| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
China: from revolution to reform
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China: from revolution to reform.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgement -- Acronyms -- Introduction: Building on Fear -- 1. Born in Blood, 1927-1935 -- 2. Cornerstone or Aberration? 1935-1949 -- 3. From "Excessive Lenience" to Harshness, 1949-1951 -- 4. A Deliberate Purge, 1952-1953 -- 5. A Golden Age? 1953-May 1957 -- 6. The Great Leap of Law, June 1957-1965 -- 7. Not the Worst Period of Law, 1966-1976 -- Conclusion: From Party's Fear to People's Fear -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Drawing on hundreds of newly released judicial archives and court cases, this book analyzes the communist judicial system in China from its founding period to the death of Mao Zedong. It argues that the communist judicial system was built when the CCP was engaged in a life-or-death struggle with the GMD, meaning that the overriding aim of the judicial system was, from the outset, to safeguard the Party against both internal and external adversaries. This fundamental insecurity and perennial fear of loss of power obsessed the Party throughout the era of Mao and beyond, prompting it to launch numerous political campaigns, which forced communist judicial cadres to choose between upholding basic legal norms and maintaining Party order. In doing all of this, The Communist Judicial System in China, 1927-1976: Building on Fear fills a major lacuna in our understanding of communist-era China. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Judicial power -- China -- 20th century.
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Judicial power. |
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China. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Courts -- China -- 20th century.
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Communism -- China -- 20th century.
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Communism. |
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Courts. |
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LAW -- Government -- General. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
e-books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fang, Qiang. Communist Judicial System in China, 1927-1976. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2021 9789463729451 |
| ISBN |
9048554101 (electronic book) |
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9789048554102 (electronic book) |
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