Inside China's legal system / / Chang Wang, Nathan H. Madson

• Autore: Wang Chang
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, Cambridge, England ; ; New Delhi, India : , : Chandos Publishing, , 2013; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (741 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.6072
• Soggetto geografico: Asian Study and teaching
• Persona (resp. second.): MadsonNathan H.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright page; Dedication; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Foreword 1; Foreword 2; About the authors; Introduction: justice with a Chinese face; A 'socialist system of laws with Chinese characteristics'; Historical reforms in Chinese law; Comparing Chinese and American legal systems; American perspectives on Chinese law; Human rights commentary and the Chinese response; Questions raised by the Chinese legal system; Positive developments; This book; Part I: Historical views; 1: Philosophical underpinnings of the Chinese legal system ; 'The People's Republic'Anti-Rightist Movement, Great Leap Forward and Great Famine; Cultural Revolution; The trial of the Gang of Four; The case of Yu Luoke; The case of Zhang Zhixin; Tiananmen; Part II: The players; 3: The judiciary; Abstract; The party and the judiciary; Non-independent judiciary; Structure; Supreme People's Court; Are fayuan courts?; 'Judges'; Judicial examination; Judicial corruption; Procuratorates; Access to court information; 4: The police; Abstract; Definitions; Overview; Governing law; Re-education through labor; Maintaining stability or weiwen ; 'Guobao' and 'drinking tea'Internet police; Detention, torture and extrajudicial killings; Yang Jia case; Wen Qiang case; Wang Lijun case; 5: The lawyers; Abstract; Lawyers as a 'bad element'; History of the legal profession in China; Lawyers in the PRC; Legal education; Regulating lawyers; New rules for the punishment of lawyers; 'They came for lawyers'; Lawyers, law professors and troublemakers: Zhang Sizhi, Jiang Ping, Pu Zhiqiang; Li Zhuang case; Part III: Case studies; 6: Civil laws and cases; Abstract; General principles of civil law; Selected civil laws; Commercial law; Civil procedure ; Representative cases7: Criminal laws and criminal cases; Abstract; Criminal law; Criminal procedure; Criminal Procedure Law amendments; The case of Liu Xiaobo; Representative cases in criminal law; The CPC and criminal law; 8: The curious case of Ai Weiwei and administrative law; Abstract; Timeline; Procedure; The 'tax' case; Administrative law in China; Petition; Part IV: Conclusion; Afterword; Is constitutionalism incommensurable with Chinese socialism?; Important updates; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Constitution of the People's Republic of China; Preamble; Chapter I: General Principles ; Chapter II: The Fundamental Rights and Duties of Citizens
• Sommario/riassunto: China's legal system is vast and complex, and robust scholarship on the subject is difficult to obtain. Inside China's Legal System provides readers with a comprehensive look at the system including how it works in practice, theoretical and historical underpinnings, and how it might evolve. The first section of the book explains the Communist Party's utilitarian approach to law: rule by law. The second section discusses Confucian and Legalist views on morality, law and punishment, and the influence such traditional Chinese thinking has on contemporary Chinese law. The third section focuses on
• Titolo autorizzato: Inside China's legal system
• ISBN: 0-85709-461-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787891503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Chandos Asian Studies Series