Book Review
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Criminal Defense in China: The Politics of Lawyers at Work
By Sida Liu and Terence C. Halliday
221 pages. Cambridge University Press.
In December 2009, Li Zhuang, a partner from an elite corporate law firm in Beijing, traveled to Chongqing in western China to meet with a local businessman facing a raft of criminal charges, including murder.
As Li launched a zealous defense — insisting on private meetings with his client, among other things — he clashed with local authorities and wound up being charged twice with “lawyer’s perjury” — accused of instructing his client to lie. For ...
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