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082 0 0 _a342.531.43
_bPEE
245 0 0 _aJudicial independence in China : lessons for global rule of law promotion
260 _aCambridge ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010.
300 _ax, 262 p. :
_bill. ;
520 _a"This volume challenges the conventional wisdom about judicial independence in China and its relationship to economic growth, rule of law, human rights protection, and democracy. The volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach that places China's judicial reforms and the struggle to enhance the professionalism, authority, and independence of the judiciary within a broader comparative and developmental framework. Contributors debate the merits of international best practices and their applicability to China; provide new theoretical perspectives and empirical studies; and discuss civil, criminal, and administrative cases in urban and rural courts. This volume contributes to several fields, including law and development and the promotion of rule of law and good governance, globalization studies, neo-institutionalism and studies of the judiciary, the emerging literature on judicial reforms in authoritarian regimes, Asian legal studies, and comparative law more generally"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 _aJudicial independence
700 1 _aPeerenboom, R. P.
942 _cBK
999 _c347241
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