The Constitutional Landscape In Contemporary China

Author : Qianfan Zhang (张千帆）
Publisher : Bouden House
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9798330206308

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THE CONSTITUTIONAL LANDSCAPE IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA by Qianfan Zhang (张千帆） Pdf

In the past two decades, China has endured, together with the rest of the world, two pandemics originating in Guangdong and Wuhan. While the severity and management of these pandemics varied, they both stemmed from the same root cause—the absence of constitutional enforcement and protection of fundamental rights such as freedom of speech and press. In the global village today, especially given China’s size and impact, the Chinese constitutional democracy is critical not only for China itself, but also for the whole world. Largely following China’s current (1982) Constitution, this book aims to produce a contemporary “landscape” of Chinese constitutional developments in essentially all major areas. Despite the lack of constitutional enforcement and serious backlashes in recent years, the author believes that the Constitution still matters, as China has achieved significant de facto progress in human rights and the rule of law since its Reform and Opening in 1978. Particularly, increasing number of citizens are becoming aware of their constitutional rights, which they are eager to defend in their interest. Ultimately, the future of China (and the world) depends on the efforts of the people themselves to promote its constitutional reforms and enforcement

Author : Han Zhai
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004388147

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The Constitutional Identity of Contemporary China by Han Zhai Pdf

In The Constitutional Identity of Contemporary China: The Unitary System and Its Internal Logic, Han Zhai an account of constitutional identity merging with China’s constitutional history and her constitutional complex from a comparative perspective.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9461673426

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Extraterritorial effects of OECD-based anti-bribery laws in theory and practice by Anonim Pdf

Author : The Government of the Republic of China
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-10
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547165460

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Constitution of the Republic of China by The Government of the Republic of China Pdf

The Constitution of the Republic of China is the fifth and current constitution of the Republic of China, ratified by the Kuomintang during the Constituent National Assembly session on 25 December 1946, in Nanjing, and adopted on 25 December 1947. The constitution, along with its Additional Articles, remains effective in Chinese-controlled territories.

Author : Harold Monk Vinacke
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019481854

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Modern Constitutional Development in China by Harold Monk Vinacke Pdf

Harold Monk Vinacke's insightful study offers a detailed analysis of the evolution of China's constitutional development in the early 20th century. He examines the role of various legal institutions and political actors in shaping China's constitutional landscape, making this book essential reading for anyone interested in Chinese politics and history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : William L. Tung
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789401510110

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The Political Institutions of Modern China by William L. Tung Pdf

This book is prepared primarily for students who are interested in studying the constitutional development and government structure of twentieth-century China. Since the emergence of the Chinese consti tutional movement at the end of the nineteenth century, political institutions in China have undergone constant changes. The first four chapters treat of constitutional development and government systems from the latter part of the Ch'ing dynasty to the re-unification of China by the Nationalist Party in 1928. The other eight chapters deal with the policies, programs, and institutions of the Nationalist and Commu nist governments up to 1962. While treatises on various subjects have been consulted, the sources of this book are chiefly based on the official documents from the collections as indicated in the bibliography. Materials in the first few chapters are partly drawn from my previous works on government and politics in China. Because of the immense scope of the subject and the intricacy of the problems involved, this work is not intended to be exhaustive, but is rather a brief description and discussion of each topic under consideration. As there are many valuable works on China in general as well as on her history and inter national relations, I have tried not to cover what has already been dealt with by others. In my presentation of facts and views, I have endeavored to be as objective as possible, personal political convictions notwithstanding.

