Comparative perspectives on criminal justice in China / edited by Mike McConville, Eva Pils.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McConville, Michael.

Pils, Eva.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of--China.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (613 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Comparative Perspectives on Criminal Justice in China is an anthology of chapters on the contemporary criminal justice system in mainland China, bringing together the work of recognised scholars from China and around the world. The book addresses issues at various stages of the criminal justice process (investigation and prosecution of crime and criminal trial) as well as problems pertaining to criminal defence and to parallel systems of punishment. All of the contributions discuss the criminal justice system in the context of China's legal reforms. Several of the contributions urge the conclu

Contents:

pt. I. Comparative perspectives on criminal justice

pt. II. The investigation of crime

pt. III. The prosecution of crime and trial process

pt. IV. Criminal defence

pt. V. Punishment regimes external to the criminal justice system

pt. VI. Concluding observations

pt. VII. Postscript : the 2012 PRC criminal procedure law.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78195-586-7

OCLC:

831118613