China The Cross-Strait #10YearChallenge January 23, 2019 0 Written by Margaret Lewis. What a difference a decade makes. Pandas are not the focus of the #10YearChallenge, in part perhaps because a 5-year-old panda…
China A new torture in China August 10, 2017 5 Written by Eva Pils. ‘In China, we say that for a person meditating in a cave, a day passes as though it were a thousand…
China Women Judges in Post-Mao China – How much do we know? July 21, 2017 2 Written by Anqi Shen. Who are women judges in China? What do they do? What are their roles and positions in the Chinese judicial profession?…
China Community corrections in China – “let a thousand flowers bloom?” – Observations from recent research visits July 19, 2017 0 Written by Susyan Jou. As a criminology Professor in Taiwan, I’ve had the opportunity to visit China in 2015 and 2017, looking at the Beijing and…
China Penetrating Law Into the Walls of Chinese Detention Centers July 18, 2017 0 Written by Margaret Lewis. Last Saturday, the window closed for comments on the draft PRC Detention Center Law. The Ministry of Public Security touts the…
Law and Justice The rise of rule by fear February 15, 2016 0 Written by Eva Pils. In the course of my research on Chinese human rights lawyers over the past several years, I got to hear a…
Law and Justice Sources for Chinese Legal Reform February 10, 2016 0 Written by Kenneth Winston. It is commonly observed that Chinese legal history was guided for centuries by the idea of rule by law, rather than…
Law and Justice China’s Study-Work School February 8, 2016 0 Written by Anqi Shen. While the Chinese criminal justice system maintains punitive, youth justice in China is an exception, operating on the core principles of…
China Creating a civil justice system with Chinese characteristics December 16, 2015 0 Written by Kristie Thomas. Recent amendments to China’s civil procedure law (CPL) have highlighted key tensions in the wider legal system. Detailed analysis of these…
