COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF ASIAN LAW VOL. 11 SPRING 1997 NO. 1 CONTENTS ARTICLE THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS Mich CHINA'S COMPANY LAW: ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK? A MODEST COMPLAINT Nichol THE COLONIAL ROOTS OF CIVIL PROCEDURE IN THE PHILIPPINES COMMENTARY CHINA'S MAJOR REFORM IN CRIMINAL LAW PRESIDENTIAL, PARLIAMENTARY, OR COMBINED SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: COMPARISON AND CHOICE FOR CHINA zel W. Dowdle las C. Howson Amy Rossabi Dingiian Cai 127 175 213 Jian Tan 219 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Columbia Journal of Asian Law gratefully acknowledges the generous grant from the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law which made the establishment of the Journal possible. The Directors and the Board of Editors of the Columbia Journal of Asian Law recognize with gratitude and appreciation the contributions of the previous year's Board of Editors of the Columbia Journal of Asian Law, listed below, whose efforts have helped made this issue possible. Editor-in-Chief Robert E. Phay, Jr. Executive Editors James Larish Tingkang Xia Managing Editors Emilie Hsu Mark Hsu Senior Articles Editors Virginia Tam Kirk Tong David Waters Business Editor Sung-Jin Kang Production Editor Duke Fujiyama Benjamin Chun Shelly Dolev Jon Gray Qing Huang Notes Editors Jung-Won Hyun Gabrielle Lese Articles Editors Naomi Ishikawa Hyeon Lee Jaeho Lee Hyekyung Lim Submissions Editor Janice Kam World Wide Web Editor Alexander Lin Jeonghyon Nam Koston Pelly Shantanu Surpure COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF ASIAN LAW VOL. 11 SPRING 1997 NO. 1 Board of Directors R. RANDLE EDWARDS JEONG-HO ROH MICHAEL K. YOUNG Executive Editor ALBERT SHEU Editor-in-Chief DALI DING Managing Editor GEoFF MUKAE Submissions Editor WENSENG PAN Subscription Editor ALISSA PARK Finance Editor AMIsHA MODY roduction & Technology Editor LAVESH SATrANI Notes Editors JAno CHO HAKSOO Ko QCHUN AHN RICH BOYDEN JAY CHOI GERALDINE ACUNA NOAH BRUMFIEL_ CHYI CHEN MINDING SIoN Kim PAUL LEE Articles Editors KENJiIDA GREG OSTLING KYUNG-NAM SHIN Editors ENOCH LIANG JULIA LIN RANDALL LOWE TAM PHAM HYUN SHIN XUAN ZHANG JAN ZHU KIM-ANH TOMSEN ZHAOHUI WANG TIFFANY WILLIAMSON BErriNA YIP CYNTHIA YUAN YUUN ZOU EDITOR'S NOTE Published semi-annually under the auspices of the Center for Chinese Legal Studies, the Center for Japanese Legal Studies and the Center for Korean Legal Studies at the Columbia University School of Law, the Columbia Journal of Asian Law is the successor to the Journal of Chinese Law, which commenced publication in 1987. The Journal provides a forum for legal practitioners and scholars from Asia, the United States and elsewhere to discuss the broad range of issues that relate to law in the countries of Asia. The Journal welcomes multidisciplinary, historical and comparative manuscripts, as well as those describing and analyzing aspects of contemporary law and practice. As part of this effort, the Columbia Journal of Asian Law maintains a World Wide Web site, located at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/asiaweb. The Journal welcomes your financial support. Contributions can be sent to: Columbia Journal of Asian Law Columbia Law School 435 West 116th Street New York, NY 10027. 02_11ColumJAsianL[iii](1997).pdf 04_11ColumJAsianL[vii](1997).pdf