Sun, 06 Jan 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
The most important difference between litigation and arbitration in China is that judges and arbitrators have different ways of thinking.
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Fri, 04 Jan 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
In trial activities, a Chinese judge will consider what kind of legal effect, social effect and political effect that may be incurred by a judgment to determine how to make a judgment.
Sat, 29 Dec 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Why should Chinese courts try to resolve the enforcement predicament of civil judgments in two to three years (i.e., 2016-2018)? Justice Zhou Qiang (周强), president of China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC), explained this in a report on 24 October 2018, and introduced what the Chinese courts did for this.
Sun, 23 Dec 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) has been pushing all courts across the country to ascertain and apply foreign law as much as possible in the last three years.
Tue, 18 Dec 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
China-US trade war may bankrupt many Chinese companies, and Chinese courts should get prepared as soon as possible.
Sun, 16 Dec 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Recently, China has established three Internet courts in Hangzhou, Beijing and Guangzhou. These courts will try Internet-related cases online, all of which are located in the most flourishing and prosperous area in the aspect of China’s Internet industry.
Sat, 08 Dec 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
An empirical study, conducted by Prof. Liu Jingdong, analyzes China’s progress on recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards since 2015, through a comparison between 81 cases in 2015-2017 and the pre-2015 replies issued by the Supreme People’s Court of China.
Thu, 29 Nov 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
The judge quota system refers to the system for determining the number of judges in the court. In the judicial reform, the SPC attempts to rationally determine the number of judges in each court in a scientific way and then select the right candidate to serve as a judge.
Thu, 22 Nov 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) is about to issue a significant judicial interpretation, stipulating the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in China. Judge Song Jianli (宋建立) (Judge of the SPC’s 4th Civil Division) introduced the content of the judicial interpretation.
Sat, 17 Nov 2018 Insights Liu Qiang 刘强
The protection of the personal rights of Chinese judges is one of the most concerned issues for them. From an investigation report made by Longyan Intermediate People's Court of Fujian Province, we can learn that the personal rights of Chinese judges are often violated. Now, the SPC is working hard to solve this problem.