• Introduction to law, democracy, and legal system. • Definition of law. • Theories of law and court. • Universal concept of rule of law. • Classification of legalism. • Two prospects of China-Africa legal cooperation. • Areas of China-Africa cooperation and legal mechanism. • FOCAC and China-Africa legal cooperation. • BRI and China legal cooperation. • Common legal risks, issues in China-Africa cooperation. • Land. • Finance. • Expatriate quota and resident permit. • Local content. • Indigenous raw materials. • Copyright infringement. • ADR and China-Africa legal cooperation. • Technology and China-Africa legal cooperation. • A review of Chinese legal system. • Confucianism, Legalism, Buddhism and Taoism. • Marxism-Leninism ideology. • European continental, civil, and common law. • The Structure and Procedure of the Chinese Judiciary. • The administrative divisions of China. • The structure and hierarchy of Chinese courts. • The procedure of the Chinese law. • Filing procedure. • Interim measures. • Judgements and enforcement. • Appeals • The collegial system. • People's assessor. • Judicial committees. • The protectorates. • Foreign proceedings and judgements • ADR in China. • Continuing construction of the Chinese legal system • Notes on African legal systems. • Background to African law. • English common law system. • Ghana. • Nigeria. • Kenya. • French Africa civil law system. • Benin • Senegal. • Tunisia. • Comparison of China-Africa laws and procedure. • Relativity of the concept of rule of law. • Nuances of fundamental human rights. • adversarial versus inquisitorial trial mode.