title: The ecologization of the Chinese Civil Code
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metadata.value: Mingzhe, Zhu
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-06-24T21:17:09Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-06-24T21:17:09Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Mingzhe Zhu. 2020. The ecologization of the Chinese Civil Code. Pravovedenie 64 (4): 511–525.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2020.405
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/36979
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Although the emergence of sustainability development in civil law has triggered substantial discussion,
  scarce literature is available in English on the introduction of ecological norms to the
  newly promulgated Chinese Civil Code, which came into force at the beginning of 2021. This
  article intends to fill the gap by providing an overview of the structure and significance of the
  principles and rules designed to render the Civil Code more adaptable to the global urgency
  of sustainable development. The ecological principle added to the Civil Code is designed to
  promote public interests rather than individual liberty. Unlike other civil law principles, the ecological
  principle needs to be scientifically justified, which no longer depends only on judicial
  discretion. Regarded as a continuation of the movement for socialization, the ecological principle
  contributes to the global trend of questioning anthropocentrism in law and manifests itself
  in a new understanding of human activity. Ecologizing the Civil Code entails a methodological
  agenda that incorporates more pragmatic, coherent, and policy-oriented argumentation in judicial
  practice. Moreover, it entails an ontological agenda, still in formation, that urges us to
  recognize the inevitable connections between human and nonhuman worlds on the ontological
  side. Within the scope of this principle, the section of the Civil Code on property law imposes
  the duty to act in accordance with the necessity of resource conservation and environmental
  protection. It is also predictable that stricter limitations will be imposed on property rights, in
  the name of good neighborliness. State intervention by courts due to ecological considerations
  will become more frequent in contractual disputes. Finally, the Code introduces the notions
  of punitive liability and pure environmental harm, which diverge from the classical continental
  tradition of understanding civil liability. Despite the theoretical novelties, the question of to what
  extent civil adjudication can achieve a comprehensive ecological transformation still needs to
  be scrutinized.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: This research is funded by the Research Foundation — Flanders (File number 76473).
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Pravovedenie;Volume 64; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: ecological principle
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: pragmatism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: state intervention
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: private autonomy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: punitiveness
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: environmental protection
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: resource conservation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The ecologization of the Chinese Civil Code
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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