COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF ASIAN LAW
VOL. 19 SPRING 2005 - FALL 2005 NO. 1

CONTENTS

SPECIAL EDITION

INTRODUCTION:
CELEBRATING STANLEY LUBMAN

PROFESSOR STANLEY LUBMAN:
A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Benjamin L. Liebman
R. Randle Edwards

Donald C. Clarke

ARTICLES

THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTITUTIONALISM
IN THE TRANSITION OF CHINESE SOCIETY

JUSTICIABILITY OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND
CULTURAL RIGHTS: THE UN COMMITTEE
ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
RIGHTS' REVIEW OF CHINA'S FIRST
PERIODIC REPORT ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
RIGHTS

How Do WE KNOW WHEN AN ENTERPRISE
EXISTS? UNANSWERABLE QUESTIONS
AND LEGAL POLYCENTRICITY IN CHINA

DICEY, LUBMAN, AND BAGEHOT: CHINESE
LAW IN THE COMMON LAW MIND

Ding/ian Cai

Lei'la Choukroune

Donald C. Clarke

Michael W. Dowdle



ARTICLES

JUDICIAL REFORM IN CHINA: LESSONS FROM
SHANGHAI

CHINA'S LEGAL PROFESSION: THE NASCENCE
AND GROWING PAINS OF A
PROFESSIONALIZED LEGAL CLASS

EXPORTING JUDICIAL REVIEW FROM THE
UNITED STATES TO CHINA

LAW AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL
DEMOCRACY IN CHINA: PROBLEM OR
PARADIGM?

LAND DISPUTES, RIGHTS ASSERTION, AND
SOCIAL UNREST IN CHINA: A CASE FROM
SICHUAN

GOVERNANCE OF CHINA'S PERIPHERY:
BALANCING LOCAL AUTONOMY AND
NATIONAL UNITY

CASE PRECEDENT IN QING CHINA:
RETHINKING TRADITIONAL CASE LAW

LAW, DEVELOPMENT, AND THE RIGHTS OF
CHINESE WOMEN: A SNAPSHOT FROM
THE FIELD

Mei Ying Gechlik

Weifang He 138

Tahirih V. Lee

Randall
Peerenboom

Eva Pils 235

Pitman B. Potter 293

Zhiqiang Wang 323

Margaret YK. Woo 345



)to by Mikhail Lemkhin

PROFESSOR STANLEY B. LUBMAN