The culmination of a 5-year project of 52 leading legal experts in China. Covers all seven of the nation's major legal branches: the Constitution and its related laws; Administrative Law; Criminal Law; Civil and Commercial Law; Social Law; Economic Law; and Procedural Law and Nonprocedural Law. Explores crucial issues such as the codification of separate laws, the limits of state power, and the solution to the problem of inadequate legal resources.