Chinese Justice: Civil Dispute Resolution in Contemporary China

by Mary E. Gallagher

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107610621
• ISBN13: 9781107610620
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"