The Tradition and Modern Transition of Chinese Law

I The Tradition of Chinese Law.- To Introduce "Li" (Rites) Into Law And To Integrate "Li" (Rites) with Law.- To Regard Human Being as a Standard, to Promote Morality and to Inflict Penalty with Prudence.- Rights Differentiated, Duty as a Standard.- Advocating Impartiality, Emphasizing Criminal Law and Neglecting Civil Law.- Following "Tian Li" (Heavenly Principles) and Enforcing Laws According to the Concrete Situations of Specific Cases.- The Law Deriving from Monarch, the Monarchy Power Overtopping Law.- Clan Orientation and The Ethical Rule of Law.- Regulating Official by Law, Defining Duties and Obligations.- Historical Comparison and Timely Adjustment of the Legal System.- Unified Interpretation of Law and Unparalleled Flourishing of "Lv Xue".- "Zhu Fa Bing Cun" (The Coexistence of Various Laws) and "Min Xing You Fen" (The Differentiation Between Civil and Criminal Laws).- Revising Laws by Legislation and Citing Precedents by "Bi Fu" (Legal Analogy).- Making Convictions by Law and Making Judgments by Analogy.- Pursuing No Litigation, and Settling Conflicts by Mediation.- The Contribution to Chinese Legal System by All Nationalities in China.- II The Modern Transition of Chinese Law.- The Introduction of Western Legal Culture.- The Change of Traditional Legal Concepts.- The Thoughts and Practices of Legal Reform in the Transitional Process.- The Continuing Progress of the Modern Legal Transition During the Period of the Republic of China.- The Historical Value of the Modern Transition of Chinese Law and the Experience for Reference.

Zhang Jinfan(???), life professor of the University of Political Science and Law, Dean of the Research Center of the Chinese Legal History, academic pacesetter of the Chinese legal history of the PRC, Chairman of the Chinese Legal History Association, has published many important academic works in Chinese legal history and has great influence in and outside China. From 1983 to 1984, he was the director at Postgraduate School of the Chinese University of Political Science and Law, held a concurrent post as the head of China Law History Institute of the Chinese University of Political Science and Law. In 1983, was chosen as the tutor of doctorial students of China Law System History. In 1988, he was endowed as a head of the Association of Chinese legal history. From 1991,he has enjoyed special contribution subsidy of state. At present holds the post of the honorary chairman of China Education Association, the special consultant of China law history Institute, the chairman of China Legal Culture Institute, the executive director of State Taiwan Institute. Zhang Jinfan has published many personal writings such as The History of Law System of China, The Theory of China Law History, Warning from China Law History, The Law System of Antiquity China, Tradition and modern Transformation of Chinese Law, etc,.in Chinese legal history and has great influence in and outside China. From 1983 to 1984, he was the director at Postgraduate School of the Chinese University of Political Science and Law, held a concurrent post as the head of China Law History Institute of the Chinese University of Political Science and Law. In 1983, was chosen as the tutor of doctorial students of China Law System History. In 1988, he was endowed as a head of the Association of Chinese legal history. From 1991,he has enjoyed special contribution subsidy of state. At present holds the post of the honorary chairman of China Education Association, the special consultant of China law history Institute, the