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A collection of essays exploring whether a distinctive Chinese model for law and economic development exists.
List of contents
Introduction: debating the consensuses Weitseng Chen; Part I. Deconstructing the Beijing Consensus: 1. Dialogus de Beijing Michael W. Dowdle and Mariana Mota Prado; 2. Imagining China: Brazil, labor and the limits of an anti-model Jedidiah Kroncke; 3. The Beijing consensus and possible lessons from the 'Singapore Model'? Tan Cheng-Han; Part II. Examining the Beijing Consensus in Context: 4. The legal maladies of 'federalism, Chinese-style' Wei Cui; 5. Lessons from Chinese growth: re-thinking the role of property rights in development Frank K. Upham; 6. Size matters? Renminbi internationalization and the Beijing consensus Weitseng Chen; 7. A Chinese model for tax reforms in developing countries? Ji Li; 8. The Chinese model for securities law Yingmao Tang; Part III. Revisiting the Beijing Consensus: 9. Authoritarian justice in China: is there a 'Chinese Model'? Benjamin L. Liebman; 10. China's striking anti-corruption adventure: a political journey towards the rule of law? Hualing Fu; 11. Chinese corporate capitalism in comparative context Curtis J. Milhaupt.
About the author
Weitseng Chen received his J.S.D. in 2007 from Yale Law School where he was a Fulbright scholar. Thereafter, he worked for Stanford University, California from 2007 to 2008 as a Hewlett Fellow of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, conducting research on transitional economies and rule of law reforms. Immediately before he joined the National University of Singapore in November 2011, Weitseng Chen practiced law as a New York State attorney in Davis Polk and Wardwell LLP and worked in its Hong Kong office, specializing in international capital market transactions. His recent research focuses on China's foreign direct investment and property rights transition, a China-Taiwan comparison on their rule of law transition, and the economic behaviors of ethnic foreign investors in China. Prior to his Yale education, he practiced law in Taiwan in diverse fields, including the information technology industry, public interest and international NGO affairs.
Summary
Is there a distinctive Chinese model for law and economic development? The book answers this question as China rises higher in its global standing. Advancing debates on alternative development programs, with a particular focus on social and political contexts, this book demonstrates that essentially, no model exists.
