Renmin Chinese Law Review

Edited by Jichun Shi, Editor in Chief, The Jurist and Professor of Law, Renmin University of China Law School, China

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• Contents:Preface1. The Word ‘Constitution’ in Western Languages: How Did it Originate and Evolve Linguistically?Xu Guodong2. On Legal Theories of Public Interest: An Analysis Based on the Need Spill TheoryLiu Taigang3. On the ‘Economized State’ in the Context of Economic LawFeng Hui 4. On the Changes in the Chinese Legal System for Implementing WTO LawsZhang Naigen5. Rethinking the NPC Standing Committee’s Basic Law Revision Power Lin Yan6. How to Define the Discretion Standard in the Administrative Legal System from the Perspective of Administrative Self-restraintZhou Youyong7. The Fate of the Theory of the Nature of Social Harm in Contemporary ChinaZhao Bingzhi and Chen Zhijun8. Empirical Studies on the De-functionalization of Criminal Trial in ChinaHe Jiahong9. How to Define Illegal Financing: A Critique of the Judicial Interpretation of Illegal Financing by the Supreme People’s CourtPeng Bing10. Information Supervision: The Optimum Choice of China’s Supervision of Credit Assets SecuritizationXu Duoqi 11. Judiciary Strategy for Historical Problems Originating from the Reform of Corporate Share InstitutionsDong Chun’e12. Return to Civil Procedure Law: Re-reforming the Courts’ Power of Investigation and Evidence Collection Li Hao13. Jurisdictional Error as a Cause for Retrial Should Not be RemovedTang WeijianIndex