Formats
| Format | |
|---|---|
| BibTeX | |
| MARCXML | |
| TextMARC | |
| MARC | |
| DublinCore | |
| EndNote | |
| NLM | |
| RefWorks | |
| RIS |
Items
Details
Title
Sovereign power and the law in China / edited by Flora Sapio.
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Call Number
HV9960.C53 S68 2010
ISBN
9789004182455 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9004182454 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9004182454 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Description
ix, 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)614989055
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Record Appears in
Added Author
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables
xi
List of Plates
xi
ch. One
Introduction
1
1.1.
Paradoxes
1
1.2.
The Objective of this Book
3
1.3.
Concerns
5
1.4.
Haunting Questions
6
1.5.
Conceptual Gaps
9
1.6.
The State of Exception
16
1.7.
Beyond Liberal Democracy
17
1.7.1.
Bare Life
18
1.7.2.
The Zone of Exception
20
1.8.
Legal Exceptionalism
23
1.9.
Structure and Method
26
Part One The Force Of A Forceless Law
ch. Two
Legal Nihilism[—]State of Exception
33
2.1.
Anomie
34
2.2.
Exceptions in China's Constitutional Law Martial Law and Emergency Powers
41
2.2.1.
Martial Law Powers
42
2.2.2.
Emergency Powers
48
2.3.
Exceptions in China's Criminal Law
56
2.4.
"Evil Cults"
59
2.4.1.
Religious Groups and the Law
60
2.4.2.
The Falungong and Article 300
62
2.4.3.
Is Meditation a Crime?
65
2.4.4.
The 6-10 Office
66
2.5.
Conclusion
70
ch. Three
Shuanggui
71
3.1.
The CCP's Regulatory Powers
72
3.1.1.
Jurisdiction
73
3.1.2.
A Parallel Criminal Code
77
3.2.
Investigative and Detention Powers
82
3.2.1.
Historical Antecedents
82
3.2.2.
From Summons to Investigative Detention
86
3.2.3.
From Investigative Detention to Shuanggui
88
3.3.
Why Shuanggui?
96
3.4.
Enforcing Shuanggui
100
3.4.1.
Harsh Interrogation Techniques
103
3.4.2.
Psychological Manipulation
105
3.5.
Conclusion
108
ch. Four
Stop-and-Question
111
4.1.
Precursors of Criminal Behavior?
112
4.2.
Stop-and-Question
115
4.3.
The Difference between Stop-and-Question and Summons
119
4.4.
Problems and Abuses
122
4.5.
Disposable Beings
128
4.6.
Reforming Stop-and-Question?
132
4.7.
Conclusion
137
Part Two Exceptions In Everyday Spaces
ch. Five
Para-Police Forces
141
5.1.
The Birth and Revival of Para-Police Forces
142
5.2.
Legal Mechanisms
144
5.3.
Public Order Joint Defense Teams
147
5.3.1.
Powers
149
5.3.2.
Composition, Organizational Structure, and Relationship with the Regular Police Force
152
5.4.
Private Security Companies
154
5.4.1.
Typology, Relationship with the Regular Police Force, and Composition
157
5.4.2.
Enhancing Police Control
159
5.5.
Urban Management Officials
161
5.5.1.
Legalizing Inspection Teams
163
5.5.2.
Administrative Law Enforcement Departments
165
5.6.
Urban Divides
167
ch. Six
The Camp
175
6.1.
The Evolving Legal Regime 1990-2008
176
6.2.
The Roots
183
6.3.
Birth of the Camp
187
6.4.
Rebirth of the Camp
190
6.5.
Compulsory Rehabilitation and RETL
197
6.6.
Commitment to Health-Recovery Centers
202
6.7.
Conclusion
205
ch. Seven
Coercive Interrogation
207
7.1.
The Transformation to Bare Life
208
7.2.
The PRC Media and Torture
210
7.2.1.
Torture in the Press
211
7.2.2.
Torture on the Internet
212
7.3.
Lifting Pain out of the Body
218
7.4.
Posthumous Rehabilitation
222
7.5.
Episodes of Ordinary Violence
225
7.6.
Friends and Enemies
226
7.7.
Reform?
229
7.8.
Conclusion
238
ch. Eight
Conclusion
241
8.1.
Mapping Exceptions
242
8.2.
Resilience
243
8.3.
Dual Structures
246
8.4.
Modes of Exception
248
8.5.
Modes of Bare Life
250
8.6.
The Power and Limitations of Grand Theory
253
List of Legal Documents
259
Reference List
317
Index
355