Pursuing rights and getting justice on China's ethnic frontier

Article Abstract:

The author investigates the causes of the tendency of ethnic Yi women in southwest China to obtain divorce in groups from their husbands in the 1950's. He asserts that this can be party explained by the empowerment given the women by the 1949 Chinese Revolution. A greater factor involves the formation of social networks and a degree of litigiousness that belies stereotypes.

China, Women, Youth, Minorities, Divorce

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Judicial sentencing decisions in Taiwanese economic crimes: consequences of swift justice

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The authors detail the results of a study of the relationship between case processing time for economic crimes and judicial sentencing in Taiwan. They found that cases which were processed quickly more often led to jail time, but also led to shorter sentences than more lengthy cases.

Taiwan, Cases, Commercial law, Speedy trial

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Judging judicial discretion: legal factors and racial discrimination in sentencing

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The authors try to determine what amount of racial disparities in criminal sentences can be attributed to judicial discretion. Using data from Maryland, they find that judges to tend to sentence African-Americans to longer sentences than whites relative to sentencing guidelines.

Maryland, Race discrimination, Discrimination in criminal justice administration, Criminal justice discrimination

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