What kind of judicial power does China need?
Xin Chunying Xin Chunying is a professor at the Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China. Since the late 1970s, China has undergone significant political, economic, social, and cultural change. One of the side effects has been an increase in the importance of law and judicial adjudication. The courts, however, proved ill prepared for a more central role, sparking both official and public discussion of judicial reform. Today, some of the groundwork of reform has been laid, but further reforms are necessary. This article assesses the achievements and shortcomings of the reform process, and maps the difficulties that future judicial reforms face. The author contends that a more coherent, systematic, and goal-oriented reform process must be developed in order to enable the judicial system to meet the country’s changing social and economic needs. CiteULike Connotea Del.icio.us What’s this?
