Contemporary Chinese Law and Legal System: Fundamentals, Civil Justice and Process

Contemporary Chinese Law and Legal System is a rich source for teaching, study and research in Chinese law and legal system and a useful guide for legal practitioners who are engaged in international practices involving China. The book provides an in-depth overview of modern Chinese law and legal systems with a thorough analysis of basic legal infrastructure, civil code, and legal mechanisms of international civil litigation in Chinese courts and foreign arbitration in China. It includes the most recent judicial opinions and practices pertaining to implementing civil code and enforcing foreign arbitral awards and judgements. Detailed and comprehensive, Contemporary Chinese Law and Legal System provides profound knowledge about the law and legal infrastructure in modern China.

• Covers the evolution and the most recent development of Chinese law and legal system
• Offers explicit review, elaboration and analysis of major doctrines, rules and principles governing civil affairs, activities, relationships, and their applications
• Discusses and illustrates civil dispute settlement mechanisms for cases with foreign elements or international civil cases, covering such major issues as jurisdiction, choice of law and enforcement of arbitral awards and court judgments

Mo Zhang is a professor of law at Temple University Beasley School of Law, USA, teaching conflict of laws, contract, international commercial transactions, international commercial arbitration, and Chinese law. Legally trained both in China and in the United States, Professor Zhang has published numerous law journal articles and is the author of Chinese Contract Law, Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. (Brill, 2020), and Introduction to Chinese Torts Law (Tsinghua University Press, 2014).