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Law as an Instrument: Sources of Chinese Law for Authoritarian Legality by Shucheng Wang. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 310 pp. Hardcover: US$ 110.00
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Law as an Instrument: Sources of Chinese Law for Authoritarian Legality by Shucheng Wang. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 310 pp. Hardcover: US$ 110.00
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 September 2023
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firms use voice and exit to influence court decisions, and … judges bow to the pressures of local fiscal imperatives … My interviews with government and court officials indicate that they are largely responsive to these business requests, especially when the businesses are important taxpayers. A judge explicitly told me, “You need to follow the money.”