caa a22 4500 388104279 CHVBK 20180307125332.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199909 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0305741000003428 doi S0305741000003428 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0305741000003428 Potter Pitman B. The Chinese Legal System: Continuing Commitment to the Primacy of State Power [Elektronische Daten] [Pitman B. Potter] On the 50th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, the legal system plays an increasingly significant role in social, economic and even political relationships. Legal norms drawn largely from foreign experiences have been selected and applied through a plethora of newly established institutions. The role of law as a basis for government authority has become a legitimate and significant issue in the broader political discourse. Despite these achievements, law in China remains dependent on the regime's policy goals. Particularly where political prerogatives are at stake, legal requirements appear to pose little restraint on state power. In this sense, the ten years that have passed since Tiananmen appear to have had little impact on the willingness of the party-state to dispense with legal requirements in pursuit of political expediency. If we are to rely upon Dicey's dictum on the rule of law being in effect when the state becomes just another actor, the rule of law in China still seems a distant prospect indeed. Copyright © The China Quarterly 1999 The China Quarterly Cambridge University Press 159(1999-09), 673-683 0305-7410 159<673 1999 159 CQY https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741000003428 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741000003428 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Potter Pitman B. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The China Quarterly Cambridge University Press 159(1999-09), 673-683 0305-7410 159<673 1999 159 CQY CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge