Commission for Studying Constitutional Government

Commission for Studying Constitutional Government
Shortened toCSCG
Simplified Chinese宪政编查馆
Traditional Chinese憲政編查館

The Commission for Studying Constitutional Government[1] (shortened to CSCG;[2] simplified Chinese: 宪政编查馆; traditional Chinese: 憲政編查館), also known as Constitution Compilation Commission,[3] was an organ responsible for constitutional affairs in the whole country during the preparation of the constitution during the late Qing dynasty.[4]

Constitution Compilation Commission was established by the Qing court in 1907, and its forerunner was the "Committee for Studying the Ways of Government" (考察政治馆) set up by the Qing government in 1905.[5]

References

  1. ^ Trial of Modernity: Judicial Reform in Early Twentieth-Century China, 1901-1937. Stanford University Press. 2008. pp. 280–. ISBN 978-0-8047-7950-0.
  2. ^ Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik; Agnes S. Schick-Chen; Sascha Klotzbucher; Sascha Klotzbücher (2006). As China Meets the World: China's Changing Position in the International Community. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. pp. 101–. ISBN 978-3-7001-3644-6.
  3. ^ Yun Zhao; Michael Ng (2018). Chinese Legal Reform and the Global Legal Order. Cambridge University Press. pp. 2092–. ISBN 978-1-107-18200-4.
  4. ^ Historical Archives. Historical Archives Magazine Agency. 2007. pp. 110–.
  5. ^ Qing History Atlas. Forbidden City Press. 2002. pp. 150–.