Preface vii Table Of Contributors xiii Abbreviations xvii Part I: Overview and Review An Overview of Law-Making in China 1(18) Jan Michiel Yuwen Li Coming Full Circle: Law-Making in the PRC from a Historical Perspective 19(22) Jianfu Chen Ideology and Law-Making 41(14) Harro von Senger Socialist Law, Civil Law, Common Law, and the Classification of Contemporary Chinese Law 55(20) Albert H.Y. Chen Part II: Institutions and Actors The National Peoples Congress and the Making of National Law 75(16) Perry Keller The State Council and Law-Making 91(14) Li Shishi Departmental Rule-Making in the Peoples Republic of China 105(12) Chaoyang Jiang Local Law-Making in China -- A Case Study of Shanghai 117(14) Sun Chao Legislation in National Autonomous Areas in the Peoples Republic of China 131(10) Shi Wenzheng Bu Xiaolin Public Participation in Law-Making in the PRC 141(16) Zhu Jingwen Explanations on the Proposed Law on Law-Making of the Peoples Republic of China 157(18) Li Buyun Part III: Case Studies Administrative Law-Making in the Peoples Republic of China 175(14) Jean-Pierre Cabestan Law-Making in the Peoples Republic of China: The Case of Contracts 189(16) Pitman B. Potter The Development of Criminal Law in the PRC since the Institution of the Reform and Opening Up Policy 205(10) Ye Feng Part IV: Conclusion Conclusion: A Comparativists Outlook on Law-Making in China 215(66) Jan Michiel Otto Appendices Appendix 1 Unanswered Questions and Unresolved Issues: Comments on the Law on Law-Making 235(22) Jianfu Chen Appendix 2 Law of the Peoples Republic of China on Law-Making 257(24) Selected Bibliography 281(12) Glossary 293(4) Index 297
