Fri, 25 Oct 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟
A judge and a law clerk walk on a small path in the Chinese countryside while leading a horse behind them, with all the materials and tools for trial and the national emblem on its back.
Chinese Judges
Sun, 16 Jun 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌
For a long time, Chinese courts have assigned cases to judges by their own dedicated personnel. Now, Chinese courts are trying to replace the traditional practice with a random case assignment mechanism.
Fri, 24 May 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌
Law graduates, public civil servants, staff members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and veterans are the main sources of candidates for judges in China.
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌
China’s Supreme People's Court (SPC) is prompting judges to explain their reasons as carefully as possible in judgment writing.
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , 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.
Sun, 06 Jan 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , 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 杜國棟
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, 17 Nov 2018 Insights Liu Qiang 劉強
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.
Tue, 28 Aug 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , 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.
Fri, 03 Aug 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese courts at various levels, to some extent, are part of the administrative bodies in the national hierarchy, rather than just a judicial organ with the sole responsibility of adjudicating cases.