Articles : Capital Punishment and State Sovereignty in China
| Title | Articles : Capital Punishment and State Sovereignty in China |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2011 |
| Authors | Brook, T |
| Journal | Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies |
| Volume | 11 |
| Pagination | 107 |
| Keywords | Capital punishment, Communist Party, death penalty, dictatorship, Jacques Derrida, Law, Lingchi, Sovereignty, state |
| Abstract | This essay considers the argument that Chinese legal exceptionalism with regard to its use of the death penalty derives from China`s Marxist/Maoist rather than its imperial history. Starting from the premise that capital punishment is the purest expression |
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