A Confucian Constitutional Order

A Confucian Constitutional Order
Author: Jiang Qing
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2016-11-08
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0691173575

English translation of materials from a workshop on Confucian constitutionalism in May 2010 at the City University of Hong Kong.

Science and Technology Governance and Ethics

Science and Technology Governance and Ethics
Author: Miltos Ladikas
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2015-01-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319146939

This book analyzes the possibilities for effective global governance of science in Europe, India and China. Authors from the three regions join forces to explore how ethical concerns over new technologies can be incorporated into global science and technology policies. The first chapter introduces the topic, offering a global perspective on embedding ethics in science and technology policy. Chapter Two compares the institutionalization of ethical debates in science, technology and innovation policy in three important regions: Europe, India and China. The third chapter explores public perceptions of science and technology in these same three regions. Chapter Four discusses public engagement in the governance of science and technology, and Chapter Five reviews science and technology governance and European values. The sixth chapter describes and analyzes values demonstrated in the constitution of the People’s Republic of China. Chapter Seven describes emerging evidence from India on the uses of science and technology for socio-economic development, and the quest for inclusive growth. In Chapter Eight, the authors propose a comparative framework for studying global ethics in science and technology. The following three chapters offer case studies and analysis of three emerging industries in India, China and Europe: new food technologies, nanotechnology and synthetic biology. Chapter 12 gathers all these threads for a comprehensive discussion on incorporating ethics into science and technology policy. The analysis is undertaken against the backdrop of different value systems and varying levels of public perception of risks and benefits. The book introduces a common analytical framework for the comparative discussion of ethics at the international level. The authors offer policy recommendations for effective collaboration among the three regions, to promote responsible governance in science and technology and a common analytical perspective in ethics.

Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes

Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes
Author: Tom Ginsburg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2014
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107047668

This volume explores the form and function of constitutions in countries without the fully articulated institutions of limited government.

The Constitution of Ancient China

The Constitution of Ancient China
Author: Su Li
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2018-08-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 0691171599

How was the vast ancient Chinese empire brought together and effectively ruled? What are the historical origins of the resilience of contemporary China's political system? In The Constitution of Ancient China, Su Li, China's most influential legal theorist, examines the ways in which a series of fundamental institutions, rather than a supreme legal code upholding the laws of the land, evolved and coalesced into an effective constitution. Arguing that a constitution is an institutional response to a set of issues particular to a specific society, Su Li demonstrates how China unified a vast territory, diverse cultures, and elites from different backgrounds into a whole. He delves into such areas as uniform weights and measurements, the standardization of Chinese characters, and the building of the Great Wall. The book includes commentaries by four leading Chinese scholars in law, philosophy, and intellectual history—Wang Hui, Liu Han, Wu Fei, and Zhao Xiaoli—who share Su Li's ambition to explain the resilience of ancient China's political system but who contend that he overstates functionalist dimensions while downplaying the symbolic. Exploring why China has endured as one political entity for over two thousand years, The Constitution of Ancient China will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the institutional legacy of the Chinese empire.

Chinese Small Property

Chinese Small Property
Author: Shitong Qiao
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2017-10-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107176239

Qiao demonstrates how an impersonal and unbounded market can operate without legal protection or enforcement of property and contract rights.

Human Rights in China

Human Rights in China
Author: Eva Pils
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2017-11-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1509500731

How can we make sense of human rights in China's authoritarian Party-State system? Eva Pils offers a nuanced account of this contentious area, examining human rights as a set of social practices. Drawing on a wide range of resources including years of interaction with Chinese human rights defenders, Pils discusses what gives rise to systematic human rights violations, what institutional avenues of protection are available, and how social practices of human rights defence have evolved. Three central areas are addressed: liberty and integrity of the person; freedom of thought and expression; and inequality and socio-economic rights. Pils argues that the Party-State system is inherently opposed to human rights principles in all these areas, and that – contributing to a global trend – it is becoming more repressive. Yet, despite authoritarianism's lengthening shadows, China’s human rights movement has so far proved resourceful and resilient. The trajectories discussed here will continue to shape the struggle for human rights in China and beyond its borders.

The People Themselves

The People Themselves
Author: Larry Kramer
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780195306453

This book makes the radical claim that rather than interpreting the Constitution from on high, the Court should be reflecting popular will--or the wishes of the people themselves.

Democracy and the Rule of Law in China

Democracy and the Rule of Law in China
Author: Keping Yu
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2010
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9004182128

Democracy and the Rule of Law in China is intended to make debates among prominent Chinese intellectuals and academics over issues of political, constitutional, and legal reform; modes of governance in urban and rural China; and culture and cultural policy available to English-language readers. The writers included in this book are individuals whose views have drawn some attention in the formulation of party and government policy, including the editor, Yu Keping, a prominent party intellectual and vice-director of the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau.

The Beijing Consensus?

The Beijing Consensus?
Author: Weitseng Chen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2017-04-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107138434

A collection of essays exploring whether a distinctive Chinese model for law and economic development exists.