The Sword of Discipline and the Dagger of Justice

Susan Trevaskes, Elisa Nesossi

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Abstract

XI JINPING AND THE PARTY leadership have been reshaping Chinas justice and security agendas to strengthen both the authoritarian rule of the Party and the authoritarian rule of law. They advocate what they call rule of law thinking to rebuild public trust in the countrys politico-legal institutions, which include courts, procuratorates (the institutions encompassing public investigators and prosecutors), police, national security and parapolicing agencies. This is a strategic shift, following a decade of weiwen or Stability Maintenance, a political program closely associated with the Hu JintaoWen Jiabao era that covers a range of politicolegal activities aimed at preventing and/or breaking up collective protests and dealing with court cases raised by individual complainants.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationShared Destiny
EditorsG R Barme, L Jaivin and J Goldkorn
Place of PublicationCanberra, Australia
PublisherANU Press
Pages262-283
Volume1
Edition1st
ISBN (Print)9781925022933
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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