Legal Reforms and Deprivation of Liberty in Contemporary China (The Rule of Law in China and Comparative Perspectives)

By: Susan Trevaskes and Flora Sapio and Sarah Biddulph and Elisa Nesossi

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Synopsis: The volume presents an extensive investigation into the process of reforms of detention powers in today’s China and offers an in-depth analysis of the debates surrounding the reformist attempts. The chapters in this collection demonstrate that legislative and institutional reforms in this area result from political opportunities - openings and tensions at the central institutional levels of political authority - and contingent social and political factors. The book examines legal and institutional reforms to institutions of detention and imprisonment that have occurred since the 1990s, with a particular focus on the 21st century. Its content follows three particular lines of enquiry concerning the issue of deprivation of liberty in contemporary China. The first deals with the academic and theoretical debates on the subject of imprisonment and detention. The related chapters explain the difficulties encountered in this area of research and understandings of the discourses of reform through labour in Western and Chinese scholarship. The second deals with the specific issues of criminal and administrative forms of deprivation of liberty, examining in particular the institutional and legislative dimensions, considering the relationship between reforms and criminal justice policy agendas. The third assesses the meaning of institutional reforms in the context of the changing state-society relationship in contemporary China.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 176 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781317106050
Related ISBNs:: 9781315592091, 9781138606128, 9781472479396
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 03/05/22
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Elisa Nesossi, Sarah Biddulph, Flora Sapio and Susan Trevaskes
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Elisa Nesossi
Edited by:: Sarah Biddulph
Edited by:: Flora Sapio
Edited by:: Susan Trevaskes