The meandering path of judicial reform with Chinese characteristics / Xiaohong Yu Xiaohong Yu -- Dimensions and contradictions of judicial reforms in China / Yulin Fu -- How the Supreme People's Court drafts criminal procedure judicial interpretations / Susan Finder -- Judicial (dis- judicial (dis-)empowerment and centralisation efforts : institutional impacts of China's new supervision commissions / Ye Meng -- A new model of habeas corpus in China? procuratorial necessity examination of Pre-trial custody / Alexandra Kaiser -- Live witness testimony in the Chinese criminal courts / Zhiyuan Guo -- Blood money and negotiated justice in China blood money and negotiated justice in China / Kwai Hang Ng and Xin He -- Performance evaluation in the context of criminal justice reform : a critical analysis / Michelle Miao -- From populism to professionalism : the media and criminal justice in China / Daniel Sprick.
Summary:
"The introduction mirrors the volume's overall structure. It begins with a review of the literature on post-2013 legal institutional reforms before turning to the context and content of procedural law changes and court reforms. The chapter then discusses the role of the Supreme People's Court as an initiator of criminal procedure amendments and promoter of legal institutional reform. The most significant change in the judicial structure, that is caused by the introduction of the supervision commissions, is examined from the perspective of ongoing court reforms and the balance of power amongst the various actors within the judiciary. The introduction then turns to the criminal procedure law reforms enacted in 2012 and 2018, discussing the new mechanism of pre-trial detention, the criminal justice reform goal of 'trial-centredness' and criminal reconciliation in public prosecution cases. As the contextual factors of criminal trials often have a decisive impact on the trial outcome, such factors as performance evaluations of courts and judges and media scrutiny of criminal cases are subsequently analysed. It concludes with a summary of the key issues and findings of the volume as a whole"-- Provided by publisher.
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