Tying the Autocrat''s Hands - The Rise of the Rule of Law in China

Informationen zum Autor Yuhua Wang is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. His articles have appeared in the China Journal, the China Review, the China Quarterly, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, the Journal of Peking University (Beijing Daxue Xuebao), and Studies in Comparative International Development. He is a frequent commentator on political developments in China and has been featured in the New York Times, Reuters, and South China Morning Post, as well as on CNN and DR (the Danish Broadcasting Corporation). Klappentext Tying the Autocrat's Hands provides a comprehensive, empirical evaluation of legal reforms in contemporary China. Zusammenfassung Tying the Autocrat's Hands provides a comprehensive! empirical evaluation of legal reforms in contemporary China. Based on the author's extensive fieldwork and analyses of original data! the book tells a story in which foreign investors with weak political connections push for judicial empowerment in China! while Chinese investors struggle to hold on to their privileges. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. A demand-side theory of authoritarian rule of law; 3. Authoritarian judiciary: how the party-state limits the rule of law; 4. State-business relations in China; 5. Who bribes?; 6. When do authoritarian rulers build less-corrupt courts?; 7. When do authoritarian rulers invest in courts?; 8. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Yuhua Wang, Yuhua (University of Pennsylvania) Wang, Wang Yuhua
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.2014
• EAN: 9781107071742
• ISBN: 978-1-107-07174-2
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics; Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Political Ideologies, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Political structure & processes, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory, Political Control & Freedoms, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Law & society, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law