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Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Environment, 10e
Chapter 2
International Law and the
World’s Legal Systems
• China
• Legal system changed at 20th century
with European influence
• Communists seized power- In 1950s laws
supported central state planning.
• Today - Mixed economy with many
modern law codes e.g., tax, securities.
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