Presidential Rule of Law Initiative
Encyclopedia
Presidential Rule of Law Initiative, or US-China Rule of Law Initiative, was a project between the United States
and People's Republic of China
to expand bilateral cooperation in the field of law.
In 1998, President Bill Clinton
and President Jiang Zemin
agreed to this program. The special representative for the US side was Paul Gewirtz
.
One project of this initiative was the American Law Library
program, which was to translate hundres of books of American law into Chinese.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
to expand bilateral cooperation in the field of law.
In 1998, President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
and President Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin is a former Chinese politician, who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, and as Chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2005...
agreed to this program. The special representative for the US side was Paul Gewirtz
Paul Gewirtz
Paul D. Gewirtz is the Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law at Yale Law School and the Director of the China Law Center at Yale.-Biography:...
.
One project of this initiative was the American Law Library
American Law Library
The "American Law Library" series are a series of Chinese books that are translated from American law textbooks.In 2000, the Public Affairs Section of the American Embassy to the People's Republic of China and the China University of Political Science and Law Publishing House -- as part of the US...
program, which was to translate hundres of books of American law into Chinese.
External links
- Paul Gewirtz, The US-China Rule of Law Initiative (pdf file), William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, Vol.11, pp.603-621 (2003).
- Introduction to the Presidential Rule of Law Initiative