China's Legal Soul: The Modern Chinese Legal Identity in Historical Context

by John W. Head

This new look at Chinese law and society reflects the "triple anniversary" that 2009 will mark for Chinese law reform. In 1979, the People's Republic of China embarked on a dramatic new phase of legal transformation; thirty years before that, in 1949, Mao announced the creation of the PRC itself, another moment of legal reorientation; and thirty years before that, in 1919, the May Fourth Movement also had legal reform at its core, as thousands of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594606366
• ISBN13: 9781594606366
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.