Fri, 04 Jan 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
In trial activities, a Chinese judge will consider what kind of legal effect, social effect and political effect that may be incurred by a judgment to determine how to make a judgment.
How Chinese Courts Work
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) of China has implemented many reform measures in the third-round judicial reform, which deeply affects the current operating mechanisms of Chinese courts. Therefore, if you want to know how Chinese courts work, you must understand what the SPC did in the third-round judicial reform.
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Before rendering a judgment, a Chinese judge shall undergo review and approval by his/her superiors, who haven't tried the case. This practice has existed in China until recently, when China’s Supreme People Court has ruled out the practice in part in the latest round of judicial reform (2014-2017).
Mon, 15 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Improving the judicial accountability system, one of the most important measures in Chinese judicial reform, is supposed to hold judges accountable for life for cases they handle and to effectively discipline judges for misconduct. Prior to this, Chinese judges were never subject to such strict requirements.
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) tries to empower judges to exercise adjudicative power independently while taking more measures to supervise the trial work.
Wed, 03 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Compared with their counterparts in other countries, the court presidents in China play a far more complicated role. They have to act as excellent administrators and politicians before acting as legal experts.
Tue, 28 Aug 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese judges having doubts on specific issues in the trial work will seek for opinions of higher courts (appellate courts) and shall render judgments in accordance with the reply opinions.
Tue, 21 Aug 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Mr. Ma Xinmin (马新明), Deputy Director-General of the Department of Treaty and Law of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of P.R.C., introduced the important role of the Chinese judges in ensuring the compliance and clarification of the rules of international law and promoting international judicial cooperation and the codification of international law.
Fri, 03 Aug 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese courts at various levels, to some extent, are part of the administrative bodies in the national hierarchy, rather than just a judicial organ with the sole responsibility of adjudicating cases.