Legal Orientalism : China, the United States, and Modern Law.

By:

Ruskola, Teemu

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780674075764

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Electronic books.

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340/.11

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K237

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: Legal Orientalism -- 2. Making Legal and Unlegal Subjects in History -- 3. Telling Stories about Corporations and Kinship -- 4. Canton Is Not Boston -- 5. The District of China Is Not the District of Columbia -- 6. Epilogue: Colonialism without Colonizers -- Notes -- Comment on Chinese Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Summary: After the Cold War, how did China become a global symbol of disregard for human rights, while the U.S. positioned itself as the chief exporter of the rule of law? Teemu Ruskola investigates globally circulating narratives about what law is and who has it, and shows how "legal Orientalism" developed into a distinctly American ideology of empire.

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After the Cold War, how did China become a global symbol of disregard for human rights, while the U.S. positioned itself as the chief exporter of the rule of law? Teemu Ruskola investigates globally circulating narratives about what law is and who has it, and shows how "legal Orientalism" developed into a distinctly American ideology of empire.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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