk and uncertainty, AI network, the COVID-19 pandemic, and big data).

Introduction. The structure of the book
1. The conception of law in traditional China
2. The essence of modern rule of law
3. The Rule of Law: contemporary challenges and paradigmatic innovation
4. A Rule-of-Law Democracy (Rechtsdemokratie): social diversification and reconstructing the system of authority
5. Judicial reform in China: the status quo and future directions
6. Reconstructing legal ideology
Appendix 1. Themed discussions of this book
Appendix 2. An interpretation of and reflection on china's cultural traditions
Appendix 3. China: the way to democracy via Rule of Law
Postscript
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Local government law [LNDU], Constitutional & administrative law [LND], Jurisprudence & general issues [LA], Law [L]