New Crime in China: Public Order and Human Rights

by Ron Keith and Zhiqiu Lin

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415314828
• ISBN13: 9780415314824
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.6"