Environmental Litigation in China
A Study in Political Ambivalence
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, International
| Author: | Rachel E. Stern | ISBN: | 9781107301429 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Publication: | March 11, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Rachel E. Stern |
| ISBN: | 9781107301429 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication: | March 11, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
