Political liberalism and political embeddedness: Understanding politics in the work of Chinese criminal defense lawyers

Law and Society Review

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 831-866

  Liu, Sida ^a,b   Halliday, Terence C ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

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EID: 80155154594     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2011.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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