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1 online resource (xi, 381 pages) |
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Part one: Liu Xiaobo and the crime of inciting subversion -- 1. Is jail the only place where one can "live in truth"? Liu Xiaobo's experience / Jean-Philippe Beja -- 2. The sky is falling: inciting subversion and the defense of Liu Xiaobo / Joshua Rosenzweig -- 3. Criminal defense in sensitive cases: Yao Fuxin, Yang Jianli, Jiang Lijun, Du Daobin, Liu Xiaobo, and others / Mo Shaoping, Gao Xia, Lü Xi, and Chen Zerui -- 4. Breaking through the obstacles of political isolation and discrimination / Cui Weiping -- Part two: Charter 08 in context -- 5. Boundaries of tolerance: Charter 08 and debates over political reform / Pitman B. Potter and Sophia Woodman -- 6. The threat of Charter 08 / Feng Chongyi -- 7. Democracy, Charter 08, and China's long struggle for dignity / Man Yee Karen Lee -- 8. Charter 08 and Charta 77: East European past as China's future? / Michaela Kotyzova -- Part three: Charter 08 and the politics of Weiquan and Weiwen -- 9. Challenging authoritarianism through law / Fu Hualing -- 10. Popular constitutionalism and the constitutional meaning of Charter 08 / Michael W. Dowdle -- 11. Charter 08 and violent resistance: the dark side of the Chinese Weiquan movement / Eva Pils -- 12. The politics of Liu Xiaobo's trial / Willy Wo-Lap Lam -- 13. The political meaning of the crime of "subverting state power" / Teng Biao -- Appendix: Charter 08 -- Notes -- Index. |
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9789882208797 (e-book) |
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9882208797 (e-book) |
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9780826319944 (e-book) |
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0826319947 (e-book) |
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9789882209732 (e-book) |
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9882209734 (e-book) |
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