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Secondary Sources Siyi Lin, The Law of Unjust Enrichment in China: Necessary or Not? (Singapore: Springer, 2022). Lihong Zhang, “Chinese Report,” in Salvatore Mancuso & Mauro Bussani eds., The Principles of BRICS Contract Law (Singapore: Springer, 2022). Mo Zhang, Chinese Contract Law: Theory and Practice, 2d ed. (Leiden, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2019). Jieying Liang, Party Autonomy in Contractual Choice of Law in China (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018). Chunyan Ding, “Contract Formation under Chinese Law,” in Formation and Third Party Beneficiaries (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2018). Larry A. Dimatteo & Lei Chen eds., Chinese Contract Law: Civil and Common Law Perspectives (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2017). Yaoliang Huang & Yixin Chen, “China,” in International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Contracts (Kluwer Law International, 1998). Available on Kluwer Law Online. Junwei Fu, Modern European and Chinese Contract Law: A Comparative Study of Party Autonomy (Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International, 2011). James M. Zimmerman, China Law Deskbook: A Legal Guide for Foreign-Invested Enterprises (Chicago: American Bar Association, 2010). Chapter 7 covers contract law. Qing Zhang, “Contract Law in China,” in Law of International Trade (Thomson Reuters, 2006—), Volume 4, Chapter 141. John H. Matheson, “Convergence, Culture and Contract Law in China,” Minnesota Journal of International Law 15 (2006): 329. https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/faculty_articles/105. Kenneth A. Custshaw, Michael E. Burke & Christopher A. Wagner, Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Doing Business in China (Chesterland, OH: Business Laws, Inc., 1995—). Chapter 10 covers Chinese Contract Law. University of Maryland, Series on Contemporary Chinese Law (Eagan, MN: Thomson Reuters/West, 2008), Volume 2, Chapter 4. Subject Searches: Contracts--China.Obligations (Law)--China.Negotiable instruments--China.Bill of exchange--China.Liberty of contract--China. Primary Sources [Labor Contract Law of the People’s Republic of China] 中华人民共和国劳动合同法 | Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Laodong Hetong Fa, Order of the President No. 73/2012, promulgated 28 Dec 2012, effective 01 Jul 2013. 国家法律法规数据库. NPCSC Official Gazette (01/2013: 45-56). Translated: -- Lawinfochina (2012). English. Modifies: -- [Labor Contract Law of the People’s Republic of China] 中华人民共和国劳动合同法 | Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Laodong Hetong Fa, Order of the President No. 65/2007, promulgated 29 Jun 2007, effective 01 Jan 2008. 中国政府网. SC Official Gazette (23/2007: 5-12); NPCSC Official Gazette (05/2007: 410-420). [Regulation on the Implementation of the Employment Contract Law of the People’s Republic of China] 中华人民共和国劳动合同法实施条例 | Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Laodong Hetong Fa Shishi Tiaoli, Order of the State Council No. 535/2008, promulgated 18 Sep 2008, effective immediately. 中国政府网. SC Official Gazette (28/2008: 4-7). Translated: -- Lawinfochina (2008). English. [Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Mediation and Arbitration of Disputes over Rural Land Contract and Management] 中华人民共和国农村土地承包经营纠纷调解仲裁法 | Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Nongcun Chengbao Jingying Jiufen Tiaojie Zhongchai Fa, Order of the President No. 14/2009, promulgated 27 Jun 2009, effective 01 Jan 2010. 国家法律法规数据库. NPCSC Official Gazette (05/2009: 474-479). Translated: -- The Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Republic of China, “Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Mediation and Arbitration of Disputes over Rural Land Contract and Management,” in The Laws of the People’s Republic of China (Beijing: Law Press, 2009), 125-140. English. [Law of the People’s Republic of China on Land Contract in Rural Areas] 中华人民共和国农村土地承包法 | Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Nongcun Tudi Chengbao Fa, Order of the President No. 17/2018, promulgated 29 Dec 2018, effective 01 Jan 2019. 国家法律法规数据库. NPCSC Official Gazette (01/2019: 9-15). Modifies: -- Law of the People’s Republic of China on Land Contract in Rural Areas] 中华人民共和国农村土地承包法 | Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Nongcun Tudi Chengbao Fa, Order of the President No. 18/2009, promulgated 27 Aug 2009, effective immediately. 