Hao Jiang is Assistant Professor of Comparative Private Law at Bocconi University. He has written about Chinese, European and American private law from a comparative perspective. He also writes about contract theory. With James Gordley, he co-authored the Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law (2021). Pietro Sirena is Professor of Civil Law, European Private Law, and Comparative Private Law at Bocconi University, where, since 2018, he serves as Dean of the Law School. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the European Law Institute (ELI) and as Director of the Società Italiana per la Ricerca nel Diritto Comparato (SIRD). In 2022, he was elected President of the Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA); in 2018, membre associé of the Académie International de Droit Comparé (AIDC).

'In this fascinating book, scholars from various jurisdictions shed their light on numerous legal aspects of the Chinese Civil Code of 2021, the most important private law codification of the last decades. They do so by examining the doctrinal changes made through a comparative law lens and thereby taking a closer look at the ideological, historical, sociological, and philosophical dimensions of the new Chinese Civil Code.' Andre Janssen, Chair Professor of Private Law, Radboud University Nijmegen

• 1. The making of a civil code in China: promises and perils of a new civil law Hao Jiang; 2. Personality rights in China's new civil code: a response to increasing awareness of rights in an era of evolving technology Liming Wang and Bingwan Xiong; 3. Force majeure or change of circumstances: an enduring dichotomy in Chinese law? Qiao Liu; 4. Art. 580 (2) of the Chinese civil code: can the Chinese folk medicine cure serious illness? Shiyuan Han; 5. Contractual consent in the new Chinese civil code Catherine Valcke; 6. The security interests in Chinese law: some nuances Lei Chen; 7. Chinese tort law in the era of the civil code Chunyan Ding; 8. Causation in the Chinese civil code: a comparative law appraisal Marta Infantino and Weiwei Wang; 9. The aims of tort law across China and the west Mauro Bussani; 10. Classifying the passive appreciation of separate property during marriage in the Chinese civil code: a legal and economic analysis Jian He; 11. The rule of law in traditional China James Gordley; 12. The private law influence of the great Qing code Taisu Zhang; 13. The new validity rules in Chinese civil code and Chinese state-owned enterprises' freedom in contracting: one step too far Hao Jiang and Antonia von Appen; 14. Chinese civil law and soviet influences: what is left? Gianmaria Ajani; 15. The connections between roman law and Chinese civil law: traditions, innovations and environmental protection Enrico Toti; Index.