Author : Wên-yen Tsʻao
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : China
ISBN : UOM:39015011004291

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The Constitutional Structure of Modern China by Wên-yen Tsʻao Pdf

Author : Quanxi Gao,Wei Zhang,Feilong Tian
Publisher : Springer
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783662456378

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The Road to the Rule of Law in Modern China by Quanxi Gao,Wei Zhang,Feilong Tian Pdf

This book is a grand review of the centurial development of rule of law in China. It covers the most important issues in this area and presents “political constitution,” a new interpretative framework that allows the Chinese experience of rule of law to be more fully and correctly expressed. It is especially useful to scholars involved in the study of modern China. The main chapters of this book include: The Constituent Movement in the Late Qing Dynasty; The Xinhai (1911) Revolution; Constitution-making at the Beginning of the Republic of China; The Great Revolution in the 1920s; The Rise of the Party State and its Transition; The Founding of 1949 New China and its Early Constitutional Development; and The Dualist System of Rule of Law in the Reforming Times.

Author : Keping Yu
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004190313

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Democracy and the Rule of Law in China by Keping Yu Pdf

Democracy and the Rule of Law in China is intended to make available to English-language readers debates among prominent Chinese intellectuals and academics over issues of political, constitutional, and legal reform; modes of governance in urban and rural China; and culture and cultural policy. The writers included in this book are individuals whose views have drawn some attention in the formulation of party and government policy, including the editor, Yu Keping, a prominent party intellectual, vice-director of the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau.

Author : Merle Goldman,Elizabeth J. Perry
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0674037766

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Changing Meanings of Citizenship in Modern China by Merle Goldman,Elizabeth J. Perry Pdf

This collection of essays addresses the meaning and practice of political citizenship in China over the past century, raising the question of whether reform initiatives in citizenship imply movement toward increased democratization. After slow but steady moves toward a new conception of citizenship before 1949, there was a nearly complete reversal during the Mao regime, with a gradual reemergence beginning in the Deng era of concerns with the political rights as well as the duties of citizens. The distinguished contributors to this volume address how citizenship has been understood in China from the late imperial era to the present day, the processes by which citizenship has been fostered or undermined, the influence of the government, the different development of citizenship in mainland China and Taiwan, and the prospects of strengthening citizens' rights in contemporary China. Valuable for its century-long perspective and for placing the historical patterns of Chinese citizenship within the context of European and American experiences, Changing Meanings of Citizenship in Modern China investigates a critical issue for contemporary Chinese society.

Author : Albert H.Y. Chen
Publisher : City University of HK Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789629374501

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The Changing Legal Orders in Hong Kong and Mainland China: Essays on “One Country, Two Systems” by Albert H.Y. Chen Pdf

This collection of selected works by Professor Albert H.Y. Chen shows the contours of the author’s scholarship as it developed over 35 years of his academic career, from 1984 to the present. The essays are divided into three sections which cover the three major domains of Professor Chen’s research. Part I covers the legal developments and controversies of “One Country, Two Systems” since the Hong Kong interpretation on “the right of abode” in 1999 to the anti-extradition movement of 2019. Part II shifts to focus on tradition and modernity in Chinese Law, including China’s Confucian and Legalist traditions and how the socialist legal system in China evolved and modernized in the era of “reform and opening”. Part III examines the transplantation of Western thinking and constitutionalism to East Asia in modern times and discusses the achievements and failures of these efforts. In conjunction with an introductory chapter that sets out the basic orientation and paradigm of these legal and constitutional studies and an epilogue that reflects on the main themes, this collection exemplifies the author’s important contributions to the field and provides insight into how the legal orders in Hong Kong and mainland China have changed over the course of Professor Chen’s academic career.

Author : Qianfan Zhang
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781847319913

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The Constitution of China by Qianfan Zhang Pdf

This book on China's constitution and its tradition of constitutionalism is one of the first in the English language, and as such provides a much needed overview of China's constitutional history and present arrangements. The nine chapters are divided into three parts. The first part (Chapters 1 & 2) deals with China's constitutional history, its indigenous and Confucian antecedents, as well as the turbulent century which led up to the 1982 Constitution and the new order which this ushered in. The second chapter deals with the distinctive features of its current constitution. The second part (Chapters 3-6) introduces the institutional structure defined in the current constitution - the relationship between the Centre and the Regions, the role of the party and the role of the People's Congress, the meaning of the socialist rule of law, and the independence of the judiciary. The third part (Chapters 7-9) discusses the major developments in human rights and their deficiencies - the protection offered to life, liberty, property and equality, and at the same time the currently dormant areas of political and religious freedom. The book concludes with a chapter looking forward to the future of the People's Congress and Chinese constitutionalism. In sum, the book offers a readable account of the salient features of Chinese constitutional developments in all major areas.

