Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
S. Biddulph, S. Cooney, Ying Zhu (2012)
Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics: The Role of Campaigns in LawmakingPolitical Institutions: Elections eJournal
R. Weller (2012)
Responsive Authoritarianism and Blind-Eye Governance in China
M. Edelman (1992)
The Construction and Uses of Social Problems
R. Prosterman, B. Schwarzwalder, Ye Jinaping (2000)
[09PacRimLPolyJ507] Implementation of 30-Year Land Use Rights for Farmers Under China's 1998 Land Management Law: An Analysis and Recommendations Based on a 17 Province Survey
R. all (2014)
Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI) for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): A Systematic ReviewCampbell Systematic Reviews, 10
S. Simpson, Melissa Rorie, Mariel Alper, Natalie Schell-Busey, W. Laufer, N. Smith (2014)
Corporate Crime Deterrence: A Systematic ReviewCampbell Systematic Reviews, 10
M. Gallagher, B. Dong (2008)
LEGISLATING HARMONY: LABOUR LAW REFORM IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA
Ji Li (2014)
Does Law Matter in China? An Empirical Study of a Limiting Case
Xiaolin Guo (2001)
Land Expropriation and Rural Conflicts in ChinaThe China Quarterly, 166
W. Alford, B. Liebman (2001)
Clean Air, Clean Processes? The Struggle over Air Pollution Law in the People's Republic of ChinaHastings Law Journal, 52
Scott Wilson (2016)
Environmental participation in the shadow of the Chinese stateEconomic and Political Studies, 4
Carl Minzner (2011)
China's Turn Against LawAmerican Journal of Comparative Law, 59
D. Wheeler (1999)
Greening Industry: New Roles for Communities, Markets, and Governments
S. Cooney (2007)
China's Labour Law, Compliance and Flaws in Implementing InstitutionsJournal of Industrial Relations, 49
Tim Pringle, S. Frost (2003)
“The Absence of Rigor and the Failure of Implementation”: Occupational Health and Safety in ChinaInternational Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 9
Hastings Law Journal, 52
A. Whitfort (2012)
Evaluating China's draft animal protection lawSydney Law Review, 34
Guosheng Deng, Scott Kennedy (2010)
BIG BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION LOBBYING IN CHINA: THE PARADOX OF CONTRASTING STYLESThe China Journal
Melanie Manion (2004)
Corruption by Design
J. Braithwaite (1985)
To Punish or Persuade: Enforcement of Coal Mine Safety
A. Wang (2007)
The Role of Law in Environmental Protection in China: Recent Developments, 8
B. Rooij, G. Fryxell, C. Lo, Wei Wang (2013)
From Support to Pressure: The Dynamics of Social and Governmental Influences on Environmental Law Enforcement in Guangzhou City, ChinaRegulation & Governance, 7
M. Edelman (1987)
The Construction of Social Problems as Buttresses of InequalitiesUniversity of Miami law review, 42
W. Tam, Dali Yang (2005)
FOOD SAFETY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS IN CHINAAsian Perspective, 29
Hongmei Li (2011)
Changing media, changing ChinaJournal of Communication, 61
J. Braithwaite (2006)
Responsive regulation and developing economiesWorld Development, 34
Xin He, Yang Su (2013)
Do the 'Haves' Come Out Ahead in Shanghai Courts?LSN: Litigants & the Judiciary (Topic)
Xin He (2009)
Court Finance and Court Responses to Judicial Reforms: A Tale of Two Chinese CourtsWiley-Blackwell: Law & Policy
Ethan Michelson (2006)
The Practice of Law as an Obstacle to Justice: Chinese Lawyers at WorkLaw & Society Review, 40
B. Liebman (2007)
China's Courts: Restricted ReformThe China Quarterly, 191
I. Ayres, J. Braithwaite (1993)
Responsive Regulation: Transcending the Deregulation DebateOUP Catalogue
Yang Su, Xin He (2009)
Street as Courtroom: State Accommodation of Labor Protest in South ChinaLaw & Society Review, 44
V. Aubert (1967)
Some Social Functions of LegislationActa Sociologica, 10
Kathinka Furst (2008)
