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Studying Contemporary Chinese Law: Limits, Possibilities And Strategy, Stanley B. Lubman
Studying Contemporary Chinese Law: Limits, Possibilities And Strategy, Stanley B. Lubman
Hong Yen Chang Center for Chinese Legal Studies
What can the study of Chinese law bring to the study of China itself? This Article first distills what we have learned. It reviews Chinese legal studies since their revival in the 1960s in the United States, where foreign studies of modem Chinese law has been most vigorous since the People's Republic of China ("PRC") was established. The major themes that emerged from research before the reform decade emphasized the politicization of law, the persistence of traditional cultural influences and the impact of bureaucratic practice on current institutions - all themes which remain important today. Since the advent of reform, …
The Genesis Of Russian Secured Transaction Law Before 1917, Konstantin Osipov
The Genesis Of Russian Secured Transaction Law Before 1917, Konstantin Osipov
Cleveland State Law Review
This article will begin by briefly explaining the characteristics of methods of securing performance of obligations in Russia. Then the article will focus on one method of securing the performance of obligations, namely the mortgage/pledge being used in Russian law under one common term-zalog. The article will trace the development of the mortgage/pledge from Roman law, and then will examine the role of the zalog in Russian law prior to 1917. A historical examination of the methods of securing the performance of obligations is especially relevant today since the developing Russian law is utilizing concepts as they existed prior to …
The Genesis Of Russian Secured Transaction Law Before 1917, Konstantin Osipov
The Genesis Of Russian Secured Transaction Law Before 1917, Konstantin Osipov
Cleveland State Law Review
This article will begin by briefly explaining the characteristics of methods of securing performance of obligations in Russia. Then the article will focus on one method of securing the performance of obligations, namely the mortgage/pledge being used in Russian law under one common term-zalog. The article will trace the development of the mortgage/pledge from Roman law, and then will examine the role of the zalog in Russian law prior to 1917. A historical examination of the methods of securing the performance of obligations is especially relevant today since the developing Russian law is utilizing concepts as they existed prior to …