The modernization of Chinese civil law generally follows the Western modern law, adopting its principles of equal personality, holy private right, cont ract autonomy and fault liability as our models. Meanwhile, it adjusts these principles, following changes of Western modern law which happened with the development of technology and society. Compared with the Western evolution from the individual person cornerstone to the social cornerstone, Chinese civil law evolves along a shortcut from the t raditional family cornerstone to the social cornerstone. This speciality inevitably brings important influences to Chinese modern civil law and modern society. |