John Garrick is a solicitor and senior research fellow at Macquarie University’s Graduate School of Management (MGSM). He is the author and co-editor of a wide range of scholarly publications including several well known Routledge books on power relations and has worked extensively in both legal practice and academia in Hong Kong, the Middle-East, North America and Australia.

• Introduction: Law reform in the People’s Republic: China’s quiet revolution? John Garrick PART I Power and law reform in the People’s Republic of China 1. Market reform: reflections on China’s economic system Jonathan Anderson 2. In Search of Wealth and Power Yingjie Guo 3. Politics, society and the legal system in contemporary China William J. Hurst 4. Power narratives and lessons f rom the Chinese Cultural Revolution Andrew Chan PART II The commercial law reforms 5. China’s civil and commercial law reforms Jianfu Chen 6. The regulation of foreign investment in China Hui Huang 7. China’s ‘dual-track’ legislation on business organizations and the effects of antimonopoly law Xianchu Zhang 8. China’s labour laws in transition Kay-Wah Chan 9. Secured financing in China Su Lin Han PART III Wealth and law reform: capitalism with Chinese characteristics? 10. Private property, wealth and law reform in China’s urban age Richard Hu 11. Women, enterprises and the state Minglu Chen 12. Wealth and loss in changing economic times: reforms in bankruptcy and consumer protection laws Vivienne Bath and Mary Ip 13. Where are China’s economic and legal reforms taking the People’s Republic: ‘democracy with Chinese characteristics’? Feng Lin PART IV Conclusions, dilemmas and challenges 14. Law, wealth and power in China: Conclusions Randall Peerenboom

John Garrick is a solicitor and senior research fellow at Macquarie University’s Graduate School of Management (MGSM). He is the author and co-editor of a wide range of scholarly publications including several well known Routledge books on power relations and has worked extensively in both legal practice and academia in Hong Kong, the Middle-East, North America and Australia.

• Introduction: Law reform in the People’s Republic: China’s quiet revolution? John Garrick PART I Power and law reform in the People’s Republic of China 1. Market reform: reflections on China’s economic system Jonathan Anderson 2. In Search of Wealth and Power Yingjie Guo 3. Politics, society and the legal system in contemporary China William J. Hurst 4. Power narratives and lessons f rom the Chinese Cultural Revolution Andrew Chan PART II The commercial law reforms 5. China’s civil and commercial law reforms Jianfu Chen 6. The regulation of foreign investment in China Hui Huang 7. China’s ‘dual-track’ legislation on business organizations and the effects of antimonopoly law Xianchu Zhang 8. China’s labour laws in transition Kay-Wah Chan 9. Secured financing in China Su Lin Han PART III Wealth and law reform: capitalism with Chinese characteristics? 10. Private property, wealth and law reform in China’s urban age Richard Hu 11. Women, enterprises and the state Minglu Chen 12. Wealth and loss in changing economic times: reforms in bankruptcy and consumer protection laws Vivienne Bath and Mary Ip 13. Where are China’s economic and legal reforms taking the People’s Republic: ‘democracy with Chinese characteristics’? Feng Lin PART IV Conclusions, dilemmas and challenges 14. Law, wealth and power in China: Conclusions Randall Peerenboom