Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Commercial law

While political scientists focus on civil and criminal law, the development of commercial law in a country like China is part of the creation of the rule of law. After all, assumptions about how capitalism will help create democracy are based, in part, on the idea that the use of commercial and property law will lead to the demand for civil and criminal law and due process.

Those of us in countries where commercial law has been evolving for hundreds of years, might forget some of the details that are necessary. A country where commercial law has been developing for just over a quarter century has to deal with all the picky details.

China amends criminal law to punish pyramid sales

"China is considering establishing a new crime concerning pyramid sales in its draft amendment to the Criminal Law submitted to the country's top legislature...

"Pyramid selling, in which one sales person relies on recruiting subordinate sales people, was banned by cabinet regulations in 1998."

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