Opening Remarks for International symposium on Chinese Culture and
　　the Rule of Law and Annual Conference of China Society of
　　Legal History（Preface） .................................. Xia Yong / 1

　　　　　　Chinese Culture and the Modern Idea of the Rule of Law
Unforgettable Civilization
　　——Chinese Culture and the Rule of Law ................... Xia Yong / 5
Spirit of harmony in traditional Chinese culture
　　.................................... Zhou Ziliang and Qiao Shouzhong / 42
Multiple dimensions of traditional Chinese culture research ..... Zu Wei / 62
Traditional Chinese legal thinking and the modern
　　system of the rule of law ............................. Cui Yongdong / 77
“Original sin” of the law of China .......................... Ma Zuowu / 82
Ideal for the rule of law by the modern Chinese
　　legal elites ......................................... Zhang Renshan / 89
Cooling down the rule of law for constitutionalism .......... Gao Jishun / 104
Chinese tradition of judiciary and potential rules of
　　Chinese judicial powers ............................... Fan Zhongxin / 119

　　　　　　Chinese Legal system and Legal Civilization in China
Exploring precious heritage of Chinese legal civilization:
　　Some Tentative ideas on compiling Legal History of
　　Chinese Minority Nationalities ........................ Zhang Jinfan / 141
Comparison of legal systems and the developing
　　Chinese legal system ................................... Ni Zhengmao / 152
Similarity between continental legal system and Chinese legal system
　　............ Xu Xiangmin, Liu Yuanzheng, Zhang Hongjie and Chen Chen / 175
An analysis of the relationships between Kaihuang (开皇)
　　Code of Sui Dynasty and Buddhism ..................... Zhou Dongping / 184
Comments on four questions in the Tang Code ................. Wang Limin / 199
A Study of Article 92 of the Tang Code: Examination and
　　Assessment of Officials .................. ［UK］Geoffrey MacCormack / 210
Conditions and values of mortgage system from
　　the viewpoint of ancient Chinese law:
　　A concurrent study of the fortune of mortgage system
　　in the current Chinese legislation of property law .... Wang Mingsuo / 226

　　　　　　　　　　Legal History of Legal Disciplines
Property Rights and Business Investment in Late
　　Imperial and Early Republican China .......... ［US］Madeleine Zelin / 243
Chinese legal mechanism of commodity market
　　in early modern times .................................... Su Jilang / 253
Private agreement and dispute settlement:
　　analysis of 38 Huizhou(徽州) contractual
　　instruments in Ming Dynasty ............................. Han Xiutao / 259
Ancient Chinese civil law in the interaction of folk
　　law and state law ........................................ Bu Anchun / 276
Means for civil proceedings in Qing dynasty:
　　focusing on the Huangyan(黄岩) Records ............... Deng Jianpeng / 292
Crime of “seeking property from loanee by official”
　　and bribery by despots in Ming and Qing dynasties .......... Bai Hua / 311
Criminal law reform in late Qing dynasty
　　——emphasis on values of the draft criminal code of
　　　　the Qing Dynasty .................................. Gao Hancheng / 329
1954 Constitution in history: the text and the reality ..... Guo Shaomin / 343
Culture, Power and Globalization: China’s Changing
　　Approach to International Law ................ ［Australia］Ann Kent / 356
Investigation of customs and conventions in late imperial and
　　early republican China and Investigation Reports of
　　Civil and Commercial customs and conventions .... ［Japan］Siyinzhao / 371

Comparative study of Legal Culture and History in China and Other Countries
Legal Mercy in Chinese and Comparative Perspective
　　..............................................［Norway］Børge Bakken / 399
Sir Henry Maine’s work and the traditional legal systems
　　..............................................［Hungary］Gábor Hamza / 417
Between Law and Culture in the Leased Territory of Weihaiwei
　　...............................................［Malaysia］Carol Tan / 430
Selective Adaptation of Economic Governance Norms:
　　Transparency and Autonomy in Local Context
　　...........................................［Canada］Pitman B.Potter / 439
Review of Chinese culture and the rule of law in multiple dimensions:
　　Comments on 2005 international symposium on “Chinese Culture
　　and the Rule of Law” ................................. Gao Hancheng / 447

Postscript ............................................................. / 465