Book contents
- The Making of the Chinese Civil Code
- The Making of the Chinese Civil Code
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Making of a Civil Code in China
- 2 Personality Rights in China’s New Civil Code
- 3 Force Majeure or Change of Circumstances
- 4 Article 580 (2) of the Chinese Civil Code
- 5 Contractual Consent in the New Chinese Civil Code
- 6 The Security Interests in Chinese Law
- 7 Chinese Tort Law in the Era of the Civil Code
- 8 Causation in the Chinese Civil Code
- 9 The Aims of Tort Law across China and the West
- 10 Classifying the Passive Appreciation of Separate Property during Marriage in the Chinese Civil Code
- 11 The Rule of Law in Traditional China
- 12 The Private Law Influence of the Great Qing Code
- 13 The New Validity Rules in Chinese Civil Code and Chinese State-Owned Enterprises’ Freedom in Contracting
- 14 Chinese Civil Law and Soviet Influences
- 15 The Connections between Roman Law and Chinese Civil Law
- Index
8 - Causation in the Chinese Civil Code
A Comparative Law Appraisal
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 August 2023
- The Making of the Chinese Civil Code
- The Making of the Chinese Civil Code
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Making of a Civil Code in China
- 2 Personality Rights in China’s New Civil Code
- 3 Force Majeure or Change of Circumstances
- 4 Article 580 (2) of the Chinese Civil Code
- 5 Contractual Consent in the New Chinese Civil Code
- 6 The Security Interests in Chinese Law
- 7 Chinese Tort Law in the Era of the Civil Code
- 8 Causation in the Chinese Civil Code
- 9 The Aims of Tort Law across China and the West
- 10 Classifying the Passive Appreciation of Separate Property during Marriage in the Chinese Civil Code
- 11 The Rule of Law in Traditional China
- 12 The Private Law Influence of the Great Qing Code
- 13 The New Validity Rules in Chinese Civil Code and Chinese State-Owned Enterprises’ Freedom in Contracting
- 14 Chinese Civil Law and Soviet Influences
- 15 The Connections between Roman Law and Chinese Civil Law
- Index
Summary
It is often said that while the West recognized the rule of law, China did not. Many scholars believe that Chinese courts applied Confucian norms of conduct that were expressed, not as rules, but as moral principles. Chinese magistrates, however, decided cases according to known rules. These rules concerned, not standards of conduct, but with the punishment appropriate in various cases of wrongdoing. A great deal of energy and intellectual sophistication went into determining how severely one offense should be punished compared with another. This concern went back to the first, and anti-Confucian dynasty, the Qin. It explains why the rule of law in China differed from the rule of law in the West, and why, although it was compatible with Confucianism, it was not an expression of Confucian moral principles.
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- The Making of the Chinese Civil CodePromises and Persistent Problems, pp. 179 - 196Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023