ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Journal of Chinese Law gratefully acknowledges the gener-
ous grant from the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law
which made establishment of the Journal possible.

EDITORS' NOTE

The Journal of Chinese Law commenced publication in 1987
under the auspices of the Columbia University School of Law and the
Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law. The Journal pro-
vides a forum for legal practitioners and scholars from China, the
United States and elsewhere to discuss the broad range of issues that
relate to law in China. The Journal welcomes multidisciplinary, his-
torical, and comparative manuscripts, as well as those describing and
analyzing aspects of contemporary Chinese law and practice.

It is normally the policy of the Journal to follow the pinyin sys-
tem of transliteration which is the system currently in use in the Peo-
ple's Republic of China. For this symposium issue on Taiwan,
however, the Wade-Giles system is used for articles written by Tai-
wan authors and for sources originating in Taiwan. The pinyin sys-
tem will continue to be used for all other names and sources.

The Journal welcomes your financial support. Contributions can
be sent in care of the Journal to the Center for Chinese Legal Studies,
Columbia University School of Law, New York, NY 10027.