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9780739119877

Courts and Criminal Justice in Contemporary China

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  • ISBN13:

    9780739119877

  • ISBN10:

    0739119877

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-06-07
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
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Summary

This book is about law on display in Chinese courts. As the first sustained study of criminal trials, rallies, and campaigns in Chinese courts, this book is an account of how law and punishment is constructed and represented both in practice and in rhetoric.

Author Biography

Susan Trevaskes is a research fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith Unversity, Australia.

Table of Contents

Tablesp. ix
Acknowledgementsp. xi
Introductionp. 1
Politics and Authority-Building in Criminal Court Workp. 11
Courts on Trialp. 29
Expressive Punishment: The Court Sentencing Rallyp. 59
The Rise of the Anti-Crime Campaign in Post-Mao Court Workp. 81
Striking Hard: The Politics of Law and Orderp. 115
Chop-Suey Justicep. 145
Courts on the Campaign Path in the Twenty-First Centuryp. 173
Conclusion: Criminal Court Work Then and Nowp. 197
Glossary of Chinese Termsp. 207
Selected Bibliographyp. 209
Indexp. 217
About the Authorp. 227
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