Public Interest Litigation in Asia

Yap, Po Jen; Lau, Holning

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“…2 In 2001, he founded a non-governmental organization, noted by The Economist as China's first, whose mission is to disseminate consumer protection information, raise consumer awareness, and promote individual activism. In 2003, he stood for elections to the People's Congress of Beijing's Chaoyang District and, although he was not elected, stated that he intended to run again until he was successful (Yap and Lau, 2011). In all of these roles, Wang has continually proclaimed his faith in the construction of a legally-regulated, rights-based Chinese market economy and civil society (interview with author, 28 June 2006, Beijing).…”

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The Panda Man and the Anti-Counterfeiting Hero: Art, Activism and Appropriation in Contemporary China

Wong

2012

Journal of Visual Culture

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This article examines the public art practice of the Chinese performance artist Zhao Bandi, aka the 'Panda Man', and situates it in relation to the social activism of the Chinese consumer rights campaigner Wang Hai, aka the 'Anti-Counterfeiting Hero'. Contextualizing the appropriation strategies of these two unlikely figures within contemporary China's changing legal, market, and media spheres, this article places global contemporary concerns with authenticity, copyright, counterfeits, and fakes in relation to notions of performativity and behavior. Challenging the expectation that appropriation need resemble oppositional or antagonistic strategies of Western precedent, it argues that Chinese figures like Zhao and Wang presented transformative models for consumption and citizenship in 1990s China, laying the groundwork for today's public discourse of 'shanzhai' − a distinctly self-conscious Chinese claim on appropriation.

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The Panda Man and the Anti-Counterfeiting Hero: Art, Activism and Appropriation in Contemporary China

Wong

2012

Journal of Visual Culture

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“…Second, PIL is aimed at protecting the weak and for that purpose it can include legal aid services. Legal aid covers the provision of free or subsidized legal assistance by State or non-state legal service providers, primarily with the aim of solving individual grievances [7]. But not all cases where legal aid is provided can be defined as PIL cases.…”

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“…In some jurisdictions, like Hong Kong and India, the court can determine that a legal dispute qualifies as PILI case and then special procedures apply. In other places, the label PILI case is not a legal category but just a name given by the involved lawyers or activists, with no implications as such for the court proceedings [7] and no single law anywhere bears the name of Public Interest Law.…”

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“…Another source explains that PIL 'seeks to address issues that affect society as a whole or a specific social group rather than just one individual' [10]. In an Asian context we find the following definition of PILI activities: 'In general, public interested litigation…has been used to remedy two types of wrongs: (1) generalized grievances like pollution, where each member of society suffers from this wrong; and (2) specific grievances like the withholding of welfare benefits where only a segment of society directly suffers the wrong' [7]. And Pakistani judges and writers are reported to have in general considered PILI as a purpose-oriented idea describing the task of eradication of social evils through the medium of law [4].…”

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“…A survey of the major public welfare (gongyi) events of 2010 shows mostly events related to charity and civil society organizing, except for one dealing with strikes at three Honda factories in South China (CDB 2010) 7. The translation of the English word 'advocacy' into the Chinese 'changdao' has been called a somewhat uncomfortable fit as it connotes guidance by authorities, but the use of it as an appropriate rendering of the Western concept has become more and more common among Chinese NGOs over the past years[19].…”

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Public Interest as Concept and Legal Practice in China

Thelle¹

2013

J Pol Sci Pub Aff

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Public interest law as concept and practice emerged in the US in the early 20 th century and was expanded in connection with the civil rights movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The concept has to a large degree been imported from the West where it has travelled from the US to other jurisdictions and been somewhat transformed along the way. Litigation, petitioning and advocacy activities in the name of the public interest have during the last decade been used by Chinese lawyers and activists in order to strengthen the protection of the rights of Chinese citizens. This article analyzes the version of public interest law developed in China, tailored to the distinguishing features of the social and political system there. The public interest label is used as it is less politically sensitive than terms like civil society or human rights protection.

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From Without to Within: Indian International Law as Modernizer

Choukroune

2018

Exploring Indian Modernities

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Public Interest Litigation in Asia

Cited by 15 publications

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The Panda Man and the Anti-Counterfeiting Hero: Art, Activism and Appropriation in Contemporary China

The Panda Man and the Anti-Counterfeiting Hero: Art, Activism and Appropriation in Contemporary China

Public Interest as Concept and Legal Practice in China

From Without to Within: Indian International Law as Modernizer

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