Table of Contents

Introduction.- Chinese Contemporary Lawmaking: Reality And Problems.- The Legitimation Of Chinese Lawmaking (I).- The Legitimation Of Chinese Lawmaking (II): Chinese Legalism.- Lawmaking In Jurisprudence (I).- Lawmaking In Jurisprudence (II).- Communicative Lawmaking In China.- Retrospect And Prospect.

About the Author

Peng He’s primary interests lie in legal research and education, which she developed throughout the course of her studies and further work. She has received a number of prestigious awards, including the Overseas Research Student (ORS) Award in the U.K. and the People’s Scholarship for University Students in China. Having received her Ph.D. in Law from the University of Edinburgh and her LLM in Legal History at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, she has published various works on legal theory and legal history, including: The Difference between Chinese Legalism and Western Legalism (Frontiers of Law in China, Higher Education and Springer, 2011，vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 645-669), The Father of the Republican Constitution and the Shattered Dream of Establishing Constitutionalism in the Republic of China (Chinese and Western Legal Traditions, vol. 7, 2009, pp. 530-542), Another Way to Consider the Issue of Compiling the Chinese Civil Code - Using Savigny’s Perspective for Reference (China Knowledge-Based Economy, 2004, pp. 38-40). Ms He also assisted in the first translation into Chinese of a frequently cited book, Local Government in China under the Ch’ing [first Published by Harvard University in 1962. The translation was published by Beijing: Law Press in 2011]. Currently a lecturer at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, she teaches courses covering legal theory and law in films.