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Chinaâs Dual State Revival Under Xi Jinping
Under President Xi Jinping, China has undergone autocratic reclosure. Drawing on Fraenkelâs 1940 analysis of Germanyâs then dictatorship as a duality of coexisting normative and prerogative modes of governance established to normalize âemergencyâ exemptions from legality, this Article argues that this process can be understood as a Dual State revival at a point in time when rule of law corroded in liberal-democratic systems with more robust legal institutions and protections
Waste No Land: Property, Dignity and Growth in Urbanizing China
The Chinese state does not allow rural collectives to sell land, but takes land from them and makes it available on the urban property market. While rural land rights are thus easily obliterated, the newly created urban rights in what used to be rural land enjoy legal protection. The state justifies these land takings by the need for urbanization and economic growth. The takings have resulted in an impressive contribution of the construction and property sector to state revenue and GDP growth, but also in unfairness toward peasants evicted from their land and homes. The example discussed here shows that certain economic theories of property rights are consistent with discrimination and should therefore be rejected. A further conclusion is that we must reconsider the claim that property rights are desirable because they serve economic growth. The discussion here contributes to an understanding of property in terms of dignity, rather than wealth
Waste No Land: Property, Dignity and Growth in Urbanizing China
The Chinese state does not allow rural collectives to sell land, but takes land from them and makes it available on the urban property market. While rural land rights are thus easily obliterated, the newly created urban rights in what used to be rural land enjoy legal protection. The state justifies these land takings by the need for urbanization and economic growth. The takings have resulted in an impressive contribution of the construction and property sector to state revenue and GDP growth, but also in unfairness toward peasants evicted from their land and homes. The example discussed here shows that certain economic theories of property rights are consistent with discrimination and should therefore be rejected. A further conclusion is that we must reconsider the claim that property rights are desirable because they serve economic growth. The discussion here contributes to an understanding of property in terms of dignity, rather than wealth
Le souvenir persistant des injustices historiques en Chine :
Cet article dĂ©crit deux formes de rĂ©parations institutionnelles pour les injustices historiques en Chine contemporaine, cherchant Ă montrer que lâune est autoritaire, lâautre libĂ©rale, et quâaucune nâest totalement satisfaisante. Certaines victimes de persĂ©cutions politiques ne reconnaissent plus Ă lâĂtat le droit de dĂ©signer des citoyens comme ennemis, et Ă©branlent ainsi lâidĂ©e autoritaire de rĂ©Ă©valuation corrective officielle de ces mesures. Dâautre part, les voies libĂ©rales de rĂ©paration par le biais de dĂ©cisions judiciaires sont pour lâinstant restĂ©es inaccessibles Ă la plupart des victimes dâinjustices historiques ; mais mĂȘme si elles sâouvraient, ces voies ne pourraient devenir significatives que si elles Ă©taient accompagnĂ©es dâune libĂ©ration de la mĂ©moire et de lâopinion.
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