'This book will be an invaluable scholarly resource to anyone engaging with the new Chinese Civil Code. It explores this hugely important enactment both from within, as a matter of Chinese law, and from a broader comparative perspective. In doing so, it contextualises the Chinese Civil Code - its historical evolution, its relationship with other systems, and its contribution to solving modern legal problems in the 21st century. The editors are to be congratulated on bringing together such a stellar line-up of authors to produce this timely and very impressive collection.' Birke Häcker, Schlegel Chair in Civil Law, Common Law and Comparative Law, University of Bonn
1. The making of a civil code in China: promises and perils of a new civil law Hao Jiang; 2. Personality rights in China's new civil code: a response to increasing awareness of rights in an era of evolving technology Liming Wang and Bingwan Xiong; 3. Force majeure or change of circumstances: an enduring dichotomy in Chinese law? Qiao Liu; 4. Art. 580 (2) of the Chinese civil code: can the Chinese folk medicine cure serious illness? Shiyuan Han; 5. Contractual consent in the new Chinese civil code Catherine Valcke; 6. The security interests in Chinese law: some nuances Lei Chen; 7. Chinese tort law in the era of the civil code Chunyan Ding; 8. Causation in the Chinese civil code: a comparative law appraisal Marta Infantino and Weiwei Wang; 9. The aims of tort law across China and the west Mauro Bussani; 10. Classifying the passive appreciation of separate property during marriage in the Chinese civil code: a legal and economic analysis Jian He; 11. The rule of law in traditional China James Gordley; 12. The private law influence of the great Qing code Taisu Zhang; 13. The new validity rules in Chinese civil code and Chinese state-owned enterprises' freedom in contracting: one step too far Hao Jiang and Antonia von Appen; 14. Chinese civil law and soviet influences: what is left? Gianmaria Ajani; 15. The connections between roman law and Chinese civil law: traditions, innovations and environmental protection Enrico Toti; Index.