China’s population and family planning law, known as the “one child law” recently changed to “two child law,” has always been a topic of interest to our patrons who have submitted many questions to the Law Library. Our Foreign Law Intern, Emma Wei, has prepared a bibliography with highlights of our collections and publications on this issue for readers who would like to learn more about this topic.
Overview of Population and Family Planning in China
The following titles show how the family planning policy started, developed, and was implemented from the perspectives of law, political science, sociology and statistics:
- Thomas Scharping, Birth Control in China, 1949-2000: Population Policy and Demographic Development (2005)
- Suiquan Yang, Zhongguo Renkou Falyu Zhidu Yanjiu [China Population Legal System Studies] (in Chinese) (1995)
- Xizhe Peng, Demographic Transition in China: Fertility Trends Since the 1950s (1991)
- Judith Banister, China’s Changing Population (1987)
Birth Control and Human Rights
The following titles address birth control and human rights issues:
- Sabine Berking and Magdalena Zolkos, Between Life and Death: Governing Populations in the Era of Human Rights (2009)
- Jing-Bao Nie, Behind the Silence: Chinese Voices on Abortion (2005)
- The Laogai Research Foundation, Better Ten Graves Than One Extra Birth: China’s Systematic Use of Coercion to Meet Population Quotas (2004)
- Information Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Family Planning in China (1995)
- John S. Aird, Slaughter of the Innocents: Coercive Birth Control in China (1990)
Law Library Publications
The Law Library has published articles briefing the recent developments of the family planning law and local regulations. Below are relevant articles published on Global Legal Monitor and In Custodia Legis.
- Laney Zhang, China: 2016 Revised Provincial Family Planning Regulations, GLOBAL LEGAL MONITOR (Feb. 6, 2017)
- Laney Zhang, China: Maternity Leave Further Extended by Provinces, GLOBAL LEGAL MONITOR (May 3, 2016)
- Laney Zhang, China: Two Child Policy Becomes Law, GLOBAL LEGAL MONITOR (Jan. 8, 2016)
- Laney Zhang, China: Two-Child Policy and Law, GLOBAL LEGAL MONITOR (Nov. 5, 2015)
- Laney Zhang, Where to Find China’s Provincial Family Planning Regulations, IN CUSTODIA LEGIS (Oct. 29, 2015)
- Laney Zhang, China: Provincial Family Planning Regulations Amended Allowing More Couples to Have a Second Child, GLOBAL LEGAL MONITOR (Aug. 6, 2014)
- Laney Zhang, China: Statistics on Family Planning Fines Released, GLOBAL LEGAL MONITOR (Aug. 4, 2014)
- Hanibal Goitom, Formulation of the One-Child Policy in China, IN CUSTODIA LEGIS (Nov. 19, 2013)
- Wendy Zeldin, China: Investigation of Late Forced Abortion Leads to Suspension of Local Officials, GLOBAL LEGAL MONITOR (June 21, 2012)
- Laney Zhang, China: Maternity Leave Extended from 90 Days to 98 Days, GLOBAL LEGAL MONITOR (June 18, 2012)
- Hanibal Goitom, China’s One Child Policy, IN CUSTODIA LEGIS (Jun. 27, 2011)
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