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2 - The Concept of Authoritarian Legality

The Chinese Case

from Showcase of Authoritarian Legality and Its Potential Erosion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2020

By
Hualing Fu  and
Michael Dowdle
Edited by
Weitseng Chen  and
Hualing Fu
Weitseng Chen
Affiliation:
National University of Singapore
Hualing Fu
Affiliation:
The University of Hong Kong
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Summary

Authoritarian legality can be defined narrowly to mean legal norms of authoritarian states and the process in which those legal norms are implemented. It is common ground that, in authoritarian states, there is no formal mechanism for meaningful competition for political power and that authoritarian leaders monopolize political power and are ready to use repression, co-optation, and other means to ensure regime survival.

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Authoritarian Legality in Asia
Formation, Development and Transition
 , pp. 63 - 89
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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