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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139781107020023
eBay Product ID (ePID)138527609
Product Key Features
Number of Pages314 Pages
Publication NameEnvironmental Litigation in China: a Study in Political Ambivalence
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLaw
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
AuthorRachel E. Stern
SeriesCambridge Studies in Law and Society
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight590 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorRachel E. Stern