「社會主義法治國家」下的法律威權化：中國的學術與服從

The Shaping of Authoritarian Law under the“Socialist Rule of Law”: Academics and Obedience in the Chinese Party-State

This article illuminates the relationship between the rule of law and academic freedom in China. It sheds light on the conception of“yifa zhiguo”(“governing the country according to law”) of the Chinese party-state, as a means of bringing about individual obedience. Using recent codes of conduct for academics and analysing case studies of sanctioned academics, this article examines how the reinforced demand for individual obedience has affected academia in the party-state. Although academic freedom has always been limited, I argue that Chinese legislation has taken an authoritarian turn in the era of Xi Jinping習近平by codifying illiberal values and politicised notions. Nevertheless, the institutionalisation of these new prohibitions is not very advanced, as the selected case studies do not demonstrate consistent and coherent practice.