中国法律法规信息库. Modifies: -- [Law of the People’s Republic of China on Land Contract in Rural Areas] 中华人民共和国农村土地承包法 | Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Nongcun Tudi Chengbao Fa, Order of the President No. 73/2002, promulgated 29 Aug 2002, effective 01 Mar 2003. SC Official Gazette (28/2002: 5-9); NPCSC Official Gazette (05/2002: 347-352). [Negotiable Instruments Law of the People’s Republic of China] 中华人民共和国票据法 | Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Piaoju Fa, Order of the President No. 22/2004, promulgated 28 Aug 2004, effective immediately. 国家法律法规数据库. NPCSC Official Gazette (06/2004: 527-535); SC Official Gazette (01/2005: 5-14). Translated: -- The Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Republic of China, “Negotiable Instruments Law of the People’s Republic of China,” in The Laws of the People’s Republic of China (Beijing: Law Press, 2004), 301-320. English. -- AsianLII (2004). English. Modifies: -- [Negotiable Instruments Law of the People’s Republic of China] 中华人民共和国票据法 | Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Piaoju Fa, Order of the President No. 49/1995, promulgated 10 May 1995, effective 01 Jan 1996. NPCSC Official Gazette (04/1995: 52-66); SC Official Gazette (13/1995: 506-521). Translated: -- AsianLII (1995). English.
Secondary Sources Zentaro Kitagawa, Doing Business in Japan (New Providence, NJ: LexisNexis, 2010—), Chapter 2, Contracts and Business Activities. Available on Lexis. Last update 2018. Kunihiro Nakata, “Performance and Monetary Remedies for Breach of Contract in Japan,” in Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia. I, Remedies for Breach of Contract (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), Chapter 6. Yoshikazu Yamashita, “Formation of Contract in Japan,” in Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia. I, Remedies for Breach of Contract (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), Chapter 6. Hiroyuki Kihara, “The Regulation of Mistake, Fraud, and Misrepresentation in Japan,” in Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia IV: Invalidity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022). Hiroo Sono, “Threats and Unfair Exploitation under Japanese Law,” in Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia IV: Invalidity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022). Masami Okino, “Contracts for the Benefit of Third Parties in Japan,” in Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia II: Formation and Third Party Beneficiaries (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018). Masami Okino, “The Interpretation of Contracts under Japanese Law,” in Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia III: Contents of Contracts and Unfair Terms (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020). Hiroyuki Kihara, “The Regulation of Unfair Terms and Consumer Protection in Japan,” in Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia III: Contents of Contracts and Unfair Terms (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020). Hiroshi Oda, “Law of Obligations and Contracts,” in Japanese Law, 4th ed. (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2021), Chapter 7. Subject Searches: Contracts--Japan.Obligations (Law)--Japan.Negotiable instruments--Japan.Bills of exchange--Japan. Primary Sources [Civil code. Sec. 3, chapt. 2 (art. 521-696)] 民法. 第三編, 第二章 (521-696条) | Minpō, dai 3-hen, dai 2-shō (521-696-jō), Act no. 89/1896, 27 Apr 1896. Hōrei DB. Translated: -- JLT (2023; parts 1-3). English (tentative translation). -- JLT (2014; parts 4-5). English. -- EHS 2100 FA-FAA (2016). English. [Commercial Code. Sec. 2 (art. 501-683)] 商法. 第二編 (501-683条) | Shōhō. dai 2-hen, (501-683-jō), Act no. 48/1899, 09 Mar 1899. Hōrei DB. Translated: -- JLT (2022). English. -- EHS 2200 JA (2017). English. [Negotiable instrument act] 手形法 | Tegatahō, Act no. 20/1932, 15 Jul 1932. Hōrei DB. Translated: -- EHS 2210 JB (2006). English. Under English title: Law on bills. -- Doing Business in Japan, Appendix 1, Chapter 2: Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Act. English. [Check act] 小切手法 | Kogittehō, Act no. 57/1933, 29 Jul 1933. Hōrei DB. Translated:EHS 2220 JC (2006). English. Under English title: Law on cheques.