ABSTRACT
The application of globalized liberal models on property law and regulation to China's circumstances is affected by local contexts, particularly sociocultural norms and political and administrative structures. Factors of complementarity are evident in local analyses of China's participation in the international system and tend to emphasize the need for compatibility with China's systemic and substantive requirements. The legitimacy of the regime comes to be compromised to the extent that it fails to deliver on commitments regarding the rule of law, a new calculus of political authority may emerge. The challenge of legitimacy, combined with the challenges of perception and complementarity already discussed, raises important questions about the sustainability and effectiveness of China's emerging property rights regimes. Thus issues of institutional cohesion, combined with those of institutional purpose, location, and orientation, suggest that implementation of the Property Rights Law faces ongoing organizational challenges that augment the normative dynamics of Selective Adaptation.
