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Article: Flexibility And Authority: Resolving Labor Disputes in A County Government in Western China
Title | Flexibility And Authority: Resolving Labor Disputes in A County Government in Western China |
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Keywords | China Chinese Local officials |
Issue Date | 2019 |
Publisher | Wiley for Law and Society Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.lawso.ucsb.edu/projects/review/ |
Citation | Law and Society Review, 2019, v. 53 n. 4, p. 1341-1376 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Existing literature regards flexibility and authority as key characteristics of informal justice. We further contend that the combination of the two is crucial for informal justice to be effective. We investigate the process of dispute resolution by a Chinese labor agency. Following the life cycles of a sample of 810 labor disputes, we find that this informal justice forum was efficient and effective, made possible by the combination of flexibility and authority. Flexibility means that the agency attracts certain types of cases that are usually screened out of the formal legal system and that agency officials use “informal,” hence flexible, techniques. Authority means that the administrative agency possesses additional powers over the disputants; hence, the disputants are under pressure to follow its suggestions and decisions. A comparative analysis of various cases of informal justice reinforces the importance of combining flexibility and authority. We further demonstrate that flexibility without authority is insufficient and that some informal justice forums are effective because they enjoy both. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/278188 |
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dc.contributor.author | He, X | - |
dc.contributor.author | Su, Y | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-04T08:09:10Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-04T08:09:10Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Law and Society Review, 2019, v. 53 n. 4, p. 1341-1376 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1544-8746 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/278188 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Existing literature regards flexibility and authority as key characteristics of informal justice. We further contend that the combination of the two is crucial for informal justice to be effective. We investigate the process of dispute resolution by a Chinese labor agency. Following the life cycles of a sample of 810 labor disputes, we find that this informal justice forum was efficient and effective, made possible by the combination of flexibility and authority. Flexibility means that the agency attracts certain types of cases that are usually screened out of the formal legal system and that agency officials use “informal,” hence flexible, techniques. Authority means that the administrative agency possesses additional powers over the disputants; hence, the disputants are under pressure to follow its suggestions and decisions. A comparative analysis of various cases of informal justice reinforces the importance of combining flexibility and authority. We further demonstrate that flexibility without authority is insufficient and that some informal justice forums are effective because they enjoy both. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Wiley for Law and Society Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.lawso.ucsb.edu/projects/review/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Law and Society Review | - |
dc.rights | Preprint This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article]. Authors are not required to remove preprints posted prior to acceptance of the submitted version. Postprint This is the accepted version of the following article: [full citation], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article]. | - |
dc.subject | China | - |
dc.subject | Chinese | - |
dc.subject | Local officials | - |
dc.title | Flexibility And Authority: Resolving Labor Disputes in A County Government in Western China | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | He, X: xfhe@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | He, X=rp02358 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/lasr.12443 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85075730399 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 307097 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 318227 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 53 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1341 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 1376 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000497922600014 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.ssrn | 3204071 | - |
dc.identifier.hkulrp | 2020/031 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1544-8746 | - |