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1、555Introduction:TheChineseLegalSystemSince1995:SteadyDevelopmentandStrikingContinuitiesDonaldC.ClarkeInMarch1995,TheChinaQuarterlypublishedaspecialissuedevotedtodevelopmentsintheChineselegalsystem.Thatissuecanvassedawiderangeof1subjects:thelegislativeprocess,theimplementationoflegislation
2、viathe2interpretivepracticesofcourtsandadministrativeagenciesaswellasthrough3theenforcementofciviljudgements,thepersonnelstaffingthesysteminthe45roleoflegaladvisers,criminallawandhumanrights,thekeyareaofforeign6tradeandinvestmentlaw,andfinallyChina'splaceandroleintheinternational7legalord
3、er.Overadecadelater,itseemedappropriatetorevisittheChineselegalsysteminordertoassessdevelopmentssincethemid-1990s,andthatiswhatthisSpecialIssuesetsouttodo.Manyoftheoriginalauthorswereinvitedtosubmitcontributions,andnewauthorswerebroughtinaswell.Inaddition,anumberoflegalscholarsfromChinawe
4、reaskedtoparticipateascommentators,andtheircommentsappearhere.Theauthorswerenotaskedtodowhatevertheyhaddonebefore;instead,thesubjectmatterofthecontributionswasdictatedbytheirperceptionsofthecurrentimportantissuesinChineselawaswellastheirowninterests.Althoughnotallsubjectsofimportanceareco
5、veredhere,itisfairtosaythatallsubjectscoveredhereareimportant.AsStanleyLubmannotedinhisintroductoryessaytothe1995specialissue,``predictionofthefutureconfigurationandfateofChineselegalinstitutions[is]8risky,''anditisinterestingtocomparehowthelegalsystemlookedtoagroupofspecialistsovertenyea
6、rsagowithhowitlookstoday.Reviewingtheessaysin1MurrayScotTanner,``HowabillbecomeslawinChina:stagesandprocessesinlawmaking,''TheChinaQuarterly,No.14161995),pp.39±64.2AnthonyR.Dicks,``Compartmentalizedlawandjudicialrestraint:aninductiveviewofsomejurisdictionalbarrierstoreform,''TheChinaQuart
7、erly,No.14161995),pp.82±109.3DonaldC.Clarke,``TheexecutionofciviljudgmentsinChina,''TheChinaQuarterly,No.14161995),pp.65±81.4WilliamP.Alford,``Tasselledloafersforbarefootlawyers:transformationandtensionintheworldofChineselegalworkers,''TheChinaQuarterly,No.14161995)