Environmental Litigation In China: A Study In Political Ambivalence (Cambridge Studies In Law And Society)

This is a book about the improbable: seeking legal relief for pollution in contemporary China. In a country known for tight political control and ineffectual courts, Environmental Litigation in China unravels how everyday justice works: how judges make decisions, why lawyers take cases, and how international influence matters. It is a readable account of how the leadership's mixed signals and political ambivalence play out on the ground - propelling some, such as the village doctor who fought a chemical plant for more than a decade, even as others back away from risk. Yet this remarkable book shows that even in a country where expectations would be that law wouldn't much matter, environmental litigation provides a sliver of space for legal professionals to explore new roles and, in so doing, probe the boundary of what is politically possible.

• • Author: Rachel E. Stern
• • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• • Publication Date: Oct 30, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 314 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1107460026
• • ISBN-13: 9781107460027