The List of "The Ten Best Books on the Rule of Law in 2013" Released by the Rule of Law Weekend

By Bi Xiaoqing
After one round of recommendation and two rounds of appraisal and selection, the List of "The Ten Best Books on the Rule of Law in 2013" was released by the weekly magazine The Rule of Law Weeken on December 19, 2013. The list has been widely disseminated in Chinese media and drawn the attention and caused heated debates among the law circle, the publishing circle, readers of the Rule of Law Weekend, and other people interests the development of the rule of law in China. The following is the List of the Ten Best Books on the Rule of Law in China in 2013:

1.Chen Xiahong, Perilous Wind and Waves: Jiang Ping and His Era, Beijing: Law Press China

2.Zhang Sizhi, We the Lawyers, Beijing: Law Press China

3.Catherine Drinker Bowen, Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787, Chinese edition (transl. Zheng Mingxuan), Beijing: New Star Press

4.Brain Lamb, Susan Swain, Mark Farkas (eds.), The Supreme Court: A C-Span Book Featuring The Justices In Their Own Words, Chinese edition (Transl. He Fan), Beijing: Peking University Press

5.Xu Zhangrun: Sitting Back and Waiting for Daybreak, Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press

6.Bruce Ackerman: We the People: Foundations, Chinese edition (transl. Wang Qinghua), Beijing: China University of Political Science and Law Press

7.Deng Zibin, China on Zebra Crossing: A Review of a Decade of Development of the Rule of Law in China, Beijing: Law Press China

8.Zhang Mingkai, Expansion of Maxims of Criminal Law, third edition, Beijing: Law Press China

9. Liang Zhiping, Stories behind Law, Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press

10. Charles Adams, For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization, Chinese edition (transl. Zhai Jiguang), Beijing: China University of Political Science and Law Press