Relational legal consciousness in the one-child nation

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ID4936477
AuthorsQian Liu (0000-0001-7603-2146, University of Calgary, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume57
Issue2
Pages214-233
Publication date2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLaw & Society Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-9216 • E-ISSN: 1540-5893
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/lasr.12649
OpenAlexW4377138232
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited43

This article draws from a qualitative study of people's responses to China's population control policies to analyze the relational formation of legal consciousness within and across different types of relationships. It demonstrates that our expectations of others and theirs of us regarding how to respond to law change significantly when we situate ourselves in different types of relationships. The fluid boundaries of relationships in Chinese society also make it essential to think and plan relationally and holistically across different types of relationships to come up with strategies to resist or comply with the law. During this process of relational formation of legal consciousness, law interacts with and reshapes social norms to determine the (un)availability of alternative mechanisms based on the individual's social and financial status

China · Consciousness · Legal consciousness · Political science · Population · Relational theory · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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