Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150101393

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150101393

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Rights Defence Lawyers and Constitutionalism in China. Scholars have argued that rights lawyers have played key roles in advancing social and political change in a reforming society through defining and defending citizen rights, developing civil society, and seeking to moderate state power. However, few studies have examined the political roles or aspirations of lawyers in contemporary China. This project aims to demonstrate how Chinese 'rights defence' lawyers have drawn together diverse strands of social protest to become an articulating voice for constitutional reform. The project aims to make both empirical and theoretical contributions to the world-wide debate on the interaction between rights lawyers, rule of law, social activism and political reform.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $119,300.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Social Change | Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific | Studies of Asian Society | Political Science

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Political Systems | Civil Justice |

Other Keywords

Civil Justice | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific | Political Science | Political Systems | Social Change | Studies of Asian Society

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