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The Making of Chinese Condominium Law. A Comparative Perspective with American and South African Condominium Laws Full Citation Volume 86 Ius Commune Europaeum Series: L. Chen, The Making of Chinese Condominium Law. A Comparative Perspective with American and South African Condominium Laws (2010, Intersentia, Antwerp - Oxford - Portland, ISBN 978-94-0000-088-9, x + 214 p.) Cover Note: China is still in the shadows, for it has no special condominium statute in spite of a fast-growing real estate market and the increasing popularity of condominiums. Even though apartments are the dominant form of housing in China, they are still largely poorly regulated. While in the 1990s condominium ownership was increasingly important due to the privatization of former public housing, obtaining a private title to an apartment usually proceeded without a proper legislative and institutional framework and therefore created many difficulties. The result has been more heat than light, with surprisingly little serious academic treatment of condominium ownership. This book is a new exploration in Chinese condominium law. It addresses the legal deficiency of condominium law and seeks to map out an academically rigorous approach to understanding and formalizing it with a critical comparative analysis. The Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act of the United States of America and the Sectional Titles Act of South Africa are the chosen comparative entities for future Chinese condominium legislation. This comparative study will help to establish a uniform condominium statute in line with Chinese national characteristics and compatible with the pace of the country’s economic development. Since it is clear that the new Chinese Property Law of 2007 will give a boost to further legislation on condominium law, one can safely predict that a special statute on the condominium will soon be on the Chinese legislative agenda. So this book providing a legislative framework based on a comparative study is almost certain to be useful. |
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