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100	1		_aWang, Shucheng, _d1982- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLaw as instrument : _bsources of Chinese law for authoritarian legality / _cShucheng Peter Wang, City University of Hong Kong.
264		1	_aCambridge, United Kingdom ; _aNew York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _c2022.
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 223 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Jul 2022).
505	0		_aIntroduction : emergence of Chinese Law? -- A dual Constitution with Illiberal characteristics -- Judicial interpretation as a de facto primary statute for adjudication -- Judicial document as informal state law -- Guiding cases as a form of statutory interpretation -- Bureaucratization of judicial precedents -- Concluding reflections : Chinese Law, authoritarian legality and legal instrumentalism.
520			_aHow can the law be employed pragmatically to facilitate development and underpin illiberal principles? The case of contemporary China shows that the law plays an increasingly important role in the country's illiberal approach to both domestic and China-related global affairs, which has posed intellectual challenges in understanding it with reference to conventional, Western legal concepts and theories. This book provides a systematic exploration of the sources of Chinese law as pragmatically reconfigured in context, aiming to fill the gap between written and practised law. In combination with fieldwork investigations, it conceptualises various formal and informal laws, including the Constitution, congressional statutes, supreme court interpretations, judicial documents, guiding cases and judicial precedents. Moreover, it engages a theoretical analysis of legal instrumentalism, illuminating how and why the law works as an instrument for authoritarian legality in China, with international reflections on other comparable regimes.
650		0	_aLaw _zChina _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aLaw _xPolitical aspects _zChina.
650		0	_aRule of law _zChina.
650		0	_aLaw and socialism.
650		0	_aAuthoritarianism _zChina.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781009152563
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009152556
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