Law and the Party in China - Ideology and Organisation

This book is aimed at legal and political scholars and professionals. It will provide them with a coherent explanation of how law is conceived within its ideological context, and how the Chinese Communist Party uses it as part of its governance toolkit.

List of contents

1. Ideology and Organisation in Chinese law: Towards a New Paradigm for Legality Rogier Creemers and Susan Trevaskes; Part I. Ideology and the Party in Law: 2. Party Ideology and Chinese Law Rogier Creemers; 3. Making Sense through Ideology Gloria Davies; 4. The Conception of Legality Under Xi Jinping Ewan Smith; 5. Law-Morality Ideology in the Xi Jinping Era Delia Lin and Susan Trevaskes; Part II. Ideology and the Party in Law and Organisation: 6. Seeking Truthful Names: The External Implications of China's Internal Ideology and Organisation Margaret K. Lewis; 7. The 'Organisational Weapon' of the Chinese Communist Party: China's Disciplinary Regime from Mao to Xi Jinping Ling Li; 8. Disorientation for the New Era: Intraparty Regulations and China's Changing Party-State Relations Samuli Seppanen; 9. Technologies of Risk and Discipline in China's Social Credit System Adam Knight; Glossary of Chinese Terms: Political, Ideological and Philosophical Concepts and Slogans; Index.

Summary

This book is aimed at legal and political scholars and professionals. It will provide them with a coherent explanation of how law is conceived within its ideological context, and how the Chinese Communist Party uses it as part of its governance toolkit.

Product details

• Authors: Rogier J. E. H. (Universiteit Leiden) Tr Creemers
• Assisted by: Rogier J. E. H. Creemers (Editor), Susan Trevaskes (Editor), Trevaskes Susan (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781108818919
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81891-9
• No. of pages: 285
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, Political Ideologies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Politics & government, Politics and government, East Asia, Far East, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Central / national / federal government policies, Marxism & Communism, Political ideologies and movements, Central government policies, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law