State sovereignty and the rule of law: the codification of private law in China
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34767/SIIP.2018.17.07Keywords:
China, history of law, civil law, codifi cation, sovereignty, rule of lawAbstract
The main issue of this article is a comparison of codifi cation of private law in the Republic of China (1912–1949) with the current
fi fth attempt to codify civil law in the People’s Republic of China, which is planned to be enacted in 2020. The aim of the paper is to prove that in both the most important factors for drafting new laws were not the internal needs of the state, but the necessity to regulate the position of the country on the international arena. The analysis is based on two main concepts: sovereignty and the rule of law, which are crucial for understanding this issue.
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