legal reform

Nanjing Swingers Trial – Interview Links and Final Comments

Stan Abrams
April 10, 2010 16:19

Warning: shameless self-promotion ahead. Minors should only read under the supervision of parents or adult guardians. Cynics should roll their eyes dramatically, sigh, and then keep reading. As I mentioned previously, I was interviewed by the BBC the other day about the “Nanjing...

A Reluctant Comment on Rio Sentencing

Stan Abrams
April 03, 2010 05:17

I wanted to put both Rio Tinto and Google behind me. Too many people have said too much, and it’s gotten old fast. But some exceptions have to be made, and one relates to the sentences given to the Rio Tinto employees found guilty of bribery and theft of commercial secrets. Although this...

Mississippi Burning and China’s Suihide Problem

Stan Abrams
March 24, 2010 10:43

Police chief or deputy chief should resign if any prisoner under his jurisdiction dies in prison without adequate reasons in central China’s Henan Province, according to a new regulation of the provincial public security bureau. Police officers directly involved in torture or forcing...

Anti-Monopoly Law: New Guidance for China’s State Sector

Stan Abrams
March 07, 2010 00:00

One of the big questions hanging out there since the adoption of the Anti-monopoly Law (AML) a couple years ago has been the treatment of State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) and the regulation of the State sector. One of the pillars of competition law is to promote fair competition, and monopolies and...

Bullet to the Back of the Head Out, Community Corrections In

Stan Abrams
March 06, 2010 06:08

This year . . . a total of 180,000 convicts spent Lantern Festival, which fell last Sunday, at home rather than in jail, thanks to the community correction program. China started to trial run the program in 2003 in Beijing and Shanghai, then extended it to 27 provinces. Having fulfilled their...