Chinese Legal Reform (European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian Economics and Business Series)

This collection assesses the legal developments which have taken place since the 1980s in China. It discusses China's achievements in building a new legal system and identifies the theoretical and institutional limitations of China's legal reform. Featuring an extensive case-study of foreign investment law, this book considers a wide-ranging set of interconnecting variables in China's changing social context, in order to examine and illustrate the gap between the text and actual practice of the law, especially as it relates to foreign direct investment. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of Chinese Law, Business and Economics, as well as to business investors in China. "This book provides a much-needed, systematic and in-depth analysis of China's legal system, and its development over the last two decades. It evaluates China's achievements in building a new legal system, but also identifies the theoretical and institutional limitations of China's legal reform. Featuring an extensive case study of foreign investment law, Chinese Legal Reform examines how progress towards the rule of law has been impeded." "This book offers a deeper understanding of China's legal development over the past twenty years and reveals the full picture of the role of the law in modern China's economic development and its international economic co-operation. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of Chinese law, business and economics, as well as to business people investing and working in China."--BOOK JACKET. At what stage is China's legal reform? Is there a "rule of law" in China? What problems remain in China's legal development? Chinese Legal Reform assesses the legal reforms which have taken place over the past two decades Featuring an extensive case study of foreign investment law, this work discusses China's achievements in building a new legal system and identifies the theoretical and institutional limitations of China's legal reform. In order to understand the present legal reform in China, an understanding of the pre-reform legal situation is important.