Legal lessons : popularizing laws in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1989 / Jennifer Altehenger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Altehenger, Jennifer, author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 411.

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 411

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Social aspects--China.

Law.

Law--China--History--20th century.

Law--Social aspects.

China.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Distribution:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2018.

Summary:

"Offers a new perspective on the sociocultural and political history of law in socialist China by telling the story of how the party-state attempted to mobilize ordinary citizens to learn laws. Exams various case studies to trace the dissemination of legal knowledge at different levels of state and society"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Preparations : 1949-1954. No legalese please : why the dissemination of laws became a problem

Paper trials : how the publishing field adapted to law propaganda

Part II. Practices : 1950-1962. What is a basic spirit? : the marriage law and the model legal education campaign

Getting people to abide by law : the Constitution draft discussion and its aftermath

Part III. Revivals : 1970-1989. Constitutional dilemmas : reworking law propaganda for a new socialist era

A new type of five-year plan : institutionalizing "common legal knowledge"

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674983854

0674983858

OCLC:

1002826265