Legislative Development in the New China

 
PIIS013128120007116-8-1
DOI10.31857/S013128120007116-8
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Occupation: leading research fellow, Institute of the Far East RAS
Affiliation: Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Moscow, Russian Federation
Journal nameProblemy Dalnego Vostoka
EditionIssue 5(1)
Pages39-54
Abstract

The article is devoted to the investigation of the peculiarities in the evolution of legislation of the People’s Republic of China during the period of 1949–2019. The uniqueness of the mechanism of legal regulation created by the Chinese authorities, aimed primarily at protecting national interests from external competition and threats, is noted. The law-making experience of the Chinese legislator by its success casts doubt on the exclusivity and “infallibility” of the models of legal development offered by the West. During the years of reforms China has proved to the world the possibility of the existence of other alternative and no less progressive models of legal regulation of the political and socio-economic spheres. Tremendous progress in development was achieved by China in the absence of a legal state, separation of powers, a system of checks and balances, a multiparty system, a democratic electoral system, etc. Despite this, thanks to a nationally oriented legal policy, the interests of the state, society, and, with certain reservations of the individual, have been under reliable legal protection.

KeywordsChina, Chinese law, legislation, legal policy, legal system, legal regulation, rule of law
Received30.11.2019
Publication date05.12.2019
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