Overview

The relationship between politics and law in the early People’s Republic of China was highly contentious. Periods of intentionally excessive campaign justice intersected with attempts to carve out professional standards of adjudication and to offer retroactive justice for those deemed to have been unjustly persecuted. How were victims and perpetrators defined and dealt with during different stages of the Maoist era and beyond? How was law practiced, understood, and contested in local contexts? This volume adopts a case study approach to shed light on these complex questions. By way of a close reading of original case files from the grassroots level, the contributors detail procedures and question long-held assumptions, not least about the Cultural Revolution as a period of “lawlessness.”

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Author:   Daniel Leese ,  Puck Engman
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Imprint:   De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9783110531046

ISBN 10:   3110531046
Pages:   213
Publication Date:   23 July 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction (Daniel Leese, Puck Engman) Beyond ""Destruction"" and ""Lawlessness"": The Legal System during the Cultural Revolution (Xu Lizhi) The Intelligence Sleeper Who Never Was: Han Fuying and Case 5004 (Michael Schoenhals) Vetting the People’s Servant: On the Principles of Revolutionary Integrity (Puck Engman) A Policeman, His Gun, and an Alleged Rape: Competing Appeals for Justice in Tianjin, 1966–1979 (Jeremy Brown) A Different Category of Life: The Counterrevolutionary Case of a Rural Schoolteacher (Wang Haiguang) From Denial to Apology: Narrative Strategies of a ""Perpetrator"" after the Cultural Revolution (Zhang Man) The Floating Fate of a Rebel Leader in Guangxi, 1966-1984 (Song Guoqing)"

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Daniel Leese, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Puck Engman, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.

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