A Study On The Rules Of Law In Deng Xiaoping’s Thoughts And Practice

The rules of law in Deng Xiaoping’s thoughts is one of the most important partsin Deng Xiaoping Theory, which involves many aspects such as legislations, lawenforcements, judicial, legal supervisions and legal talents, as well as theconstructions of socialist legal systems. It presents that democracy is the foundationfor the rule of laws which also being the guarantee for democracy, and it stresses onthe protection of people’s democracies in some institutionalized and legalized ways,and it also breaks the law that class character is the essential nature for legislations,and corrected law’s socializations and other attributes. By the breakthrough in tool oflaw values, it affirms rationalities for the value of the freedoms and rights in laws, andIt believes that the law should not only be just a manifestation for justices, it shouldalso be the defender for efficiencies, and the law should not only be the using tool tomaintain orders, but also the patron saint for the people’s well-beings and socialjustices. The rules of law in the ideology of Deng Xiaoping are strategic thoughts fora party who leads the people to govern the country according to laws. In the greatobjective in the Fifteenth Communist Party of China—“the rule of law, and buildinga socialist country on it”; and the proposals in the Sixteenth Party Congress—“thedevelopment of socialist democracy and building socialist political civilization are animportant goal to building a moderately prosperous society. We should adhere to thefour cardinal principles, active in pushing forward the political system reformssteadily, expand socialist democracy, improve socialist legal system, and build asocialist country ruled by laws, we should continue to consolidate and improvedemocracy, solidarity, liveliness, stability and harmony of the political situation.”Building a socialist country under the rule of law has become an inevitable trend forChina’s social development, and the continuous strengthens for the guidance ofcorrect theory is much more important. Deng Xiaoping’s rules of law have played asignificant role by guiding the practice on building a socialist rule of laws and have a far-reaching impact, while they are still important parts in the theory of socialism withChinese characteristics and decisions in the historical choice by the party and state.Therefore, learning and studying the rules of law in Deng Xiaoping’s thoughts andpractice should have great theoretical and practical significance.