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Paperback   396 Pages
Publication Date 2012/06
ISBN 9789888139071
229x152 mm   0.589 kg
 
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Liu Xiaobo, Charter 08 and the Challenges of Political Reform in China

Edited by Jean-Philippe Béja, Fu Hualing, and Eva Pils

Content

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

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 Béja
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