Author : Ma Licheng
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814656405

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Leading Schools Of Thought In Contemporary China by Ma Licheng Pdf

The evolution of China's intellectual landscape, especially the battles among different influential social and political ideas, sheds light on its history. Leading Schools of Thought in Contemporary China offers a close-up look of eight major schools of thought that swept across China between 1978 and 2008, ranging from Deng Xiaoping's thoughts to Neo-Confucianism. Subject to unrelenting debates among both scholars and the general public, the popularity of these ideas waxed and waned throughout those turbulent decades. They have two things in common. First, they are all problem-oriented insofar as they carry their advocates' hopes of finding in them solutions to both new and old problems the country has faced. Second, while richly informed by such traditions as authoritarianism and Confucianism that have long held sway in much of Asia, including China, these ideas also reveal the deep influence of, and even affinity with, some of the most influential social and political theories in the Western tradition, including liberalism, socialism and conservatism. Readers will find in the continuing contestation among these theories in the marketplace of ideas not only much of what is exciting about the intellectual scene in China today, but also clues about China's future.

Author : Michael To
Publisher : Michael To
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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China's Quest for a Modern Constitutional Polity by Michael To Pdf

China’s fast rise in recent decades has surprised and bewildered many. As the world's second largest economy and with one-fifth of the world's population, China's future has tremendous implications for the rest of the world. The world needs a peaceful and responsible China. This requires China to develop a political system with a constitutional reform matching the aspirations of her people and her role in the world. This volume documents China's social, political and cultural transformations in the past one hundred and fifty years, as they are experienced in China by the Chinese. The insights derived from this volume are the result of a deep bi-cultural understanding of both East and West. By sharing these insights, this book hopes to shed light on China’s future possibilities.

Author : Suisheng Zhao
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1995-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0824817214

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Power by Design by Suisheng Zhao Pdf

First established as a cabinet system in Guangzhou in 1925, the Nationalist Government of China was replaced three years later by a presidential system under a unified Nationalist government in Nanjing. The cabinet government was restored in 1931 and existed until the presidential system was again installed by the 1936 constitution. Why did presidential and cabinet systems exist alternately during this formative period of the Nationalist government? Why was the presidential system finally adopted in 1936? Suisheng Zhao answers these and other questions fundamental to understanding authoritarian regimes in this pioneering study of the design of the Nationalist Government of China from 1925 to 1937. although scholars of comparative politics have shown great interest in the institutional choice between parliamentarianism and presidentialism in democratic countries, they have paid little attention to the study of constitutional frameworks in authoritarian settings. By offering a clear and original re-interpretation of the history of this power struggle between Chiang Kai-shek and his rivals over institutional design, Zhao challenges the conventional wisdom that has underestimated the importance of formal institutions in non-democratic regimes.Borrowing ideas from public choice theory, Zhao proposes that political actors who design governmental institutions are diven by power-maximization strategies just as business firms are driven by wealth-maximization strategies. Constitution-making reflects the underlying distribution of power among authoritarian leaders, who attempt to design political institutions that will consolidate their personal power and position. Thus, Zhao argues, if political actors possess more power resources than their rivals and anticipate themselves becoming dominant, they will choose the singular leadership of the presidential system. If they are in a weaker position and do not anticipate becoming dominant, they will prefer the collective leadership of the cabinet form of government.Notable for its persuasive integration of political science theory and the historical evidence, Power by Design is an insightful re-interpretation of Chinese history that will be welcomed by scholars of modern China and those interested in the consequences of the nationalist politics that continue to reverberate in contemporary Chine, as well as by comparative political scientists studying constitution-making and institutional design.