The Communist Judicial System in China, 1927-1976: Building on Fear

by Qiang Fang

Drawing on hundreds of newly released judicial archives and court cases, this book analyzes the communist judicial system in China from its founding period to the death of Mao Zedong. It argues that the communist judicial system was built when the CCP was engaged in a life-or-death struggle with the GMD, meaning that the overriding aim of the judicial system was, from the outset, to safeguard the Party against both internal and external adversaries...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9463729453
• ISBN13: 9789463729451
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 336 Pages