Sida Liu, Terence C. Halliday

Criminal Defense in China

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book studies the struggles for basic legal freedoms in the work and political mobilization of defense lawyers in China's criminal justice system.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 335g
• ISBN-13: 9781316614846
• ISBN-10: 1316614840
• Artikelnr.: 45195071

Autorenporträt

Sida Liu is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, Faculty Fellow at the American Bar Foundation, and a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton in 2016-17. He received his LLB from Peking University Law School and his PhD in sociology from the University of Chicago. He has written widely on Chinese law, sociolegal theory, and general social theory, including two books (in Chinese) on the legal profession in China.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The politics of criminal defense lawyers
2. Recursivity of criminal procedure reforms
3. Difficulties and danger in lawyers' workplaces
4. Survival strategies and political values
5. The courage of notable activists
6. The trial of Li Zhuang
7. Lawyer activism through online networking
8. Between reform and repression.