Legislation of Tort Liability Law in China

Prof. Zhang Xinbao is a well-known civil law scholar in China. He is the Editor-in-Chief of The China Legal Science Journals Press and Professor at China Law School of Renmin University. In addition, he is selected as the Distinguished Professor of Yangtse River Scholar by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, and one of the “Ten Outstanding Young Jurists” by the China Law Society. The research fields of Prof. Zhang Xinbao include tort liability law, personality law, contract law, the general provisions of the civil law, and information law.Prof. Zhang Xinbao got his LL.B degree from Southwest College of Political Science and Law in 1984, and LL.M degree from Renmin University of China Department of Law in 1986. Prof. Zhang studied the US tort law at Syracuse University from 1991 to 1993. He got his Ph.D. degree from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1997.

The Suggestions on Amending the Second Draft of Tort Liability Law for Examination and Approval.- The Several Suggestions on Enacting the Tort Liability Law.- On Several Technical Problems Concerning Enactment of Civil Code.- The General Provision of the Tort Liability Law.- The Legislation Pattern of Tort Law: General Provisions + Comprehensive Enumeration.-  On the Legislative System of the Tort Liability Law.- On the Degree of Codification of the Tort Liability Law.- On the Causative Potency Theory in Tort Law.- Nine Treatises on the Liability for Joint Tort.- Operators’ Duty of Safety Protection on Business Premises.- On Burden of Proof in Medical Negligence.- The Relationship Between the Right to Claim for Compensation from Work-Related Injury Insurance and the Right to Claim Compensation for Personal Injury.- The Relation Between Right to Request Tort Liability and Right to Request Property Rights.- Relationship Between Right of Claim for Tort and Right of Claim for Restitution of Unjust Enrichment.- On The Compensation for Death Caused by Torts.- On The Compensation for Mental Damage Due to Death By Infringement.- Pure Economic Loss and Its Compensation Rules.- On Legislation of Punitive Damages.- Assumption of Compensation Liability by the Motor Vehicle: On the Compensation Obligor in Road Traffic Accidents.- On Negative Theory of “News (or Media) Infringements”.- Inappropriateness of the Stipulation of Specific Tort Liability in Administrative Regulations.