1st Edition

The Power of the Supreme People's Court Reconceptualizing Judicial Power in Contemporary China

By Ding Qi Copyright 2020
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the recent development of the Supreme People’s Court of China, the world’s largest highest court. Recognizing that its approach to exercising power in an authoritarian context has presented a challenge to the understanding of judicial power in both democratic and non-democratic legal settings, it captures the essence of the Court through its institutional design as well as... Read more

1. Introduction;



2. The Power of the Court from an Institutional Perspective;



3. The Judicial Practice of the Court;



4. The Extrajudicial Practice of the Court;



5. The Power of the Supreme People’s Court: Rethinking and Reinterpretation;



Appendix;

Biography

Dr. Ding Qi is Senior Research Fellow at the Research Center for Legal Services of Xiamen University, China. Her research focuses on the recent development of the Chinese legal system and judicial reform, law and policy making, alternative dispute resolutions (ADR), and online dispute resolutions (ODR) from a comparative perspective. Dr. Ding Qi also works as a legal consultant to study, test, and design online platforms and digital legal products for a wide range of court and government users in China.