A Confucian constitutional order : how China's ancient past can shape its political future / Jiang Qing ; edited by Daniel A. Bell and Ruiping Fan ; translated by Edmund Ryden.

English translation of materials from a workshop on Confucian constitutionalism in May 2010 at the City University of Hong Kong.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-248) and index.

Introduction / Daniel A. Bell -- Part I. A Confucian constitutional order: the way of the humane authority: the way ahead for China's political future: the theoretical basis for Confucian constitutionalism and a tri-cameral parliament / Jiang Qing; The supervisory system of Confucian constitutionalism / Jiang Qing; A Confucian constitutionalist state: the constitutional role and Contemporary significance of republicanism under a symbolic monarch / Jiang Qing -- Part II. Comments: On the legitimacy of Confucian constitution / Joseph Chan; An old mandate for a new state: on Jiang Qing's political confucianism / Bai Tondong; Transcendent heaven? a critique of Jiang Qing's grounding of the right to rule / Li Chenyang; Is the way of the humane authority a good thing? an assessment of Confucian constitutionalism / Wang Shaoguang -- Part III. Responses to commentators: responses to critics / Jiang Qing.