Chinese Courts and Criminal Procedure: Post-2013 Reforms

Author: Björn Ahl
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108833301

Published In: July 2021
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781108978316

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Contrary to the general perception of legal regression under Xi Jinping, this volume presents a more nuanced picture: It combines a wide range of analytical perspectives and themes in order to investigate questions that link institutional changes within the court system and legal environment with developments in criminal procedure law.

The first part of the book investigates topics that contextualise institutional and procedural aspects of the law with a focus on various actors in the judiciary and other state and party organs. The second part of the book shifts the perspective to three controversial themes of criminal procedure reform: pre-trial custody review, live witness testimony in court and criminal reconciliation. By shedding light on performance evaluation of judges and interactions of courts and media the final part of the book introduces two sets of contextual factors relevant to the adjudication of criminal cases.

Post-2013 Reforms of the Chinese courts and criminal procedure: an introduction

Björn Ahl

1. The meandering path of judicial reform with Chinese characteristics

Xiaohong Yu

2. Dimensions and contradictions of judicial reforms in China

Yulin Fu

3. How the Supreme People's Court drafts criminal procedure judicial interpretations

Susan Finder

4. Judicial (dis-)empowerment and centralisation efforts: institutional impacts of China's new supervision commissions

Ye Meng

5. A new model of habeas corpus in China? Procuratorial necessity examination of pre-trial custody

Alexandra Kaiser