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“Her Voice Is So Pleasant!”: Sexual Harassment in Chinese Law Firms “她的声音好好听！”：中国律师事务所的性骚扰问题

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Law & Policy Pub Date : 2026-09-23 DOI: 10.1111/lapo.70022

Yuyao Yi, Sida Liu

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In Their Own Words: Prosecutors on the Politics of Backlash 用自己的话说：检察官的反扑政治

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Law & Policy Pub Date : 2026-09-22 DOI: 10.1111/lapo.70024

Joshua M. Davis, Whitney K. Taylor

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Power Leveraging: The Everyday Expansion of the Grassroots State in Urban China 权力杠杆：中国城市基层国家的日常扩张

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Law & Policy Pub Date : 2026-09-18 DOI: 10.1111/lapo.70023

Aokai Yang

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Three Essential Attributes of Collateral Consequences in the United States: The Case of Jury-Eligibility Restrictions 美国附带后果的三个基本属性：以陪审团资格限制为例

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Law & Policy Pub Date : 2026-09-09 DOI: 10.1111/lapo.70019

Alec C. Ewald

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Between Autocratic Legalism and Traditional Values: Russian Academic Lawyers' Views on the Country's Conservative Turn 在专制法家主义与传统价值观之间：俄罗斯学院派律师对国家保守转向的看法

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Law & Policy Pub Date : 2026-09-04 DOI: 10.1111/lapo.70020

Timur Bocharov, Ekaterina Khodzhaeva

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Traces of Criminal Records: Digital Reputation and Information Concealment Policy 犯罪记录的痕迹：数字声誉和信息隐藏政策

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Law & Policy Pub Date : 2026-09-02 DOI: 10.1111/lapo.70018

Amanda Y. Agan, Sarah E. Lageson

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IF 1.6 3区社会学

Law & Policy Pub Date : 2026-05-04

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IF 1.6 3区社会学

Law & Policy Pub Date : 2026-05-04

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IF 1.6 3区社会学

Law & Policy Pub Date : 2026-05-03

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IF 1.6 3区社会学

Law & Policy Pub Date : 2026-05-03

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