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Informationen zum Autor Chun Peng is presently an assistant professor at Peking University Law School. He received his doctorate and master's degree in law from the University of Oxford and holds a double degree in law and economics from Peking University. He has published widely on Chinese constitutional law, administrative law and comparative law in English and Chinese. Besides scholarly work, he writes op-eds on China and the world at The Diplomat, China Daily and Caixin. He also provides consultancy to the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources and local governments on legal reforms in China. Klappentext Peng explores the legal dimension of a most pressing issue in today's China - massive rural land expropriation. Explaining why and how pervasive takings have been mandated and facilitated! rather than constrained! by the takings law! this book is essential for anyone interested in law and society in contemporary China. Zusammenfassung Peng explores the legal dimension of a most pressing issue in today's China - massive rural land expropriation. Explaining why and how pervasive takings have been mandated and facilitated! rather than constrained! by the takings law! this book is essential for anyone interested in law and society in contemporary China. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. A broken constitutional promise: diagnoses and prescriptions; 3. Limited reform: symptoms and causes; 4. Original constitutional takings clause: origin, meaning and purpose; 5. Theoretical foundations of land takings power: competing traditions and common legacy; 6. 1982 constitutional taking clause re-examined: new wine in an old bottle; 7. Rural land expropriation law in the reform era: a story of continuity; 8. Conclusion.
