Criminal defense in China : the politics of lawyers at work / Sida Liu, Terence C. Halliday.

Criminal defense in China : the politics of lawyers at work / Sida Liu, Terence C. Halliday.

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

xix, 200 pages ; 24 cm.

Cambridge studies in law and society.

"Illiberal political societies come with varieties of labels - absolute monarchies, military dictatorships, authoritarian or totalitarian politics, Big Man regimes, or dual states. Yet they share key features in common - little or no restraint on arbitrary executive power, most especially as it is exercised through military, police and security apparatuses; law that is distorted and circumscribed and ultimately ineffectual in its protections of individuals and organizations offensive to the ruling power; little space for voices to speak freely about their rulers, their qualities of life, or their circumstances in times and places and organizations of their own choosing; severely constricted notions of rights-bearing citizens beyond those granted or withdrawn by the rulers themselves; and precariousness of property ownership, among others"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index.

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KNQ4630.D43 L58 2016

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