Environmental litigation in China : (Record no. 2933)
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| fixed length control field | 03115cam a2200265 a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 120919s2013 enk b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781107020023 (hardback) |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 344.5104/6 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Stern, Rachel E. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Environmental litigation in China : |
| Sub Title | a study in political ambivalence / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Rachel E. Stern. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Year of publication | 2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | viii, 300 p. ; |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Cambridge studies in law and society |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-286) and index. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Machine generated contents note: 1. Post-Mao: economic growth, environmental protection, and the law; 2. From dispute to decision; 3. Frontiers of environmental law; 4. Political ambivalence: the state; 5. On the frontlines: the judges; 6. Heroes or troublemakers? The lawyers; 7. Soft support: the international NGOs; 8. Thinking about outcomes. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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"-- |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "This is a book about the improbable: seeking legal relief for environmental pollution in contemporary China. It is a story involving judges, lawyers, and international groups as well as the individuals who file civil environmental lawsuits, people such as the village doctor who spent well over a decade suing a local chemical plant. The book offers a close-to-the-ground account of everyday justice and the factors that shape it. In a country known for tight political control and ineffectual courts, Environmental Litigation in China unravels how litigation works: how judges make decisions, why lawyers take cases and how international influence matters. Conceptually, the book illustrates how litigation can contribute to social change in China and, by implication, other authoritarian states. Even in a country where expectations would be that law wouldn't much matter, environmental litigation can provide a limited opportunity for legal professionals to explore new roles and, in so doing, probe the boundary of what is politically possible"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Environmental law |
| Geographic subdivision | China. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Environmental law |
| Geographic subdivision | China. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Pollution |
| Geographic subdivision | China. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Liability for environmental damages |
| Geographic subdivision | China. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | LAW / General. |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/20023/cover/9781107020023.jpg |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Print / Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Current library | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| TNNLU LIBRARY | 344.5104/6 | 10838 | Print / Books |