ABSTRACT ABSTRACT Based on analyzing public corporation in foreign countries, this paper studies basic theories of public legal establishment, with our country s reality in the social transferring period as a whole, submits a construction proposal of public legal establishment in our country, and discusses specific basic problems of public legal establishment, such as construction methods. In Chapter One, the author studies public corporations in Civil Law System and in Common Law System, comparing public corporations in both law systems, and consequently induces the concept of public legal establishment. Chapter Two of this paper studies the concept of public legal establishment, its characteristics and different forms. Firstly, the author defines the public legal establishment as a non-government organization established according to certain legal regulations, with the aim to fulfill specific public functions, enjoys certain rights and undertakes certain responsibilities on its own behalf. Secondly, four characteristics of public legal establishment are discussed: with specific public administration aims; established according to public law; exists as enjoying public power; there are certain private law and public law relations between the public legal establishment and its members or beneficiaries. Thirdly, public legal establishments can be divided into different categories based on their different functions: public legal establishments fulfilling administration and management; public legal establishments with public construction natures; public legal establishments with professional associations natures; industry and commercial public legal establishments; public legal establishments with interest-organization natures. In Chapter Three, the paper studies the legal status and administrative legal liabilities of public legal establishment. Firstly, the paper discusses different relations between public legal establishments and state authorities, public legal establishments and civilians, and explains accordingly the dual legal status of public legal establishment: being a private party in the administrative process or an

administrative subject. Secondly, the paper analyses the administrative legal liabilities of public legal establishment, especially that of public legal establishments as administrative subjects. The Special Power Relation theory is studied. Meanwhile, certain factors we should considered when we decide whether to make judicial reviews on the public legal establishment or not are discussed. Chapter Four studies the construction of public legal establishment in China. Firstly, the paper states the necessity of constructing the public legal establishment in our country. The grounds for the necessity are: after the entry into WTO, functions of those governments in our country has been transformed, administrative power will be separated from government organizations gradually; non-government organization will carry the administrative power separated from government organization in great amount, administrative law should define the legal status of those non-government organizations with administrative power, and regulates them. Secondly, by detailed analysis, the author concludes that in our country, such non-government organizations as institutions and social organizations have already had a nature of public legal establishment. From this aspect, the paper discusses the possibility of constructing the public legal establishment in our country. Lastly, some methods of constructing the public legal establishments in our country are studied, such as to reform the administrative subject theory, to broad scopes of the administrative litigation and state indemnity, to draw up certain regulations to establish and regulate public legal establishments and so on. Subject. Key Words: Public Corporation; Public Legal Establishment; Administrative

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CONTENTS CONTENTS Preface 1 Chapter 1 Public Corporation in Foreign Countries 2 1 1 The Public Corporation in Civil Law System 2 1 2 The Public Corporation in Common Law System 5 1 3 Comparison of the Public Corporation in both law systems 6 Chapter 2 Concept, Characteristics and Different Forms of Public Legal Establishment 10 2 1 Concept of Public Legal Establishment 11 2 2 Characteristics of Public Legal Establishment 13 2 3 Different Forms of Public Legal Establishment 14 Chapter 3 Legal Status and Administrative Legal Liabilities of Public Legal Establishment 16 3 1 Legal Status of Public Legal Establishment 16 3 2 Administrative Legal Liabilities of Public Legal Establishment 19 Chapter 4 Construction of Public Legal Establishment in China 24 4 1 Necessity of Constructing the Public Legal Establishment in Our Country 24 4 2 Possibility of Constructing the Public Legal Establishment 4 3 in Our Country 30 Methods of Constructing the Public Legal Establishment in Our Country 36 Conclusion 45 References 46

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