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Understanding China's legal system : essays in honor of Jerome A. Cohen / edited by C. Stephen Hsu.
LIBRA KNQ74 .U54 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--China.
- Law.
- China.
- Law--China--History.
- History.
- Genre:
- Festschriften.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 426 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University, [2003]
- Summary:
- A nuanced and compelling portrait of the fastest-growing prison population in America, presented in the voices of the women prisoners themselves.
- Contents:
- Trying to understand the current Chinese legal system / William C. Jones
- Exporting "the pursuit of happiness" / William P. Alford
- Puzzling observations in Chinese law / Donald C. Clarke
- Grave matters / Susan Roosevelt Weld
- The role of case precedent in the Qing judicial process as reflected in appellate rulings / R. Randle Edwards
- The comparative law school of China / Alison W. Conner
- Law in China's economic development / Natalie G. Lichtenstein
- A legal perspective on the development of electoral democracy in China / Jamie P. Horsley
- The concept of "one country, two systems" and its application to Hong Kong / Albert H. Chen
- The rule of law in Taiwan / Tsung-Fu Chen.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0814742548
- 0814742556
- 081473653X
- OCLC:
- 50549089
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