Chinese Legal Theory and Human Rights: Rearticulating Marxism, Liberalism, and the Classical Legal Tradition

by Elena Consiglio

Does the Chinese academic discourse on human rights differ from the official one as put forward by the Chinese government? How do Chinese legal theories justify the attribution of human rights and their protection through the law in the context of an authoritarian state? Do Chinese academic theorisations on rights and the law have any capacity to influence the wider public debate in China despite the ideological constraints and censorship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848903081
• ISBN13: 9781848903081
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: College Publications
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"