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Author:   Flora Sapio (Australian National University, Canberra) ,  Susan Trevaskes (Griffith University, Queensland) ,  Sarah Biddulph (University of Melbourne) ,  Elisa Nesossi (Australian National University, Canberra)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.700kg
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9781107190429

ISBN 10:   1107190428
Pages:   410
Publication Date:   27 July 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part I. Constructing the Idea of Justice: Traditional and Contemporary Perspectives: 1. The expression of justice in China Flora Sapio, Susan Trevaskes, Sarah Biddulph and Elisa Nesossi; 2. State, society and the justice debate in contemporary China Joshua Rosenzweig; 3. High justice vs low justice: the legacy of confucian and legalist notions of justice Delia Lin; 4. Rawls rejected, ignored, and radicalized: debating procedural justice in China Samuli Seppänen; Part II. The Performance of State Justice: 5. Weaponising the rule of law in China Susan Trevaskes; 6. Wrongful conviction: the useful injustice? Elisa Nesossi; 7. 'Rich Sister' Wu Ying, judicial drama and justice Flora Sapio; Part III. Expressing Justice in the Public Arena: 8. Justice in the PRC: how the Chinese Communist Party has struggled with managing public opinion and the administration of criminal justice in the internet age Ira Belkin; 9. Doing justice: traditional and liberal conceptions of political morality in contemporary Chinese advocacy initiatives Eva Pils; 10. Perceived justice of migrant workers in China Xin He, Lungang Wang and Yang Su; Part IV. Justice in Action and Law: 11. In search of justice: China's elusive civil litigation reforms Margaret Woo; 12. Justice at the margins: notions of justice in the punishment of prostitution Sarah Biddulph; 13. Bringing politics back in: access to justice and labor dispute resolution in China Hualing Fu; 14. Of ceremonial columns Flora Sapio, Susan Trevaskes, Sarah Biddulph and Elisa Nesossi.

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Flora Sapio is an associate at the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University, Canberra. Her research interests are diverse and include Chinese criminal justice, ideology, and contemporary Chinese legal philosophy, civil society organizations in China, among others. Her publications include Sovereign Power and the Law in China (2010). Susan Trevaskes is a member of the Griffith Criminology Institute at Griffith University, Queensland, and is an Adjunct Director of the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University, Canberra. Her sole-authored works include The Death Penalty in Contemporary China (2012). She has published widely in journals such as The British Journal of Criminology, The China Journal and The China Quarterly. Sarah Biddulph is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2014–18) and Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne Law School. Her recent publications include The Stability Imperative: Human Rights and Law in China (2015). Elisa Nesossi is an Australian Research Council Research Fellow at the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University, Canberra. She is the author of China's Pre-Trial Justice: Criminal Justice, Human Rights and Legal Reforms in Contemporary China (2012), and has co-edited two books with Susan Trevaskes, Sarah Biddulph and Flora Sapio, The Politics of Law and Stability in China (2014) and Legal Reforms and Deprivation of Liberty in Contemporary China (2016).

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