Thu, 21 Feb 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese courts have developed a performance appraisal system to measure judges’ performance. If you want to establish reasonable expectations about how Chinese judges hear cases, the role of this system should not be overlooked.
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese courts have been facing a litigation explosion in the recent five years, which has caused work overload to judges. Dealing with litigation explosion has now become one of the top priorities for the supreme court and local courts in China.
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.
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.
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) of China has implemented many reform measures in the third-round judicial reform, which deeply affects the current operating mechanisms of Chinese courts. Therefore, if you want to know how Chinese courts work, you must understand what the SPC did in the third-round judicial reform.
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Before rendering a judgment, a Chinese judge shall undergo review and approval by his/her superiors, who haven't tried the case. This practice has existed in China until recently, when China’s Supreme People Court has ruled out the practice in part in the latest round of judicial reform (2014-2017).
Mon, 15 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Improving the judicial accountability system, one of the most important measures in Chinese judicial reform, is supposed to hold judges accountable for life for cases they handle and to effectively discipline judges for misconduct. Prior to this, Chinese judges were never subject to such strict requirements.
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) tries to empower judges to exercise adjudicative power independently while taking more measures to supervise the trial work.
Wed, 03 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Compared with their counterparts in other countries, the court presidents in China play a far more complicated role. They have to act as excellent administrators and politicians before acting as legal experts.
Tue, 28 Aug 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese judges having doubts on specific issues in the trial work will seek for opinions of higher courts (appellate courts) and shall render judgments in accordance with the reply opinions.