Back from the Dead: Wrongful Convictions and Criminal Justice in China
He Jiahong
Abstract
Through highlighting and telling the story of some real cases of wrongful conviction, this book introduces the present situation in the Chinese criminal justice system, and makes deep analysis of its problems and loopholes. Enlivened with a literary style, it is a treatise of critical legal study. Based on the case analysis and the empirical studies, the author summarizes the causes for wrongful convictions and analyzes the ten misleading zones that most affect this outcome. The author also provides update information about the changes and reforms as well as challenges of the criminal justice ... More
Keywords: China, wrongful conviction, criminal justice, judge, prosecutor, lawyer, police
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2016 | Print ISBN-13: 9780824856618 |
| Published to Hawaii Scholarship Online: November 2016 | DOI:10.21313/hawaii/9780824856618.001.0001 |
