1. Speculations on Law and Society in Modern China
... new laws, he was working to consolidate his power. Yuan did have a vision for China, but the centre of that vision was nationalism. He wanted China to play a role in the world of nations as a peer. He could only see this being accomplished by the strengthening of the central government. He stripped the newly constituted representative assembly of its power and, in the end, attempted to ... thoughts on law is an appreciation of the special role of the peasant in the Maoist ethic. The one constant in the millennia of Chinese history has been the peasant. Living a subsistence life in the vi...
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