Using a conceptual framework, this 2007 book examines the processes of legal reform in post-socialist countries such as China. Drawing on Bourdieu's concept of

This book examines the development of Chinese police powers since the 1950s.

A critical evaluation of the latest reform in Chinese law that engages legal scholarship with research of Chinese legal historians.

“Stability preservation” (weiwen) has long been an imperative of China’s one-party state. At the same time, China has recently embedded a commitment to th

The volume presents an extensive investigation into the process of reforms of detention powers in today’s China and offers an in-depth analysis of the debates