TY - BOOK ID - 3366422 TI - China, democracy, and law : a historical and contemporary approach AU - Delmas-Marty, Mireille AU - Will, Pierre-Étienne AU - Kuhn, Philip A. AU - Norberg, Naomi AU - Brill PY - 2012 VL - 26 SN - 9789004178717 9789004483613 PB - Leiden Boston Brill DB - UniCat KW - Law KW - Democracy KW - Droit KW - Démocratie KW - History. KW - History KW - Histoire KW - China KW - Chine KW - Politics and government KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - S06/0500 KW - S06/0250 KW - S12/0216 KW - S06/0260 KW - China: Politics and government--Other modern political movements (e.g. anarchism, Socialism, dissident movements, Beijing Spring, Tian'anmen) KW - China: Politics and government--Political theory: general and traditional KW - China: Philosophy and Classics--Political philosophy KW - China: Politics and government--The Chinese model KW - Démocratie KW - Self-government KW - Political science KW - Equality KW - Representative government and representation KW - Republics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3366422 AB - This landmark volume deals with such essential questions as: What points of departure, or resources, can be identified in Chinese history and culture for what we call 'democracy'? What are, and have been, their potential for development in a modern China confronted with powerful Western influences? Are there any connections between imperial China's strong legal tradition and the PRC's current endeavour to restore the rule of law, in a context of legal globalization in which China itself is an important participant? How serious, or superficial, should the political opening which started in the 1980s be regarded, and the discourse on human rights currently heard in official circles? And finally, how relevant is Taiwan's experiment with democratic institutions? In this rich and inspiring volume, foremost French scholars carefully clarify the process of political and legal change, convincingly showing that these questions cannot be answered without a proper understanding of centuries of Chinese juridical, philosophical, religious and political thought. Ouvrage publié avec le soutien du Centre national du livre/ Published with financial support by the Centre national du livre. ER -