| Course
Description: This course is intended to provide students
with an overview of the historical foundations of Chinese law
as well as an introduction to the present legal system in the
People's Republic of China. The first part of the course will
survey classical legal theory, the administration of justice during
the Qing dynasty and late Qing-Republican legal reforms. The second
part will analyze the development of current PRC legal institutions
(including the role of the judiciary and legal professionals)
and then focus on key areas of recent PRC legislation: dispute
resolution, the criminal process, family law and the status of
women, and political rights. As a conclusion, comparisons will
be drawn with the legal systems in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore--what
is uniquely Chinese about their development?. |
