Recursivity in legal change: Lawyers and reforms of China's criminal procedure law

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 911-950

  Liu, Sida ^a   Halliday, Terence C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 70450208142     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: 17474469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2009.01169.x     Document Type: Article

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