●Introduction The Three Basic Ways of State Governance
Chapter Ⅰ Why Did Modern Rule of Law Not Emerge in China First?
Section Ⅰ China Already Had the Social Gene for Modern Rule of Law in the Late Ming and Early Qing Period
Section Ⅱ The Powerful Feudal Autocracy and the Perfected
Governance System Killed Modern Rule of Law at Birth
Section Ⅲ Natural Economy and the Policy of "Emphasizing Agriculture，Restraining Commerce" Suppressed the Growth of Capitalism
Chapter Ⅱ How Did Rule of Law Begin in China?
Section ⅠThe Historic Context of Western Legal Culture's Introduction to China
Section Ⅱ Different Traditions of Legal Culture in China and the West
Section Ⅲ Rule of Law Embraced Socialism in China
Chapter Ⅲ Why Did China Choose Rule of Law?
Section Ⅰ Debate over Rule of Law and Rule of Man After 1949
Section Ⅱ Basic Motivations Behind the Party's Choice of Rule of Law
Section Ⅲ Major Arrangements for the Path to Socialist Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics
Section Ⅳ Key Factors Determining Success or Failure of Rule of Law in China
Section Ⅴ Criteria for Measuring the Success of Building Rule of Law
Chapter Ⅳ How Does China's Path to Rule of Law Differ from the West's?
Section Ⅰ What Is the Relationship Between Leadership by the Party and Rule of Law?
Section Ⅱ The CPC's View on Fairness and Justice
Section Ⅲ The CPC's View on Power
Section Ⅳ How Concepts of Human Rights Differ Between China and the West
Afterword China's Path of Rule of Law in the Period of Social Transformation

本書以大量事例、詳實數據和平實鮮活的語言，對中國歷史上的法制傳統、法制觀念、法制模式以及近數十年來中國法治建設的情況做了繫統介紹，較全面和精到地闡釋了“全面依法治國”這一主題。本書中文版曾入選2016年5月中國好書榜，現多語種版本的出版，有利於增進國外讀者對中國特色社會主義法治道路的認識和了解。