Neoproceduralism,a legal paradigm proposed by Weidong Ji,has stirred a debate on the emphasis of the due process of law and the limits of its implications for the programmes of legal reform in contemporary China.This ...Neoproceduralism,a legal paradigm proposed by Weidong Ji,has stirred a debate on the emphasis of the due process of law and the limits of its implications for the programmes of legal reform in contemporary China.This article aims to introduce the debate around Neoproceduralism and some of its major theoretical criticisms in Chinese legal scholarship,as commentators have criticised this paradigm on its newness,a utilitarian reading of legal processes,Westcentrism in its theoretical orientation,and the conflict between its stress on legal processes and Chinese legal-cultural traditions.展开更多
文摘Neoproceduralism,a legal paradigm proposed by Weidong Ji,has stirred a debate on the emphasis of the due process of law and the limits of its implications for the programmes of legal reform in contemporary China.This article aims to introduce the debate around Neoproceduralism and some of its major theoretical criticisms in Chinese legal scholarship,as commentators have criticised this paradigm on its newness,a utilitarian reading of legal processes,Westcentrism in its theoretical orientation,and the conflict between its stress on legal processes and Chinese legal-cultural traditions.
