COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF ASIAN LAW

VOL. 13 SPRING 1999 NO. 1

CONTENTS

ARTICLES

FUNDAMENTAL PRiNCIPLES
OF CHINA'S CONTRACT LAW Wang Liming & Xu Chuanxi I

A VULNERABLE JUSTICE:

FINALITY OF CIVIL JUDGEMENTS IN CHINA Nanping Liu 35

THE INTERNET IN CHINA Richard Cullen & Pinky D. W. Choy 99

PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION IN CHINA:
OF PROMINANCE AND PROBLEMS Wenhai Cai 135



ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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.

EDITORS 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 ofAsian 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.

Email: asianlaw@law.columbia.edu



COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF ASIAN LAW
VOL. 13 SPRING 1999 NO. 1

Board of Directors

R. RANDLE EDWARDS JEONG-Ho ROH

Editor-in-Chief

SARA E. COES

Executive Editor

RANDAL S. DHALIWAL

Managing Editor

CHANGJIAN SHAO

Articles Editors

YEON WOOK JEONG

YEON-JOo LEE

BRIAN K. NAGATANI

YASUTAKA NUKINA

NEERI K. RAO

SUMI K. SAKATA

Editors

CELIA CHAN
LORNA XIN CHEN

CHI-TANG PETER CHANG
WHITNEY K. CLAYTON

JASON GOTrLIEB

GAVIN HEALY
DAVID LIN
LAN Lou

BO-YONG PARK
SANDRA PARK
KEEWON SHIN

JAMES SILVERGLAD
RONG TAO

SHUNG YANG
CHIN YOO

GARLAND K. Yu


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