China’s Constitutionalism Debate: Content, Context And Implications
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: In 2013, a debate on constitutionalism erupted between liberals advocating better implementation of China’s Constitution and anti-constitutionalist voices claiming that this would harm the political order and the reform project. The debate emerged against the background of a choppy political transition and proliferating social concerns, as well as hopeful expectations regarding the new leadership. However, the anti-constitutionalist position was closely aligned with the new Politburo Standing Committee’s agenda, which continues to reject the notion of a law-based political order and institutionalization of fundamental relationships between the Party, the state and citizens. This has significant implications for the direction of Chinese legal reforms and related scholarly understandings.
Source: The China Journal
DOI: 10.1086/681661
Author: Rogier Creemers
Institution: University of Oxford
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W169570394