Chinese lawmaking [electronic resource] : from non-communicative to communicative / Peng He.

Chinese lawmaking [electronic resource] : from non-communicative to communicative / Peng He.

9783642395079 electronic book
3642395074 electronic book
9783642395062

Heidelberg : Springer, [2013?]

©2014

English

1 online resource (xiii, 186 pages) : illustrations (some color).

10.1007/978-3-642-39507-9 doi

KNQ13

340/.1

Dr. Peng He in her book addresses various issues, drawing on Western and Chinese sources for her argument for a communicative theory of law making. This book is both timely and important in the Chinese context. Her argument depends upon the insight that what is important in societies is not just representative democracy but voice - the opportunity for individuals to be heard and bring their input into official systems. More than that, she argues that this can also take further the idea of living by the rules as something that is not to be seen as narrow Legalism but as something more akin to living righteously a view which is resonant with parts of Chinese legal thought. This book is also important in the present Chinese context in another way. The developing economy necessitates substantial legal reform. But applying Western models to China can often be naive and not fully fulfil their intended purpose.

Includes bibliographical references.

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