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3 - The Evolution of Contract Law in China

Convergence in Law but Divergence in Enforcement?

from Part II - Application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2016

Yun-chien Chang
Affiliation:
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Wei Shen
Affiliation:
Shandong University, People's Republic of China
Wen-yeu Wang
Affiliation:
National Taiwan University
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Private Law in China and Taiwan
Legal and Economic Analyses
, pp. 63 - 99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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