Ruling Before the Law: The Politics of Legal Regimes in China and Indonesia

ISBN-13: 9781108445894 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 319 str.

William Hurst

Opis

Building on extensive fieldwork in China and Indonesia, Hurst offers a valuable comparison of legal systems in practice.

Recenzje

'... the book aims to bring a new perspective to the study of law and society and judicial politics ...' Wang Jiangyu, Comparative Politics

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Understanding legal regimes; 2. Historical overview of Chinese and Indonesian legal regimes; 3. Law and revolution: mobilizational justice and charismatic politics; 4. Rule by law: authoritarian legitimacy and legal efficiency; 5. Neotraditional sclerosis: law in the service of stagnant hierarchies.