| New Crime in China: Public Order and Human Rights Contributor(s): Keith, Ronald (Author), Lin, Zhiqiu (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415314828 ISBN-13: 9780415314824 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: This book examines new crimes, or crimes which are newly of great concern, in China, and assesses the balance, or rather the imbalance, between public order and human rights in the way the law deals with them. These new crimes include 'evil cults', domestic violence, sexual harassment, internet fraud, website pornography, and organised crime in the sex and drugs trades and human trafficking. The topic is of particular importance, both because current social upheaval in China, which is likely to continue, contributes a great deal to the increase of new crimes, and because there is increasing international interest in the law following China's accession to the World Trade Organisation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Criminal Law - General - History | Asia - China |
| Dewey: 345.51 |
| LCCN: 2005001300 |
| Series: Routledgecurzon Contemporary China |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.32" W x 9.56" (1.08 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Examining the crimes that have recently been of the greatest concern in China, the authors assess the imbalance between public order and human rights in the way the Chinese legal system deals with crime. The issue of crime is of particular importance, both because current social upheaval in China has greatly contributed to the increase of new crimes, and because there is increasing international interest in Chinese law following the country's accession to the World Trade Organization. This is an in-depth study on contemporary Chinese law reform, presenting a fascinating portrait of a society and legal system grappling with vast social change. |
