Contracts in the People's Republic of China

This in-depth introduction to the law of contracts of Mainland China was written for Western lawyers who have contacts with the People's Republic of China, for scholars and students of comparative law or of Sinology. As stated above the book is merely an introduction, not a technical legal treatise for specialised private lawyers. It is therefore useful for businessmen too.

Without using stale language, this work also places the law of contractual obligations in an historical and socio-political context. It sketches, besides the general theory of contractual obligations and the provisions on the several specific contracts, the Chinese case law on international sales contracts, as well as the law on the dispute resolution. It can be said that with regard to the private law the book opens a window on the continental Chinese legal culture, as Zweigert and Kötz would call it.

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I. THE BACKGROUND

II. HISTORICAL SKETCH
CHAPTER 1. THE LAW IN IMPERIAL CHINA
CHAPTER 2. FROM THE END OF THE QING TILL THE REFORMS OF DENG XIAOPING
CHAPTER 3 THE “HÉTÓNG FӐ” OF 15 MARCH 1999

III. GENERAL THEORY OF THE LAW OF CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 1. THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES
CHAPTER 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE VALIDITY OF CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 3. PRECONTRACTUAL LIABILITY
CHAPTER 4. THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CONTRACT
CHAPTER 5. LIABILITY FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT
CHAPTER 6. THE REMEDIES
CHAPTER 7. THIRD PARTIES AND THE CONTRACT
CHAPTER 8. ASSIGNMENT AND TERMINATION OF CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS

IV. NOMINATE AND INNOMINATE CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 1. SALE
CHAPTER 2. WORK CONTRACT AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT CONTRACT
CHAPTER 3. LEASING CONTRACT AND FINANCIAL LEASING
CHAPTER 4. CONTRACTS TO REPRESENT A PERSON OR TO ACT ON ANOTHER PERSON’S ACCOUNT
CHAPTER 5. TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 6. THE OTHER CONTRACTS
 

V. THE INTERNATIONAL SALE’S CONTRACT
CHAPTER 1. IN GENERAL
CHAPTER 2. FIELD OF APPLICATION OF THE CISG
CHAPTER 3. TRADE USAGES
CHAPTER 4. SUBSTANTIAL APPLICATION OF THE CISG

VI. APPLICABLE LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
CHAPTER 1. CHOICE OF LAW CLAUSE
CHAPTER 2. ARBITRATION

FINAL THOUGHTS

SELECTED CHINESE LAWS, JUDICIAL INTERPRETATIONS AND CASES

LAW OF CONTRACTS

LAW OF ARBITRATION

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

GENERAL                                                                                                                       

HISTORY     
                                                                                                                  
LAW OF CONTRACTS

LAW OF ARBITRATION

INDEX                                                                                                                             

APPENDICES