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dc.contributor.authorTrevaskes, Susanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-19T02:33:54Z
dc.date.available2017-06-19T02:33:54Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.identifier.issn2202-3917en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/340305
dc.description.abstractThis article argues that it is the national imperative of 'social stability' and not the yearning to establish a socialist version of the 'rule of law', that has been the main catalyst for reforms to the system of law and justice in China. The author argues that some of the current instability has been triggered by the Central Party's own economic policies, which has forced the local governments to become economically self-reliant. Consequently, the local governments have allowed the private and state-owned industries to plunder farming land and residential areas, leading to the dispossession of land by local owners. In the wake of widespread civic protests in the 2000s, the courts often acquiesced to local elites rather than redress citizens' grievances, which would necessitate reforms in the justice system for achieving social order and stability. The article recommends that to facilitate harmonious social progress and stability in China the system as a whole needs to address the engrained deficiencies in the administration of justice.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewedYesen_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherGriffith Universityen_US
dc.publisher.urihttp://pandora.nla.gov.au/tep/141524en_US
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom18en_US
dc.relation.ispartofpageto36en_US
dc.relation.ispartofissue1en_US
dc.relation.ispartofjournalGriffith Asia Quarterlyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofvolume2en_US
dc.titleMapping the Political Terrain of Justice Reform in Chinaen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
gro.description.notepublicGriffith Asia Quarterly was published between 2013 and 2015. An archived version of the original journal website is available via PANDORA - http://pandora.nla.gov.au/tep/141524en_US
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    The journal of the Griffith Asia Institute. Published from 2013 to 2015, it aimed to publish innovative, interdisciplinary research on key contemporary developments in the politics, economics, societies and cultures of Asia.

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