Renmin Chinese Law Review, Vol. 1 is the first work in a series of annual volumes on contemporary Chinese law, which bring together the work of recognised scholars from China, offering a window on current legal research in China.

Contents: Preface 1. The Word ‘Constitution’ in Western Languages: How Did it Originate and Evolve Linguistically? Xu Guodong 2. On Legal Theories of Public Interest: An Analysis Based on the Need Spill Theory Liu Taigang 3. On the ‘Economized State’ in the Context of Economic Law Feng Hui 4. On the Changes in the Chinese Legal System for Implementing WTO Laws Zhang Naigen 5. Rethinking the NPC Standing Committee’s Basic Law Revision Power Lin Yan 6. How to Define the Discretion Standard in the Administrative Legal System from the Perspective of Administrative Self-restraint Zhou Youyong 7. The Fate of the Theory of the Nature of Social Harm in Contemporary China Zhao Bingzhi and Chen Zhijun 8. Empirical Studies on the De-functionalization of Criminal Trial in China He Jiahong 9. How to Define Illegal Financing: A Critique of the Judicial Interpretation of Illegal Financing by the Supreme People’s Court Peng Bing 10. Information Supervision: The Optimum Choice of China’s Supervision of Credit Assets Securitization Xu Duoqi 11. Judiciary Strategy for Historical Problems Originating from the Reform of Corporate Share Institutions Dong Chun’e 12. Return to Civil Procedure Law: Re-reforming the Courts’ Power of Investigation and Evidence Collection Li Hao 13. Jurisdictional Error as a Cause for Retrial Should Not be Removed Tang Weijian Index