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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786159503321

Autore

Stern Rachel E.

Titolo

Environmental litigation in China : a study in political ambivalence / / Rachel E. Stern [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-30142-4

1-107-30252-8

1-107-30563-2

1-107-30651-5

1-107-30871-2

1-107-31206-X

1-299-00899-2

1-107-31426-7

1-139-09661-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 300 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in law and society

Classificazione

LAW000000

Disciplina

344.5104/6

Soggetti

Environmental law - China

Environmental law - Political aspects - China

Pollution - Law and legislation - China

Liability for environmental damages - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Post-Mao: economic growth, environmental protection, and the law -- 2. From dispute to decision -- 3. Frontiers of environmental law -- 4. Political ambivalence: the state -- 5. On the frontlines: the judges -- 6. Heroes or troublemakers? The lawyers -- 7. Soft support: the international NGOs -- 8. Thinking about outcomes.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a book about the improbable: seeking legal relief for pollution in contemporary China. In a country known for tight political control and ineffectual courts, Environmental Litigation in China unravels how everyday justice works: how judges make decisions, why lawyers take cases, and how international influence matters. It is a readable account of how the leadership's mixed signals and political ambivalence play



out on the ground - propelling some, such as the village doctor who fought a chemical plant for more than a decade, even as others back away from risk. Yet this remarkable book shows that even in a country where expectations would be that law wouldn't much matter, environmental litigation provides a sliver of space for legal professionals to explore new roles and, in so doing, probe the boundary of what is politically possible.