Weapon of the Weak: Gendered Perceptions to the Use of the Courts in China

• In Event: Gender Equity and the Law

Brief Overview

Drawing on three conjoint experiments related to citizens’ use of court in China, we find women are more inclined to use the courts to safeguard their legal rights and interests. Such inclination is also shared by the broad population in the country

Authors

• Xiaohong Yu, Tsinghua University

• Chao-yo Cheng, Birkbeck, University of London

• Chao Ma, University of International Business & Economics

• Zhaoyang Sun, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China