The Rights Defence Movement, Right Defence Lawyers and Prospects for Constitutional Democracy in China

Feng, C

The Rights Defence Movement, Right Defence Lawyers and Prospects for Constitutional Democracy in China

Feng, C

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Publisher:: Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Cosmopolitan Civil Socities An International Resear..., 2009, 1st, 1 (3), pp. 150 - 169
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Feng, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4843-6191	en_US
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dc.identifier.citation	Cosmopolitan Civil Socities An International Resear..., 2009, 1st, 1 (3), pp. 150 - 169	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	Contrary to the view that democratic aspiration has been utterly marginalised in China since the 1990s, the discourse of democracy continues to flourish via the Internet and other means of communication, and a budding rights defence movement (weiquan yundong) has emerged as a new focus of the Chinese democracy movement in China. The emergence of this rights defence movement foreshadows a new, more optimistic political scenario in which transition to a stable constitutional democracy through constructive interactions between state and society may occur. This paper explores the social and political context behind the rise of the rights defence movement in China, assesses the role played by rights defence lawyers (weiquan lushi) in shaping the rights defence movement and speculates on the implications of the rights defence movement for Chinas transition to constitutional democracy.	en_US
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dc.title	The Rights Defence Movement, Right Defence Lawyers and Prospects for Constitutional Democracy in China	en_US
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Abstract:

Contrary to the view that democratic aspiration has been utterly marginalised in China since the 1990s, the discourse of democracy continues to flourish via the Internet and other means of communication, and a budding rights defence movement (weiquan yundong) has emerged as a new focus of the Chinese democracy movement in China. The emergence of this rights defence movement foreshadows a new, more optimistic political scenario in which transition to a stable constitutional democracy through constructive interactions between state and society may occur. This paper explores the social and political context behind the rise of the rights defence movement in China, assesses the role played by rights defence lawyers (weiquan lushi) in shaping the rights defence movement and speculates on the implications of the rights defence movement for Chinas transition to constitutional democracy.

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