Embedded Courts: Judicial Decision-Making in China

ISBN-13: 9781108430364 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 1081 str.

Kwai Hang Ng; Xin He

Opis

A study of the decision-making process of Chinese courts and the non-legal forces and regional factors that influence judicial outcomes.

Recenzje

'Every good book raises as many questions as it answers, and this is a very good book. The most obvious concern China, and Embedded Courts will be required reading for those interested in China.' Frank K. Upham, Law & Social Inquiry

Spis treści

1. Chinese courts as embedded institutions; 2. The daily rounds of frontline judges; 3. Cohorts of judges; 4. Administrative embeddedness - the vertical hierarchy of control; 5. Political embeddedness - courts as a stability maintenance agency; 6. Social embeddedness - ties from within and from without; 7. Economic embeddedness - the political economy of court finances; 8. Conclusion; 9. Methodological appendix.