The citizen and the chinese state edited by Perry Keller

Were Chinese rulers above the law? Toward a theory of the rule of law in China from early times to 1949 CE, Qiang Fang and Roger Des Forges; Constitutionalism with Chinese characteristics? Constitutional development and civil litigation in China, Thomas E. Kellogg; The politics of constitutional reform in China: rule of law as a condition or as a substitute for democracy?, Richard Balme and Yang Lihua; China's legislation law and the making of a more orderly and representative legislative system, Laura Paler; Political parties in China's judiciary, Zhu Suli; China's courts: restricted reform, Benjamin L. Liebman; Who will find the defendant if he stays with his sheep? Justice in rural China, Frank K. Upham; The production of legal norms: a case study of administrative detention in China, Sarah Biddulph; Using law for a righteous purpose: the Sun Zhigang incident and evolving forms of citizen action in the People's Republic of China, Keith J. Hand; Shuanggui and extralegal detention in China, Flora Sapio; When lawyers are prosecuted...: the struggle of a profession in transition, Fu Hualing; Weiquan (rights protection) lawyering in an authoritarian state: building a culture of public-interest lawyering, Hualing Fu and Richard Cullen; Riots and cover-ups: counterproductive control of local agents in China, Carl F. Minzner; Justice from above or below? Popular strategies for resolving grievances in rural China, Ethan Michelson; Public opinion supervision: a case study of media freedom in China, Anne S.Y. Cheung