Environmental Litigation in China
eBook - PDF

Environmental Litigation in China

A Study in Political Ambivalence

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Environmental Litigation in China

A Study in Political Ambivalence

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Abbreviations
  3. Introduction
  4. 1 Post-Mao
  5. 2 From Dispute to Decision
  6. 3 Frontiers of Environmental Law
  7. 4 Political Ambivalence
  8. 5 On the Frontlines
  9. 6 Heroes or Troublemakers?
  10. 7 Soft Support
  11. 8 Thinking about Outcomes
  12. Acknowledgments
  13. Interview List
  14. References1
  15. Index