The Citizen and the Chinese State (The Library of Essays on Chinese Law) - Hardcover

 
9780754628637: The Citizen and the Chinese State (The Library of Essays on Chinese Law)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0754628639 ISBN 13: 9780754628637
Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

This volume addresses several core questions regarding the nature of law in China and its future development. In particular, these articles shed light on whether the rule of law ideal is commensurable with government based on the Chinese Communist Party. Beginning virtually from scratch, China has established a comprehensive legal system that boasts a constitution, primary and secondary legislation and plentiful regulations covering most areas of public and private life. Yet, as these articles discuss, its courts are enmeshed in Party and state hierarchies and are not empowered to directly apply constitutional principles or rights, ensuring that the law is subordinate to national public policy goals. Legal and extra-legal methods for punishing wrongdoing and resolving disputes also raise questions of due process of law. Ultimately, the question is therefore whether China's legal system, if eschewing formalised human rights, is developing a capacity to protect fundamental human dignity.

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About the Author

Perry Keller is Senior Lecturer in Law at King's College London, UK.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0754628639
ISBN 13 
9780754628637
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
548
Editor
Keller Perry