This paper, using the methods of literature analysis, theoretically inductive analysis, as well as cross-disciplinary approach, analyses the present conditions and problems of the application of ADR in specific areas in China, such as in the protection of consumers' rights and interests, the...

Increasingly, China is planning to move to nuclear power. The plan for China is to double its nuclear capacity in the near future. A critical component is that a regulatory framework has to be developed to accompany this move towards nuclear energy. An important component of such a framework is...

The document contains the Introduction chapter to "Private Law in China and Taiwan: Economic and Legal Anaylses", Cambridge University Press, 2016. Editors: Yun-chien Chang, Wei Shen, Wen-yeu Wang. The book covers contract, torts, property, and business organization laws in China and Taiwan. The...

This Article investigates the evolution of the Chinese legal mechanism for medical malpractice dispute resolution (MMDR) from the establishment of the first rules for MMDR in 1955 to the promulgation of the Regulation on Preventing and Dealing with Medical Malpractice Disputes in 2018. Using...

Many have pointed at the fact that the spectacular economic growth in China has come at a high price, especially concerning the environmental costs related to this growth. There is increasing literature available now, both in and outside of China on the available governance instruments that...

China developed without clear entitlements, creating the China Puzzle for law and development theorists. But fundamental statutes regarding contract, torts, and property have been enacted by now. Will clear delineation of private rights drive China's future development? The answer largely...

In recent years, financial economists have authored an influential series of articles that link strong minority shareholder protection — exemplified by private enforcement of securities regulations — to greater financial market development. Their findings, which suggest that transition...

The growing scale of enforcement of China's Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) has drawn the attention of multinational businesses, their legal counsels, and the academic community concerned with the development of this branch of law. While much of the public discourse has evolved around the public...

This article presents the first empirical evidence on the Chinese judicial assessment of pain and suffering damages for wrongful death. Drawing upon 1,225 Chinese judicial decisions of medical negligence resulting in a patient’s wrongful death, it investigates the empirical effects of various...