Contemporary Chinese Law and Legal System

Mo Zhang is a professor of law at Temple University Beasley School of Law, USA, teaching conflict of laws, contract, international commercial transactions, international commercial arbitration, and Chinese law. Legally trained both in China and in the United States, Professor Zhang has published numerous law journal articles and is the author of Chinese Contract Law, Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. (Brill, 2020), and Introduction to Chinese Torts Law (Tsinghua University Press, 2014).

• Introduction; Part I. Chinese Law and Legal System in General: 1. Chinese legal history and culture; 2. Theoretical foundation of modern Chinese law; 3. Socialist legal system: sources of law and legal hierarchy; 4. Chinese constitution and government structure; 5. Chinese judiciary and judicial power; 6. Legal education in China and the Chinese bar; Part II. Chinese Civil Law and Civil Code: 7. General provisions of the civil code; 8. Property law; 9. Contract law; 10. Law of personality rights; 11. Marriage, family relations, and succession; 12. Law of torts; Part III. Civil Dispute Settlement and Legal Process: 13. International civil litigation in Chinese courts; 14. International commercial arbitration in China.