A Wuhan Lawyer Suing the U.S. Government Over COVID-19? In China, Legal Impediments May Surface.
China adheres to the doctrine of absolute immunity.
China has been compiling its first civil code since 2015. The draft has been deliberated many times by China's legislature, the National People's Congress, and it is very likely to be adopted in 2020.
Judicial interpretation is a series of binding rules formulated by the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
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China's Supreme Court Judge Talks about the Path of Judicial Reform
"What changes are taking place, and why?" Judge Hu Shihao (胡仕浩), director of the judicial reform office of China's Supreme Court presents his views on it.
What's Chinese Legal System? - China Legal Research Guide
China's laws and regulations can be divided into four levels in terms of effectiveness in a descending hierarchy: (1) The Constitution; (2) Laws; (3) Administrative regulations, judicial interpretation, military regulations; (4) Local laws and regulations, departmental regulations.
The Logic of China's Judicial Reform: An Insight into the Current Chinese Courts and Their Changes
China's Supreme People's Court has been reshaping the Chinese court system since the 2014 judicial reform. One key question to be answered: what does the SPC want?
