| Chinese Justice: Civil Dispute Resolution in Contemporary China Contributor(s): Woo, Margaret Y. K. (Editor), Gallagher, Mary E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1107006244 ISBN-13: 9781107006249 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Civil Procedure - Law | Comparative |
| Dewey: 347.510 |
| LCCN: 2010045090 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.55 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume analyzes whether China's thirty years of legal reform have taken root in Chinese society by examining how ordinary citizens are using the legal system in contemporary China. It is an interdisciplinary look at law in action and at legal institutions from the bottom up, that is, beginning with those at the ground level that are using and working in the legal system. It explores the emergent Chinese conception of justice - one that seeks to balance Chinese tradition, socialist legacies, and the needs of the global market. Given the political dimension of dispute resolution in creating, settling, and changing social norms, this volume contributes to a greater understanding of political and social change in China today and of the process of legal reform generally. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gallagher, Mary E.: - Mary E. Gallagher is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, where she is also the director of the Center for Chinese Studies. She is also a faculty associate at the Center for Comparative Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research. Gallagher is the author of Contagious Capitalism: Globalization and the Politics of Labor in China (2005) and the forthcoming The Rule of Law in China: If They Build It, Who Will Come? which was funded by the Fulbright Association and the National Science Foundation. |
