观复性

[zhwj]

I ran across the phrase 观复性措施 in this article; here's context if you don't want to read the whole thing:

...但在美国，一旦被发现，除非按恢复性措施或者观复性措施处理，否则难逃法网。

恢复性措施 I assume refers to "restorative justice"-style measures. The word "观复" comes from 老子, but I can't tell here if the whole phrase is being used as another name for restorative justice, or if it refers to something else, since I am not familiar with legal terms in English (much less Chinese). Some kind of repeated dialoguing, perhaps?

Anyone care to clue me in?

BTW, the article is an interesting read; practically a textbook example of overgeneralizing on the basis of personal experience. The author is a visiting scholar at an American university.

[roddy]

I asked a few people about this, but with no luck. Have you managed to find anything?

[zhwj]

No answer to date. I think that, as the author is a legal scholar, he was merely giving an alternative name for a new concept.