Criminal justice in China : an empirical enquiry / Mike McConville and Satnam Choongh ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McConville, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law enforcement--China.

Law enforcement.

Criminal justice, Administration of--China.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (576 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, Glos., UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The political, economic and social transformations that have taken place in China over the last half-century have had a major impact upon the formal methods, institutions and mechanisms used to deal with alleged criminal infractions. This path-breaking book, based upon the largest and most systematic empirical inquiry ever undertaken in China, analyses the extent to which changes to the formal legal structure have resulted in changes to the law in practice. With unprecedented access to prosecution case files, observation of live trials and interviews with judges, prosecutors and defence lawyer

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Sources of police cases; 3. Police powers in relation to detention and arrest; 4. The construction of the police case; 5. Pre-trial preparation of prosecutors; 6. Pre- trial involvement of judges; 7. The construction of the defence case; 8. Trial procedure, rules, setting and personnel; 9. The trial: case file analysis; 10. The prosecution observed; 11. The defence at trial observed (1); 12. The defence at trial observed (2); 13. Trial outcomes observed; 14. The process and the system; 15. Conclusion

Appendix 1. Chinese criminal procedure: an overviewAppendix 2. A note on research methodology; Appendix 3. Case file analysis schedule; Appendix 4. Courtroom observation schedule; Appendix 5. Interview schedule for judges; Appendix 6. Interview schedule for prosecutors; Appendix 7. Interview schedule for defenders; Appendix 8. A note on administrative punishment in China; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-07810-4

9786613078100

0-85793-191-1

OCLC:

721194387