Characteristics of the Chinese Legal Tradition. Specifics of the Legislative Process in China after the Republican Era until 1980’s Cover Image

Характеристики на китайската правна традиция. Особености на законодателния процес в Китай след края на Републиканския период до 80-те години на XХ в.
Characteristics of the Chinese Legal Tradition. Specifics of the Legislative Process in China after the Republican Era until 1980’s

Author(s): Nina Delimarinova
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, International Law
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: legal reform; People’s Republic of China; formal model; informal model; Constitution from 1954; Constitution from 1975

Summary/Abstract: This report aims to present a brief overview of the historical and political context of the legal reform, which took place after the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. It offers a short comparison between the provisions of the Constitution from 1954 and the Constitution from 1975 in an attempt to illustrate the consequences from the historical events, which serve as a base for the fundamental shift in the legal principles shaping their contents.