The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1963: An Introduction

by Jerome A. Cohen

This volume represents the fruits of a preliminary inquiry into one aspect of contemporary Chinese law-the criminal process. Investigating what he calls China's "legal experiment," Mr. Cohen raises large questions about Chinese law. Is the Peoples Republic a lawless power, arbitrarily disrupting the lives of its people? Has it sought to attain Marx's vision of the ultimate withering away of the state and the law? Has Mao Zedong preferred Soviet practice...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674497228
• ISBN13: 9780674497221
• Release Date: February 1968
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 722 Pages
• Weight: 2.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"