Tradition of the law and law of the tradition : law, State, and social control in China

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    • Ren, Xin

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Tradition of the law and law of the tradition : law, State, and social control in China

Xin Ren

(Contributions in criminology and penology, 50)

Greenwood Press, 1997

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Includes bibliographical references(p. [147]-168) and index

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Traditionally, social theorists in the West have structured models of state social control according to the tenet that socialization is accomplished by means of external controls on behavior: undesirable actions are punished and desirable actions result either in material reward or a simple respite from the oppressive attentions of an authoritarian state. In this volume, the author presents the tradition of law in China as an exception to the Western model of social control. The Confucian bureaucracy that has long structured Chinese social life melded almost seamlessly with the Maoist revolutionary agenda to produce a culture in which collectivism and an internalized adherence to social law are, in some respects, congenital features of Chinese social consciousness. Through her investigation of the Maoist concept of revolutionary justice and the tradition of conformist acculturation in China, the author constructs a fascinating counterpoint to traditional Western arguments about social control.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Marvin Wolfgang Preface Editorial Notes on Pinyin Transliteration Abbreviations Introduction: Law, State, and Social Control in China: Marxism or Confucianism? Tradition of the Law The Chinese Legal Tradition: Law and Morality The Rules of Punishment Law of the Tradition Political Power and Judicial Independence: Marxist Ideology, the Communist Party, and the Role of Law The Class Division and Equal Rights before the Law Punishing for Thought: Counterrevolutionary Crime in Chinese Law The Principle of Voluntariness in Chinese Law and Morality Conclusion: Chinese Law under a Socialist Mantle Appendix: Chronology of Chinese History Bibliography Index

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