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Environmental Litigation in China

Environmental Litigation in China

Environmental Litigation in China A Study in Political Ambivalence

Author: Rachel E. Stern
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107020023
Published In: April 2013
Format: Hardback , 310 pages
Jurisdiction: China ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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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.

• Draws on sixteen months of field research, including four case studies and over 160 interviews

• Highly interdisciplinary, drawing on relevant literature from across the social sciences (political science, sociology, law, anthropology)

• Avoids jargon and is accessible to a wide audience

List of Abbreviations	viii
Introduction	1
1 Post-Mao: Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, and the Law	17
2 From Dispute to Decision	43
3 Frontiers of Environmental Law	71
4 Political Ambivalence: The State	97
5 On the Frontlines: The Judges	123
6 Heroes or Troublemakers? The Lawyers	151
7 Soft Support: The International NGOs	179
8 Thinking about Outcomes	211
Acknowledgments	235
Interview List	239
References	247
Index	287

Rachel E. Stern
University of California, Berkeley

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