Asian Law

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Asian Law
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Traditional Chinese Schools of Law

• Li (Confucian approach)
• emphasized morality
• suspicious of written law
• social harmony promoted by hierarchy (political
  and familial)
• Fa (legalist approach) advocated
• Uniform objective standards
• Published in advance for all to know
• Enforced by rewards and punishment

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The four modernizations

• Announced by Deng Xiaoping during the 1978
  Peoples Congress
• Agriculture
• Industry
• National Defense
• Science and Technology