Property rights, legal consciousness and the new media in china: The hard case of the 'toughest nail-house in history'

China Information

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-59

  Erie, Matthew S ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

legal consciousness; legal semiotics; legal surrealism; new media; property rights; real estate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858681871     PISSN: 0920203X     EISSN: 1741590X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0920203X11436164     Document Type: Article

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