Subjects:

China, Other Jurisdictions

Contents:

Part 1 Marxism in Deng's China: the impact of ideological upheaval on the legal system in China

Deng Xiaoping's ideas on law. Part 2 Legal reform and the practice of law - case studies in the administration of criminal justice, 1979-89: in the wake of the Third Plenum - the inception of legal reform

legal reform in progress - the emergence of a legal society, 1986-89. Part 3 Towards a Chinese socialist system and a Chinese theory of law: the 1989 student democratic movement - a legal perspective

trials of dissidents of the 1989 democratic movement - the limits of socialist justice.

Under Deng Xiaoping's leadership, China has embarked on a series of major legal reforms. This book takes a socialist perspective in examining the various forces shaping China's road to the rule of law. Criminal cases selected from ""Minzhu Yu Fazhi"" - a journal with a strong popular element - in 1979-89 are presented and analyzed, and the 4th June incident and the trial of the 1989 dissidents are used to assess the most recent legal developments in China.