TY - BOOK ID - 86048952 TI - The Communist judicial system in China, 1927-1976 : building on fear PY - 2021 SN - 9048554101 9463729453 9789048554102 PB - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Justice, Administration of KW - Law KW - History KW - China KW - Politics and government KW - Administration of justice KW - Courts KW - Acts, Legislative KW - Enactments, Legislative KW - Laws (Statutes) KW - Legislative acts KW - Legislative enactments KW - Jurisprudence KW - Legislation KW - Law and legislation KW - Fear, Communist Judicial System, Mao's China. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86048952 AB - Drawing on hundreds of newly released judicial archives and court cases, this book analyzes the communist judicial system in China from its founding period to the death of Mao Zedong. It argues that the communist judicial system was built when the CCP was engaged in a life-or-death struggle with the GMD, meaning that the overriding aim of the judicial system was, from the outset, to safeguard the Party against both internal and external adversaries. This fundamental insecurity and perennial fear of loss of power obsessed the Party throughout the era of Mao and beyond, prompting it to launch numerous political campaigns, which forced communist judicial cadres to choose between upholding basic legal norms and maintaining Party order. In doing all of this, The Communist Judicial System in China, 1927-1976: Building on Fear fills a major lacuna in our understanding of communist-era China. ER -