Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The evolution of rule of law in China: the role of law in historical context
- 3 Post-Mao reforms: competing conceptions of rule of law
- 4 Rule of law and its critics
- 5 Retreat of the Party and the state
- 6 The legislative system: battling chaos
- 7 The judiciary: in search of independence, authority, and competence
- 8 The legal profession: the quest for independence and professionalism
- 9 The administrative law regime: reining in an unruly bureaucracy
- 10 Rule of law and economic development
- 11 Rule of law, democracy, and human rights
- 12 Conclusion: the future of legal reform
- References
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 July 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The evolution of rule of law in China: the role of law in historical context
- 3 Post-Mao reforms: competing conceptions of rule of law
- 4 Rule of law and its critics
- 5 Retreat of the Party and the state
- 6 The legislative system: battling chaos
- 7 The judiciary: in search of independence, authority, and competence
- 8 The legal profession: the quest for independence and professionalism
- 9 The administrative law regime: reining in an unruly bureaucracy
- 10 Rule of law and economic development
- 11 Rule of law, democracy, and human rights
- 12 Conclusion: the future of legal reform
- References
- Index
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- China's Long March toward Rule of Law , pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2002