Transition from human governance to law governance in institutions of rural China : from the viewpoints of economics and law

本文从经济学和法学的角度对中国农村制度，特别是农地使用权制度进行了分析。(1)对承包经营权进行了修改，通过扩大剩余索取权的范围，鼓励农民增加投资。(2)征用权下的部分补偿证明了承包经营权的权利。这一措施分别抑制了农民的过度投资和政府的过度征用。(3)在湖南省的例子中，农民认为土地产权的建立是清算他们的农田的前兆。(4)然而，在土地所有权制度中，除了法律治理之外，人的治理也起着重要的作用。

Institutions of rural China, especially farmland tenure system are analyzed from the viewpoints of economics and law, and the following results are obtained.(1) The contracted management right has been revised to encourage farmers to invest more, by expanding the scope of residual claims.(2) Partial compensation under eminent domain certifies the entitlement of the contracted management right. This measure restrains excessive investment and expropriation by farmers and the government respectively.(3) In the case of the Hunan province, the farmers perceived the establishment of land property rights to be a precursor to the liquidation of their farmland.(4) However, not only law governance but also human governance play important roles in land tenure system.