【2014】Environmental Litigation in China: A Study in Political Ambivalence
Book 图书名称: Environmental Litigation in China: A Study in Political Ambivalence
Author 作者: Rachel E. Stern
Publisher 出版社: Cambridge University Press
Page 页数: 314
Publishing Date 出版时间: Oct 15, 2014
Language 语言: English
Size 大小: 1 MB
Format 格式: pdf 文字版
ISBN: 1107020026, 9781107020023
Edition: 第1版 搜索过论坛,没有该文档
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.