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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792046703321

Titolo

Rethinking law and development : the Chinese experience / / edited by Guanghua Yu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-66741-5

0-203-58310-8

1-299-31970-X

1-136-66734-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

343.5107

Soggetti

Law and economic development - China

Human rights - China - Economic aspects

Human rights - China

Rule of law - China - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A tale of two Chinese courts : economic development and contract enforcement / Xin He -- Economic institutions and firm behavior and performance in China : did institutions matter and how did they come into being? / Julan Du, Yi Lu and Zhigang Tao -- Contract enforcement in China : theory and evidence / Guanghua Yu -- What are property rights good for? Surprising lessons from the Chinese experience / Frank K. Upham -- From economic development to what -and why? China's evolving legal and political engagement with international human rights norms / Jacques deLisle -- The Arab spring and social justice in China : implications for institutional reforms / Randall Peerenboom -- Embedded social-legal activism in China : the case of Yirenping / Hualing Fu -- Economic development, environmental preservation and international policy learning in China : venturing beyond transnational legal process theory / Roda Mushkat -- China's aid and poverty reduction in Africa / Dan Banik.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the result of the collective effort of some of the foremost experts and scholars of Chinese law, Asian law, and Chinese economics



and carefully examines the relationship between law and China's economic development. Serious inquiries and candid opinions of the contributors have made for stimulating discussion and debate in many controversial areas. This book is likely to result in further research into factors affecting China's economic development, political change, and China's interaction with the international community.The book explores the development of the Chinese