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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826838003321

Autore

Sapio Flora

Titolo

Sovereign power and the law in China [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Flora Sapio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-282-95242-0

9786612952425

90-04-18768-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Collana

China studies, , 1570-1344 ; ; v. 18

Altri autori (Persone)

SapioFlora

Disciplina

364.951

Soggetti

Criminal justice, Administration of - China

Law enforcement - China

Sovereignty - China

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

Preliminary Material / F. Sapio -- Chapter One. Introduction / F. Sapio -- Chapter Two. Legal Nihilism—State Of Exception / F. Sapio -- Chapter Three. Shuanggui / F. Sapio -- Chapter Four. Stop-And-Question / F. Sapio -- Chapter Five. Para-Police Forces / F. Sapio -- Chapter Six. The Camp / F. Sapio -- Chapter Seven. Coercive Interrogation / F. Sapio -- Chapter Eight. Conclusion / F. Sapio -- List Of Legal Documents / F. Sapio -- Reference List / F. Sapio -- Index / F. Sapio.

Sommario/riassunto

In China the coexistence of arbitrary detention and a transition towards a rule of law is either seen as an oxymoron, or as an aberration. This book analyses under-researched institutions and practices in China’s criminal justice system, arguing that derogations from the rule of law constitute an organic component of the legal order. Hidden behind the law, there lies sovereign power, a power premised on the choice to handle certain issues through procedures that derogate from rights. This theoretically sophisticated study overcomes the current impasses in analyses of China’s criminal justice. The result is an highly innovative reading of law and legality in the PRC, useful to scholars of contemporary China, mainstream political theorists, philosophers of



law and policy makers. \'This important book heralds a new chapter in the comparative study of Chinese law and society...it presents and analyses a tremendous wealth of information, above all from contemporary Chinese sources...[the book] provides a new basis for deeper comparisons of the emerging Chinese 'reforming Leninist' model with the 'rule of law' and its suspension in Western countries.\' - Magnus Fiskesjö, Cornell University