Introduction The Three Basic Ways of State Governance
Chapter I Why Did Modern Rule of Law Not
Emerge in China First
Section I China Already Had the Social Gene for Modern Rule
of Law in the Late Ming and Early Qing Period
Section Ⅱ The Powerful Feudal Autocracy and the Perfected
Governance System Killed Modern Rule of Law at Birth
Section III Natural Economy and the Policy of “Emphasizing Agriculture
Restraining Com merce"Suppressed the Growth of Capitalism
Chapter II How Did Rule of Law Begin in China
Section I The Historic Context of Western Legal Culture's
Introduction to China
Section Ⅱ Different Traditions of Legal Culture in
China and the West
Section Ⅲ Rule of Law E m braced Socialism in China
Chapter III Why Did China Choose Rule of Law
Section I Debate over Rule of Law and
Rule of Man After 1949
Section Ⅱ Basic Motivations Behind the Party's
Choice of Rule of Law
Section III Major Arrangements for the Path to Socialist
Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics
Section Ⅳ Key Factors Determining Success or
Failure of Rule of Law in China
Section V Criteria for Measuring the Success of
Building Rule of Law
Chapter IV How Does China's Path to Rule of Law Differ
from the West's
Section I What Is the Relationship Between Leadership
by the Party and Rule of Law
Section II The CPC's View on Fairness and Justice
Section III The CPC's View on Power
Section Ⅳ How Concepts of Human Rights Differ Between
China and the West
Afterword China's Path of Rule of Law in the Period
of Social Transformation

《法治的中国道路(英文版)》既是对中共十八届四中全会精神的精要解读，同时也是对“依法治国”主题的一种深刻阐释。本书尝试从回答国际社会和国内读者关切的问题入手，在调查研究的基础上，以大量事例、详实数据和平实鲜活的语言，对中国的法治传统、法治观念、法治模式以及法治建设情况进行了系统介绍。这既是对未来中国法治国家建设路线图的详细描述，也是对新一届中央领导集体的执政理念和治国方略的宣传阐释，同时也将填补我法治建设对外宣传的空白，推动中国政治话语体系的建设。