Judicial System of China

The Judicial System of China is a systematic study of Chinese courts after Xi Jinping took power and thoroughly reformed its judiciary. Unlike the judicial independence perspective and the rights-protection approach, this book presents a governance model for understanding the operation of the Chinese court system.

About the author

Xin He is a professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. He obtained his LL.B. from Peking University, China, and his J.S.D. degrees from Stanford University. His monograph Embedded Courts: Judicial Decision Making in China with Kwai Ng (Cambridge University Press 2017) won multiple book awards. His most recent book is Divorce in China: Institutional Constraints and Gendered Outcomes (NYU Press, 2021). His research interests include Law and Society and Chinese Legal Systems.

Summary

The Judicial System of China is a systematic study of Chinese courts after Xi Jinping took power and thoroughly reformed its judiciary. Unlike the judicial independence perspective and the rights-protection approach, this book presents a governance model for understanding the operation of the Chinese court system.

Product details

• Authors: Xin He, Xin (Professor He
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.12.2024
• EAN: 9780198927778
• ISBN: 978-0-19-892777-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Judicial Systems of the World
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, LAW / Comparative, LAW / Common, Political structure & processes, comparative law, Common Law, Political structure and processes, Systems of law: common law, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general