The manuscript of the present textbook has been used for acourse taught by the author for the LL.M. Program in Chinese Law atTsinghua University School of Law from 2005 to 2010. The mainobjective of this course is to provide international students withbasic knowledge of Chinese civil procedure and the conflict oflaws. In particular, the course expounds civil lawsuits that arefiled in accordance with the Chinese code of civil procedure 锛圕ivilProcedure Law of the People's Republic of China锛? othe

Part 1 Chinese Civil Procedure
聽 Chapter One A General Survey of Chinese Procedural Law
聽聽聽 1. SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL LAW
聽聽聽 2. DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROCEDURAL LAW
聽聽聽 3. JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF THE PRC
聽 Chapter Two An Overview of Chinese Civil Procedure
聽聽聽 1. SOURCES OF CHINESE CIVIL PROCEDURAL LAW
聽聽聽 2. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CHINESE CIVILPROCEDURE
聽聽聽 3. BASIC SYSTEMS OF CHINESE CIVILPROCEDURE
聽 Chapter Three Court Competence and Court Jurisdiction inCivil Matters
聽聽聽 1. COURT COMPETENCE IN CIVIL MATTERS AND ITSRELATIONSHIP TO MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION
聽聽聽 2. COURT JURISDICTION
聽 Chapter Four Litigation Participants
聽聽聽 1. PARTIES
聽聽聽 2. AGENTS AD LITEM
聽 Chapter Five Evidence
聽聽聽 1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
聽聽聽 2. BURDEN OF PROOF AND THE COURT'S RIGHT TOINVESTIGATE AND COLLECT EVIDENCE
聽聽聽 3. ORIGINALITY OF EVIDENCE 锛圓RTICLE 68 OF THECPL锛?br />聽聽聽 4. EXPERT EVALUATION 锛圓RTICLE 72 OF THECPL锛?br />聽聽聽 5. INSPECTION 锛圓RTICLE 73 OF THE CPL锛?br />聽聽聽 6. PRESERVATION OF THE EV