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Journal of Foreign Legislation and Comparative Law
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Lafitsky V.I., Troshchinsky P.V. Constitutional Way of China: to the Sixtieth Anniversary of the PRC Constitution of 1954

Abstract: The present research is devoted to the 60th anniversary of China's first Constitution (September 1954). The article presents the characteristics of all Chinese constitutions, including the current Constitution of the PRC of 1982, and examines the impact of domestic policies on constitutional-legal framework of the PRC. The constitutional provisions, adopted immediately after the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, and four constitutions of formed in 1949 the People's Republic of China – in 1954, 1975, 1978 and 1982 are subjected to analysis. A special place is given to the amendments to the current Constitution of PRC of 1982, fixing the term "socialist legal state" and raising the role of human rights institution in the life of society. Special characteristics of the constitutional development of the PRC, which have their own "Chinese peculiarities" are pointed out, a forecast of the constitutional development of the Chinese state in the near future is presented. Article identifies parallels enshrined in the norms of constitutions with the teachings of the great Confucius. The authors place particular emphasis on the influence of the teachings of Confucius in the formation of justice of Chinese lawmaker and its subsequent impact on the rules and regulations fixed in the basic laws of China.


Keywords:

Constitution, Confucius, the legal system, legislation, the law of China, comparative law, legal state, the Cultural Revolution, Chinese peculiarities, Xinhai Revolution.


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