The Communist Judicial System in China, 1927-1976

Building on Fear
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-94-6372-945-1
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: China: From Revolution to Reform

Drawing on hundreds of newly released judicial archives and court cases, this book analyzes the communist judicial system in China from its founding period to the death of Mao Zedong. It argues that the communist judicial system was built when the CCP was engaged in a life-or-death struggle with the GMD, meaning that the overriding aim of the judicial system was, from the outset, to safeguard the Party against both internal and external adversaries. This fundamental insecurity and perennial fear of loss of power obsessed the Party throughout the era of Mao and beyond, prompting it to launch numerous political campaigns, which forced communist judicial cadres to choose between upholding basic legal norms and maintaining Party order. In doing all of this, The Communist Judicial System in China, 1927-1976: Building on Fear fills a major lacuna in our understanding of communist-era China.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fang, Qiang

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgement

Abbreviations

Introduction: Building on Fear

1.Born in Blood, 1927-1935

2.Cornerstone or Aberration, 1935-1949

3.From Excessive Lenience to Harshness, 1949-1951

4.A Deliberate Purge, 1952-1953

5.A Golden Age? 1953-May 1957

6.The Great leap of Law, June 1957-1965

7. Not the Worst Period of Law, 1966-1976

Conclusion: From Party's Fear to People's Fear

Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Fang, Qiang
Dr. Qiang Fang is professor of East Asian History at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He is the current president of Association of Chinese Professors in Social Science (ACPSS). His recent publications include 'Sino-American Relations: A New Cold War', 'The Communist Judicial System in China, 1927-1976', and 'Power Versus Law in Modern China'.