Scholarship

The Common Law and Legal Reform in China

Paul G. Mahoney

Date

2007

Citation

Paul G. Mahoney, The Common Law and Legal Reform in China, Pacific Studies (2007).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Paul G. Mahoney

John W. Glynn Jr. Law & Business Program

Center for Public Law and Political Economy

Center for Empirical Studies in Law

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