This article argues that China's legal reform and its later endorsement of a socialist version
of the rule of law is a rational response to the crisis of political legitimacy, with the aim of …

Abstract The 18th Congress of Chinese Communist Party in 2012 and two important
decisions adopted subsequently in the 3rd and 4th Plenum in 2013 and 2014 respectively …

The rule of law both as a legal concept and as a practice in China has become the subject of
great attention. There is increasing international pressure on China to build a legal system …

The Fourth Plenum of the 18th Party Congress has been characterized as a historical event
at which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officially endorsed the rule of law (yifa …

Abstract The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently convened for the first time a central
committee plenary session addressed the topic of rule of law. This article addresses the …

Is China's “socialist rule by law”(社会主义法制) qualified to be called “rule of law”(法治) or a
“thin rule of law” proposed by Randall Peeremboon, without abolishing the political …

中国特色社会主义法律体系的形成为研究中国法律体系的结构、 特色和发展趋势
奠定了现实基础。 可以规范性法律文件的归属和法律规范的性质两个向度作为研究法 …

The legal progression in China is portrayed negatively by western scholars who often argue
that the state institutions in China are subordinate to the control of Chinese Communist …

After assuming supreme power in the People's Republic of China in late 1978, Deng
Xiaoping was most insistent that law was essential to socialist modernization and that Maoist …

The Eighteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) met in October
2014 with 'rule of law'as its central theme. This followed General Secretary Xi Jinping's …