Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbrevations -- Introduction -- 1. Legal Change at Lake Dianchi -- Part I: Legislation and Lawmaking -- 2. Law in the Boks -- 3. Bargaining on the Land Bill -- 4. Cleaning Up Pollution Legislation -- 5. China's Legislative Challenges -- Part II: Compliance and Violation -- 6. Why People Obey the Law -- 7. Lawful Construction -- 8. Attempts at Abatement -- 9. Kunming's Hunger for Land -- 10. Why Contamination Continues -- 11. Law and the Complexity of Reality -- Part III: Enforcement and Political Campaigns -- 12. The Enforcement Gap -- 13. Punishing Violations -- 14. Movements of Law -- 15. Ad Hoc Law Enforcement -- Conclusion -- 16. Regulating Land and Pollution -- References -- Samenvatting.