Review of Shucheng Wang, Law as an Instrument: Sources of Chinese Law for Authoritarian Legality (Cambridge University Press 2022)

Authors

Donald C. Clarke, George Washington University Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2022

Status

Forthcoming

Abstract

This brief note reviews Shucheng Wang’s Law as an Instrument: Sources of Chinese Law for Authoritarian Legality. It finds that the author provides a well-informed, in-depth exploration of the sources of Chinese law and offers rich food for thought on these and other questions in the world of Chinese legal studies. The author brings a good sense of the political realities of the Chinese legal system to his study.

GW Paper Series

2022-67

SSRN Link

http://ssrn.com/abstract=4270609

Recommended Citation

Clarke, Donald C., "Review of Shucheng Wang, Law as an Instrument: Sources of Chinese Law for Authoritarian Legality (Cambridge University Press 2022)" (2022). GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works. 1636.
https://scholarship.law.gwu.edu/faculty_publications/1636