'… an excellent addition to the existing scholarship in transitional justice, authoritarian legality, and Chinese law … Recommended.' Z. Ni, Choice
1. Introduction: Emergence of Chinese law?; 2. A Dual constitution with Illiberal characteristics; 3. Judicial interpretation as a de facto primary statute for adjudication; 4. Judicial document as informal state law; 5. Guiding cases as a form of statutory interpretation; 6. Bureaucratization of judicial precedents; 7. Concluding reflections: Chinese law, authoritarian legality and legal instrumentalism.