ABSTRACT
Contemporary Chinese law began afresh in 1978 with the policy of ‘reform and opening’ announced by Deng Xiao Ping, who from 1977 to 1992 was the most prominent of the Chinese leadership. After a half century of war, invasion, and revolution Deng was the architect of a policy of modernization. Universities returned to normal, and China began its rapid economic rise. Important to Deng’s program was the normalization of the legal system which had nearly collapsed.
In 1986 the legislature – the National People’s Congress adopted the General Principles of Civil Law. embraced a broad swath basic principles of civil law, including liability in tort. Over the next fifteen years law schools were built and progress in the professionalization of the courts was marked as the country adopted laws that brought it into conformity with the international trade system …
Conk, George W, Translation: Tort Liability – Section 7 – Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China (June 11, 2020). Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No 3624921.
First posted 2020-06-15 06:31:51
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