Tue, 20 Aug 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2024, China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) issued guiding cases on judicial protection for minors, addressing issues like school bullying, domestic abuse of minors, and marital guardianship.
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In December 2023, China’s Supreme People's Court issued its 39th batch of guiding cases focused on intellectual property rights, covering various aspects such as IPR infringement disputes, patent ownership, and copyright ownership.
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.
Tue, 04 Apr 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In February 2023, the Unified Law Application Platform of China’s Supreme People’s Court went online, aiming to standardize the application of laws by judges nationwide.
Mon, 13 Feb 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In January 2023, China’s Ministry of Justice issued three arbitration guiding cases, aiming to publicize the advantages of arbitration in dispute resolution as being efficient, convenient, and professional.
Mon, 13 Feb 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In January 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court released ten guiding cases on environmental public interest litigation, covering matters like smuggling foreign garbage and destroying natural relics.
Mon, 30 Jan 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In December 2022, China’s Supreme People’s Court released six cases on judicial review of arbitration as the 36th batch of guiding cases.
Wed, 28 Apr 2021 China Law in One Minute CJO Staff Contributors Team
No. Chinese judges only apply statutory law. However, China's Supreme People's Court is trying to establish a certain degree of "case law."
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.