The Role of Law in Communist China
- 1 October 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The China Quarterly
- Vol. 44, 66-111
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305741000042831
Abstract
Law is a social institution designed to help society operate in a harmonious and efficient manner. It fosters orderly relations among individuals and groups by formulating and enforcing some basic rules of conduct, providing mechanisms for the resolution of some major disagreements, and defining the structure and mode of government. The precise shape, content and manner of operation of this institution are determined by the resources, needs, problems, historical development and general conditions of the society in which it functions. As these factors differ from society to society, so also differ the attitudes towards law, the forms of legal systems and the specific legal norms and rules.Keywords
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