This book provides a comparative analysis of Chinese property law as depicted in the newly enacted Chinese Civil Code.

I. Foundations of Property Law 1. What is Property? Meiling Huang 2. Translation for The Masses: The Poetics of Chinese Property Law Francesca Iurlaro II. Limited Real Rights 3. Real Rights Less than Ownership in the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China: How Civilian are they? Asya Ostroukh 4. The Law of Servitudes in the New Chinese Civil Code Through the Eyes of a Foreign Civilian Lawyer María Ithurria III. Regimes of the Disposal of Property 5. A Scots Lawyer Looks at the Chinese Law of Delivery of Goods Craig Anderson 6. Flexibilities of the Transfer System Under Chinese Property Law Jing Zhang IV. The System of Secured Transactions 7. A Comparative Study of Chinese and American Registration Systems for Secured Transactions in Movables Hongfei Xi 8. Atypical Secured Transactions from the Functionalist Perspective Jiayong Zhang 9. Preferential Performance in the Security Contract Jun Li 10. Concluding Reflections Paul J. du Plessis