Ruling the Country in Accordance with Law

Reflections on the Rule and Role of Law in Contemporary China

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3878005
AutoresRandall Peerenboom (UCLA School of Law, autor de correspondencia)
Año1999
Volumen11
Número3
Páginas315-351
Fecha de publicación1999-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCultural Dynamics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0921-3740 • E-ISSN: 1461-7048
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/092137409901100308
OpenAlexW2027807877
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas27

This article examines rule of law in China. Part 1 distinguishes between (i) substantive or thick theories of rule of law that incorporate elements of political morality, such as particular economic arrangements, forms of government, or conceptions of human rights; and (ii) formal or thin theories of rule of law that focus on features that any legal system must possess to function effectively as a system of laws. Although China does not endorse liberal democracy or a liberal conception of human rights, nevertheless the legal system is intended to serve many of the same general purposes as legal systems elsewhere. Accordingly, thin versions of rule of law are applicable to China. Part 2 then measures the performance of China's legal system against the benchmark of certain features generally accepted by advocates of a thin theory of rule of law

China · Comparative law · Human rights · Law and economics · Municipal law · Philosophy of law · Political science · Politics · Private law · Public law · Rule of law · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Immigration Law and Human Rights · Law