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008			120919s2013 enk b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781107020023 (hardback)
082	0	0	_a344.5104/6 _223
100	1		_aStern, Rachel E.
245	1	0	_aEnvironmental litigation in China : _ba study in political ambivalence / _cRachel E. Stern.
260			_c2013.
300			_aviii, 300 p. ;
490	0		_aCambridge studies in law and society
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-286) and index.
505	8		_aMachine 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			_a"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			_a"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	_aEnvironmental law _zChina.
650		0	_aEnvironmental law _zChina.
650		0	_aPollution _zChina.
650		0	_aLiability for environmental damages _zChina.
650		7	_aLAW / General.
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