The Leadership of China's Supreme People's Court
Abstract
The Supreme People's Court of China has been playing a pivotal role in the development of a new pattern of governance in China whereby the law is used to settle new societal, economic and political issues. The Court's leadership is important given the professional weakness of China's court system. The Court is moving away from an earlier reform emphasis on "judicial independence", as "trial independence", to focus on the supervision of the judiciary under the Court's new motto "the three paramounts", referring to Party leadership, the people's interests and the constitution. This paper examines the Court's current ...
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Conference Title
Leadership and Community Building in the Asia Pacific Region
Copyright Statement
The Supreme People’s Court of China has been playing
a pivotal role in the development of a new pattern of
governance in China whereby the law is used to settle
new societal, economic and political issues. The Court’s
leadership is important given the professional weakness
of China’s court system. The Court is moving away from
an earlier reform emphasis on “judicial independence”,
as “trial independence”, to focus on the supervision of
the judiciary under the Court’s new motto “the three
paramounts”, referring to Party leadership, the people’s
interests and the constitution. This paper examines the
Court’s current “reform” direction with a view to
exploring the rule of law and human rights implications
of Court leadership.
Subject
Law and Legal Studies not elsewhere classified