Book Review: The Routledge Handbook of Law and Society

Abstract

sociolegal studies. It speaks to not only legal academics but also social scientists interested in formal and informal mechanisms of civil and commercial dispute resolution, particularly disputes with a cross-border dimension, and more generally, how the Chinese legal system works in practice in this interactive ecology. As studies of Chinese law get increasingly niched and specialised in specific areas and topics, Gu’s ecological approach that connects different components of this complex system and examines their interactions sets this book apart as a milestone in the field.