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ItemThe Politics of Law and Stability in China(Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2014)
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ItemLegal Reforms and Deprivation of Liberty in Contemporary China(Routledge, 2016)The power to deprive people of their liberty is a defining prerogative of the state and the dominant form of punishment in most societies across the world.
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ItemJustice: The China Experience(Cambridge University Pres, 2017)Claims about a pursuit of justice weave through all periods of China's modern history. But what do authorities mean when they refer to 'justice' and do Chinese citizens interpret justice in the same way as their leaders? This book explores how certain ideas about justice have come to be dominant in Chinese polity and society, and how some conceptions of justice have been rendered more powerful and legitimate than others. This book's focus on 'how' justice works incorporates a concern about the processes that lead to the making, un-making and re-making of distinct conceptions of justice. Investigating the processes and frameworks through which certain ideas about justice have come to the political and social forefront in China today, this innovative work explains how these ideas are articulated through spoken performances and written expression by both the party-state and its citizenry.
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ItemHandbook on Human Rights in China(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019)This Handbook gives a wide-ranging account of the theory and practice of human rights in China, viewed against international standards, and China’s international engagements around human rights.
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ItemGood Governance in Economic Development International Norms and Chinese Perspectives(UBC Press, 2019)Good Governance in Economic Development critically examines the transparency and accountability mechanisms underpinning international trade, finance, and investment regimes, particularly in view of the intensifying influence of China.
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ItemThe Stability Imperative Human Rights and Law in China(UBC Press, 2015)social stability has been a core priority of the CCP. After installation of the new generation of leaders under under General Secretary Xi Jinping in 2012 there has been no lessening of the focus by senior leadership on the preservation of ...
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ItemLegal Reform and Administrative Detention Powers in China(CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2007)Using a conceptual framework, this 2007 book examines the processes of legal reform in post-socialist countries such as China. Drawing on Bourdieu's concept of the 'field', the increasingly complex and contested processes of legal reform are analysed in relation to police powers. The impact of China's post-1978 legal reforms on police powers is examined through a detailed analysis of three administrative detention powers: detention for education of prostitutes; coercive drug rehabilitation; and re-education through labour. The debate surrounding the abolition in 1996 of detention for investigation (also known as shelter and investigation) is also considered. Despite over 20 years of legal reform, police powers remain poorly defined by law and subject to minimal legal constraint. They continue to be seriously and systematically abused. However, there has been both systematic and occasionally dramatic reform of these powers. This book considers the processes which have made these legal changes possible.