1. Legal Development amid Reform: Review of 2007
and Predictions for 2008 ....................................................... 1
Research Group from the CASS Institute of Law
2. Chinese Legislative Development in 2007 ............................ 37
Xin Chunying and Chen Guogang
3. Reform of the Administrative Rule of Law ......................... 57
Li Honglei
4. Prosecutorial Reform in 2007 ............................................... 69
Hu Weilie and Wang Jianping
5. Judicial Reform of the People’s Courts in 2007 ................... 77
Xiong Qiuhong
6. Death Penalty System Reform in China .............................. 83
Xiong Xuanguo
7. State Compensation for Victims of Crime ........................... 95
Sun Qian
8. The Antimonopoly Law of the People’s Republic
of China ................................................................................ 105
Wang Xiaoye
9. Human Rights in China in 2007 ........................................ 121
Liu Huawen
10. The Labor Contract Law: Construction of Harmonious
Labor Relations .................................................................... 131
Zhang Mingqi
11. Administrative Charges: Current Problems and
Future Solutions ................................................................... 145
Administrative Charges Research Group
12. The Practice of Public Law: Progress in 2007 ................... 165
Huang Jinrong
13. Development of Food and Drug Safety in China .............. 177
Qu Shuhui
14. Formulation and Implementation of the National
Intellectual Property Strategy .............................................. 187
Li Mingde
Glossary ....................................................................................... 199
Index ........................................................................................... 201
Li Lin has been director of the CASS Institute of Law since 2005. His key works include Toward Constitutional Government Legislation, Building a Law-Governed Nation and a Legal System, Human Rights and Constitutional Government, and Reform of the Political Structure and Construction of a Legal System.
Description:
In 2007, significant progress was made in the construction of a socialist democracy and rule of law in China. The first essay in this edition of The China Legal Development Yearbook is “Legal Development amid Reform: A Review of 2007 and Predictions for 2008,” written by a research group from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Law. Thematic reports included in this volume discuss legislative development in China, administrative rule of law, judicial reform (including procuratorial reform, People’s Court reform, and legal service reform), legal development in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao, and development of international law. The Special Reports section covers the death penalty system, government compensation for victims of crime, the delicate balance of leniency and severity in criminal justice, the criminal compensation system, China’s Antimonopoly Law, the Property Law, the Labor Contract Law, the Human Rights Law, the administrative fees system, China’s Financial and Banking Law, the environment, and the Welfare Law. Two research reports conducted through fieldwork are also included. One report discusses the “Hannan experience” and scientific development; the other is an empirical study on legal services in rural areas. Hunan, Chongqing, Diqin, and Yuhang were selected as examples to explore differences in regional laws. One particularly interesting aspect of this study was drawn from observations of law development in the Diqing Tibetan autonomous region.
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