Title Sovereign power and the law in China / edited by Flora Sapio.

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Description	1 online resource (ix, 364 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	China studies, 1570-1344 ; v. 18
	China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 18.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Legal nihilism : state of exception -- Shuanggui -- Stop-and-question -- Para-police forces -- The camp -- Coercive interrogation -- Conclusion.
Summary	This work undertakes an analysis of extra-legal institutions in Chinas criminal justice, explaining their resilience and entrenchment with the thesis that sovereign power is premised on juridical mechanisms that allow the suspension of rights.
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Subject	Criminal justice, Administration of -- China.
	Criminal justice, Administration of.
	China.
	Law enforcement -- China.
	Law enforcement.
	Sovereignty.
	Sovereignty.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Sapio, Flora.
Other Form:	Print version: Sovereign power and the law in China. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004182455 (DLC) 2010019416 (OCoLC)614989055
ISBN	9789004187689 (electronic book)
	9004187685 (electronic book)
	9789004182455 (hardbound)
	9004182454 (hardbound)