Litigation mania

Litigation mania

Litigation mania is a term commonly used by psychiatrists attached to the Chinese police force to describe people who "persistently lodge petitions or complaints with the authorities about persecution" [cite news
last = McDonald
first = Hamish
title = Former inmate tells of torture
publisher = The Age
date = November 7, 2005
url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/former-inmate-tells-of-torture/2005/11/06/1131211945880.html
accessdate = 2008-02-28
] .

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Liu Xinjuan — is a Chinese land reform activist from Shanghai.She has been forcibly committed to psychiatric hospitals five times in three years because of her efforts to fight illegal land seizures and forced evictions in Shanghai. [Human Rights in China… …   Wikipedia

  • United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

  • Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …   Universalium

  • Antidepressant — Fluoxetine (Prozac), an SSRI The chemical structure of …   Wikipedia

  • Disney's Hollywood Studios — Disney s Hollywood Studios …   Wikipedia

  • P. T. Barnum — Phineas Taylor Barnum Phineas Taylor Barnum photo by Mathew Brady, c.1860 Born Phineas Taylor Barnum July 5, 1810(1810 07 05) Be …   Wikipedia

  • Outline of finance — The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to finance: Finance – addresses the ways in which individuals, businesses and organizations raise, allocate and use monetary resources over time, taking into account the risks… …   Wikipedia

  • Production of Watchmen (film) — Teaser poster drawn by Watchmen illustrator Dave Gibbons for the 2007 Comic Con International Watchm …   Wikipedia

  • Stewart Home — (born 1962) is an English artist, filmmaker, writer, pamphleteer, art historian, and activist. He is best known for his novels such as the non narrative 69 Things To Do With A Dead Princess (2002), his re imagining of the 1960s in Tainted Love… …   Wikipedia

  • Marvel Entertainment — Marvel Entertainment, LLC Type LLC Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company Industry Entertainment Predecessor Ma …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”