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Using a comparative approach, this book analyses the history of China's private property protection at the constitutional level since 1949.
List of contents
Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Cases and incidents; 1. Introduction; 2. Private property and its constitutionalisation; 3. The constitutional protection of private property in China: a historical review; 4. The symbolised public interest; 5. Unjust compensation; 6. Ineffective procedural and institutional mechanism; 7. Concluding remarks and suggested reform measures; Bibliography; Index.
About the author
Chuanhui Wang is Associate Professor at Lingnan (University) College, part of the Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. He received a bachelor's degree from Yantai University and master's degrees from East China University of Political Science and Law and the University of Michigan. In addition to holding a PhD in law from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, he also has a PhD in economics from the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.
Summary
This book analyses the historical development of constitutional doctrines about private property in China. It compares the application of three exact doctrines - public use, just compensation and due procedure - in China, the United States, Germany and India, and predicts future progress and feasible measures for gradual reform in China.
