Disappearing Justice: Public Opinion, Secret Arrest and Criminal Procedure Reform in China
In: The China journal: Zhongguo-yanjiu, Band 70, S. 73-97
ISSN: 1835-8535
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In: The China journal: Zhongguo-yanjiu, Band 70, S. 73-97
ISSN: 1835-8535
In: The China journal: Zhongguo yan jiu, Heft 70, S. 73-97
ISSN: 1324-9347
The 2011-12 revision of China's Criminal Procedure Law marked the first changes to the country's "mini-constitution" in 15 years, and the first time that proposed revisions were presented for public consultation. During the consultation period, lawyers, journalists and members of China's online communities criticized the draft's inadequacies, particularly measures that would allow investigators to "disappear" certain suspects. The debate over "secret arrest" revealed an emerging public discourse about justice issues, featuring an increasingly sophisticated understanding of the relationship between law and government accountability. Concern over police abuses is reorienting public opinion toward a justice discourse rooted in rights-protective procedures and institutions, that departs significantly from the rationales for criminal procedure reform articulated by China's politicolegal authorities. So long as those authorities treat legislative reform as a "contest" between institutional stakeholders and fail to engage with the public discourse, mistrust of public authority and demands for justice are likely to grow. (China J/GIGA)
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In: Liu Xiaobo, Charter 08, and the Challenges of Political Reform in China, S. 31-60
In: China perspectives, Band 2011, Heft 4, S. 68-69
ISSN: 1996-4617
In: Handbooks of research on contemporary China
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With its ample resonance both within China and internationally, the 'rule of law' (yifa zhiguo) is an expression that can justify the most disparate justice reforms. It is both a political value worth defending and a reason for consternation; it is an ideal that is inherently troubling and troubled by its interlocutors, advocates, and critics. For this reason, even the term 'yifa zhiguo' has been translated differently by different interlocutors, with 'rule of law', 'rule by law' and 'ruling the country according to the law' being the most frequent renderings in the English language.
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In: Joshua Rosenzweig, Flora Sapio, Jiang Jue, Teng Biao, Eva Pils, 'The 2012 Revision of the Chinese Criminal Procedure Law: (Mostly) Old Wine in New Bottles' (17 May 2012), CRJ Occasional Papers Series
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