China's Long March toward Rule of Law

China has enjoyed considerable economic growth in recent years in spite of an immature, albeit rapidly developing, legal system, a system whose nature, evolution and path of development have been poorly understood by scholars. Drawing on his legal and business experience in China as well as his academic background in the field, Peerenboom provides a detailed analysis of China's legal reforms. He argues that China is in transition from rule by law to a version of rule of law, though most likely not a liberal democratic version as found in economically advanced countries in the West. Maintaining that law plays a key role in China's economic growth, Peerenboom assesses reform proposals and makes his own recommendations. In addition to students and scholars of Chinese law, political science, sociology and economics, this will interest business professionals, policy advisors, and governmental and non-governmental agencies as well as comparative legal scholars and philosophers.

ISBN 0521816491   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780521816496 (What's this?)   Pages 692 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Volumes 1 Imprint Cambridge University Press   Weight (grammes) 1180 Format Hardback   Published in Cambridge Publication date 26 Sep 2002   Height (mm) 228 Non-book description xvii, 673 p. ;   Width (mm) 152 Library of Congress KNQ2025 .P44 2002   Spine width (mm) 43 DEWEY 349.51   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

		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

'China's Long March toward Rule of Law is a valuable effort to deal with fundamental legal issues arising out of the Chinese law reform process ... any serious scholar of the role of law in non-western environments ... will welcome the publication of this book.' Modern Law Review '... a timely corrective to those who dismiss legal reform in China as meaningless without political liberalization ... persuasive and well supported with primary material ... Peerenboom provides the most comprehensive treatment of this important subject to date, and there is much of both empirical and theoretical value to be gleaned through judicious reading.' Political Studies Review

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