Victims, perpetrators, and the role of law in Maoist China : a case-study approach / edited by Daniel Leese and Puck Engman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leese, Daniel, editor.

Engman, Puck, editor.

Series:

Transformations of Modern China ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Law.

Law--China--History--Cases.

China--Politics and government--1949-1976.

China.

China--History--1949-1976.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oldenbourg : De Gruyter, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Eine erstmalige Analyse maoistischer Justiz auf Basis von Originalfallakten, die aufgrund ihrer plastischen Details einen tiefen Einblick in die chinesische Rechts-, Politik- und Sozialgeschichte geben. Durch die Betonung der Akteuersebene wird, jenseits von Metadiskursen, der totalitäre Charakter der frühen Volksrepublik China und der mehr oder minder großer Spielraum von Angeklagten, Richtern und politischer Führung ausgelotet. Der Band versammelt chinesische, europäische und amerikanische Wissenschaftler, um gemeinsam eine Revision des bisherigen Forschungsstandes zu ermöglichen.

The relationship between politics and law in the early People'sRepublic of China was highly contentious. Periods of intentionallyexcessive campaign justice intersected with attempts to carve outprofessional standards of adjudication and to offer retroactive justicefor those deemed to have been unjustly persecuted. How were victims andperpetrators defined and dealt with during different stages of theMaoist era and beyond? How was law practiced, understood, and contestedin local contexts? This volume adopts a case study approach to shedlight on these complex questions. By way of a close reading of originalcase files from the grassroots level, the contributors detailprocedures and question long-held assumptions, not least about theCultural Revolution as a period of "lawlessness."

Contents:

Politics and law in the early People's Republic of China / Daniel Leese and Puck Engman

Beyond destruction and lawlessness: The Legal System during the Cultural Revolution / Xu Lizhi (transl. by Daniel Leese)

The Intelligence sleeper who never was: Han Fuying and case / Michael Schoenhals - A Different Category of Life: The counterrevolutionary case of a rural xchoolteacher / Wang Haiguang (transl. by Amanda Shuman)

Vetting the People's servant: on the principles of revolutionary integrity / Puck Engman

A policeman, his Gun, and an alleged rape: competing appeals for justice in Tianjin, 1966-1979 / Jeremy Brown

From denial to apology: narrative strategies of a perpetrator'' after the Cultural Revolution / Zhang Man

The floating fate of a rebel leader in Guangxi, 1966-1984 / Song Guoqing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110531091

3110531097

9783110533651

3110533650

OCLC:

1046612495