Access to Justice in Environmental Disputes : Opportunities and Obstacles for Chinese Pollution Victims
M. Edelman (1967)
The symbolic uses of politics
C. Lo, G. Fryxell (2003)
Enforcement Styles Among Environmental Protection Officials in ChinaJournal of Public Policy, 23
M. Gallagher (2017)
Authoritarian Legality in China: Law, Workers, and the State
D. Berman (1966)
A Bill Becomes a Law: Congress Enacts Civil Rights Legislation
Sida Liu, T. Halliday (2011)
Political Liberalism and Political Embeddedness: Understanding Politics in the Work of Chinese Criminal Defense LawyersLaw & Society Review, 45
Xin He (2012)
Black Hole of Responsibility: The Adjudication Committee's Role in a Chinese CourtLaw & Society Review, 46
Benjamin Rooij (2011)
The People’s Regulation: Citizens and Implementation of Law in ChinaPolitical Institutions: Non-Democratic Regimes eJournal
Sida Liu, T. Halliday (2009)
Recursivity in Legal Change: Lawyers and Reforms of China's Criminal Procedure LawLaw & Social Inquiry, 34
C. Lo, G. Fryxell, Benjamin Rooij (2009)
Changes in Enforcement Styles among Environmental Enforcement Officials in ChinaEnvironment and Planning A, 41
Kathinka Furst (2016)
Regulating through Leverage: Civil Regulation in China
Scott Kennedy (2005)
The Business of Lobbying in China
Kari Karppinen (2014)
Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China, by Daniela StockmannFreedom from the Press: Journalism and State Power in Singapore, by Cherian GeorgePolitical Communication, 32
Andrew Mertha (2009)
“Fragmented Authoritarianism 2.0”: Political Pluralization in the Chinese Policy Process*The China Quarterly, 200
Yang Su, Xin He (2010)
Street as Courtroom: State Accommodation of Labor Protest in South China: State Accommodation of Labor Protest in South ChinaLaw & Society Review, 44
A. Wolfe, Barry Mitnick (1981)
The Political Economy of Regulation: Creating, Designing, and Removing Regulatory Forms.Contemporary Sociology, 10
P. Ho (2007)
Embedded Activism and Political Change in a Semiauthoritarian ContextChina Information, 21
Andrew Mertha (2005)
The politics of piracy
B. Rooij (2016)
The campaign enforcement style: Chinese practice in context and comparison
Sida Liu (2011)
Lawyers, State Officials and Significant Others: Symbiotic Exchange in the Chinese Legal Services MarketThe China Quarterly, 206
S. Cooney (2007)
Making Chinese Labor Law Work: The Prospects for Regulatory Innovation in the People's Republic of ChinaFordham International Law Journal, 30
This paper provides a sociolegal overview of law and lawmaking in China. It combines existing studies with original data published by the National People’s Congress as well as new case studies of recent lawmaking processes. The paper focuses its analysis on the development of regulatory laws that seek to prevent and control risk, including environmental, food safety, land, labor, and occupational health laws. The paper finds large changes in the substance of legislation over the past two decades. Amid generally massive growth in lawmaking at all levels, national legislation has become more ambitious, with a greater regulatory burden. It has become more specific, allowing for less discretion. And it has grown stronger teeth, with greater sanctions against violations. These regulatory laws allow for more public participation, albeit within a tightly confined authoritarian space. Such substantive changes come as the process of lawmaking has evolved. While central leadership retains strong control over lawmaking, the process has become more transparent, allowing more actors to exert influence. Successful legislative entrepreneurs are able to shape lawmaking by timing their advocacy at the right stage of the legislative process and, if possible, linking it to ongoing crises.
China Law and Society Review – Brill
Published: May 16, 2016
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.