Chinese Legal Reforms - (Chinese and Comparative Law) by Lu Xu (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book gives a detailed explanation and critical analysis of major reforms in China since 2013 to the constitution and legislation, court, procuratorate, local government and legal practice, on the basis of laws and policies, court judgments, statistics and both Chinese and international scholarship.

Book Synopsis

This book explains the details and underlying thinking of many major reforms to Chinese law and legal practice that have taken place since 2013. It draws widely on laws and regulations, policies, cases, official statistics as well as the latest Chinese and foreign literature. The informed analysis answers intriguing questions such as why China runs the world's largest database of court judgments without recognising any precedent, or why the number of judges was cut by 40% despite a more than doubled caseload. Ultimately it offers a new approach on how to understand Chinese law and legal reforms in the contemporary world.