Legal Lessons: Popularizing Laws in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1989

by Jennifer Altehenger

Book Overview

The popularization of basic legal knowledge is an important and contested technique of state governance in China today. Its roots reach back to the early years of Chinese Communist Party rule. Legal Lessons tells the story of how the party-state attempted to mobilize ordinary citizens to learn laws during the early years of the Mao period (1949-1976) and in the decade after Mao's death.

Examining case studies such as the dissemination...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674251245
• ISBN13: 9780674251243
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.8"