The politics of law and stability in China / edited by Susan Trevaskes [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trevaskes, Susan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--China--Philosophy.

Law.

Jurisprudence--China.

Jurisprudence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Politics of Law and Stability in China examines the nexus between social stability and the law in contemporary China. It explores the impact of Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) rationales for social stability on legal reforms, criminal justice operations and handling of disputes and social unrest inside and outside China's justice agencies. The book presents an extensive investigation into the conceptual and empirical approaches by the Party-state to control Chinese citizens and to respond to what it sees as potentially de-stabilising social action such as public protest, discord, deviance

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface*; 1. Stability and the law; PART 1 Managing disputes; 2. Management of stability in labour relations; 3. 'If we award this case to you, all the Chinese people would come to us for justice!' Land-taking cases in the shadow of social stability; 4. Ripples across stagnant water: stability, legal activism and water pollution disputes in rural China; PART 2 Creating and sustaining legal frameworks; 5. Regulation by escalation: unrest, lawmaking and law enforcement in China; 6. Mediating state and society: social stability and administrative suits

7. Death sentencing for stability and harmony8. Criminal procedure, law reform and stability; 9. Stability and anticorruption initiatives: is there a Chinese model?; 10. The impact of the 2009 People's Armed Police Law on the People's Armed Police force; PART 3 Framing the discourses of stability; 11. Detention, stability and 'social management innovation'; 12. The invisible hand of government: the conceptual origins of social management innovation; 13. Framing the stability imperative; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78347-387-8