Victims, Perpetrators, and the Role of Law in Maoist China

Daniel Leese, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Puck Engman, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.

• Introduction (Daniel Leese, Puck Engman) Beyond "Destruction" and "Lawlessness": The Legal System during the Cultural Revolution (Xu Lizhi) The Intelligence Sleeper Who Never Was: Han Fuying and Case 5004 (Michael Schoenhals) Vetting the People’s Servant: On the Principles of Revolutionary Integrity (Puck Engman) A Policeman, His Gun, and an Alleged Rape: Competing Appeals for Justice in Tianjin, 1966–1979 (Jeremy Brown) A Different Category of Life: The Counterrevolutionary Case of a Rural Schoolteacher (Wang Haiguang) From Denial to Apology: Narrative Strategies of a "Perpetrator" after the Cultural Revolution (Zhang Man) The Floating Fate of a Rebel Leader in Guangxi, 1966-1984 (Song Guoqing)