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The Internal Logic Behind the Evolution of Company Law in China: Do Legal Origins Matter?

Argues that Chinese company law cannot be understood only as a tool for state objectives; the evolution of limited liability and corporate form also reflects an internal legal logic.

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Use It For

Use this to complicate simple legal-transplant stories about Chinese company law.

Teaching Notes

Pair it with Article 1 of the revised Company Law and ask whether the statute’s public aims displace, or coexist with, company law’s private-law logic.