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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Governance Model 1: Historical Background and Judicial Reforms under Xi Jinping 2: Judges 3: People's Assessors 4: Lawyers 5: Litigants' Views of the Courts 6: Civil Justice 7: The Courts' Role in Alternative Dispute Resolution 8: Criminal Justice 9: Administrative Justice Conclusion
