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Environmental Litigation in China: A Study in Political Ambivalence

By Rachel E. Stern

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
1107020026, 9781107020023
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1244210 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Pages
314\316
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-10-16 18:45:59
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Description

This is a book about the improbable: seeking legal relief for pollution in contemporary China. In a country known for tight political control and ineffectual courts, Environmental Litigation in China unravels how everyday justice works: how judges make decisions, why lawyers take cases, and how international influence matters. It is a readable account of how the leadership's mixed signals and political ambivalence play out on the ground - propelling some, such as the village doctor who fought a chemical plant for more than a decade, even as others back away from risk. Yet this remarkable book shows that even in a country where expectations would be that law wouldn't much matter, environmental litigation provides a sliver of space for legal professionals to explore new roles and, in so doing, probe the boundary of what is politically possible.

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