Law and Society in the People's Republic of China
ENGAGING THE LAW IN CHINA: STATE, SOCIETY, AND POSSIBILITIES FOR JUSTICE, Neil J. Diamant, Stanley B. Lubman, Kevin J. O'Brien, eds., pp. 3-27, Stanford University Press, 2005
35 Pages Posted: 2 Apr 2008
Date Written: 2005
Abstract
This introduction to "Engaging the Law in China: State, Society, and Possibilities for Justice" (2005) addresses critical issues arising from the emergence of legal institutions in contemporary China. It underscores several perspectives that are useful for understanding how law and society interact, and shows how they might inform future research. In particular, it highlights how concepts such as legal mobilization, the disputing pyramid, disputing trajectories, and legal culture, can be brought to bear on the study of Chinese law. In so doing, it seeks to help span the gap between Chinese legal studies as practiced by historians and scholars at law schools and their counterparts in the social sciences and the law-and-society community.
Keywords: China, law, legal mobilization, legal culture, law and society, disputing pyramid
JEL Classification: K40
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