Tue, 25 Feb 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November 2024, China’s Supreme People's Court (SPC) published its first batch of maritime guiding cases, addressing key issues such as maritime cargo contracts, ship collisions, and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In February 2024, China's Supreme People's Court launched the People's Courts Case Database, which provides public access to authoritative case references and aims to ensure consistent application of laws. This Database is intended to complement, rather than replace, the China Judgments Online, a flagship platform of China’s open justice that has been operational since 2013.
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November 2023, China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) released typical cases of punitive damages for food safety, emphasizing consumer rights protection and highlighting instances of tenfold compensation awarded to consumers for food safety violations.
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November 2023, China's Supreme People’s Court released its 38th batch of guiding cases, focusing on environmental protection along the Yangtze River, aiming to influence nationwide judicial practices and translate legislation into trial rules.
Mon, 10 Apr 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In February 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court released ten Typical Cases on Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality, including the one where a Bitcoin mining service contract was ruled null and void.
Sun, 30 May 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
What do we talk about when we talk about Typical Cases issued by China's Supreme People's Court (SPC)?
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
No, China does not move towards case law, but keeps the tradition of statutory law while constantly innovating and exploring. The Similar Cases can be regarded as application tutorials with examples for statutory law.
Sun, 06 Dec 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
China's Supreme Court's Guiding Opinions in June 2020 has set out the circumstances in which Chinese judges should retrieve the Similar Case.
Sun, 29 Nov 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
China's Guiding Cases are different from case law, and in essence, belong to statutory law.
Sun, 15 Nov 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Guiding Case System and Similar Case Retrieval System are established to unify the application of law and restrict the discretion of judges.