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Index Aamodt, M. 132, 137 judicial corruption 405 advocacy for legal reforms 218, 222, local level prosecutions 405–6 230, 231, 328–30, 414, 415, 416 Party and marginalization of law Ageloff, H. 18 393–5 Ai Weiwei case 5–6, 8, 56, 61, 461 Party norms, prevalence over legal Akehurst, L. 131 norms 395–7, 449 Alford, W. 257 Party’s disciplinary inspection Alschuler, A. 67 mechanism 393–400 Amodio, E. 38 punishment leniency 406–8 Anderson, E. 327 soft laws 395–7 anti-corruption enforcement 390–410 whistle-blowers, treatment of 403 anti-corruption administration Armstrong, G. 27 (ACA) responsibilities 394–5 audio/video recording of interrogation bribery, prevalence of 401 102, 112, 113, 116, 272, 487 case numbers 390–91 Australian/Chinese comparison 193, centralization of power 403–4 196 collapsing thesis 391 Taiwan 216, 224 criminal detention 407 Australia detention for interrogation Department of Correctional Services mechanism (shuanggui) 398–9, 192 403, 404 ERISP programme (Electronic disciplinary inspection committee Recording of Interviews with (CDI), accountability of 393–4 Suspected Persons) 193, 196 disciplinary inspection committee Evidence Act (NSW) 196–7 (CDI), responsibilities 394–5 guilty plea see guilty plea, disciplinary matters as opposed to Australian/Chinese comparison criminal offences 396 Law Enforcement (Police disciplinary mechanism 397–400 Responsibilities) Act (LEPRA) disciplinary punishments imposed 190–91, 204 (2005–2006) 398 plea bargaining 39–40 economic decentralization effects R v Thomson and Houlton 201 400 authoritarianism 36, 64, 210, 211–12, extra-legal detention 398–9 222, 411–12 future of 409–10 gap thesis 391–2 bail 192, 194–6, 456, 466, 468, 469 high-profile cases 400–404 Bajer, R. 95 high-profile cases, and political Balbus, I. 14, 31, 37 structure of CCP 402–3 Baldwin, J. 40, 41 high-profile prosecutions 406 Balmer, N. 48 institutionalization of corruption Bandurski, D. 372 404–10 Barboza, D. 302 569 Mike McConville and Eva Pils - 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