Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the codification of China’s civil code

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ID22080620
AuthorsGaoyuan Zhai (Tianjin University), Xiaochang Liu (0009-0005-9067-2496, Tianjin University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume12
Pages1415578-1415578
Publication date2024-10-17
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2024.1415578
PMID39484356
OpenAlexW4403501939
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread widely around the world since 2019, wreaking havoc on social order in a global context. In China, the pandemic has not only provided new challenges to the government’s capacity but also provided new issues for the Civil Code that is being compiled. The study adopts the research method of comparative analysis and combines the case study method, aiming to study the impact of the epidemic on the compilation of China’s Civil Code. We found that the official Civil Code adds, deletes, and adjusts several articles compared to the Civil Code (Draft), five of which are relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Civil Code was enacted at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to some of its provisions being affected by the COVID-19; the “COVID-19 provisions” not only provided legitimacy for the prevention and control of the pandemic but also improved China’s system of governance of public health emergencies. This study exposes the legal loophole in the “COVID-19 provisions” in China’s Civil Code and further suggests ways to fill the legal loophole

Business · China · Civil code · Civil society · Geography · Legitimacy · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Computer Science · COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing · Law · Legal and Policy Analysis in Indonesia · Legal and Policy Issues · Medicine · Public Administration

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