Comparison of Chinese and Japanese Legal Systems: History, Reforms, and Human Rights, Slides of Law

Download Comparison of Chinese and Japanese Legal Systems: History, Reforms, and Human Rights and more Slides Law in PDF only on Docsity! Comparative Law Asian Legal Systems: China and Japan Docsity.com Chinese religions ¢ Buddhism * Taoism Docsity.com Cultural Revolution • 1966 reaches Beijing university • Red Guards • Gang of Four (Jiang Qing) • 1976 Mao dies, arrest of Gang of Four Docsity.com Some reforms • Largely economic • Political reforms are slower to come • 1989 Tiannamen Square protests end in carnage Docsity.com Deng Xiaoping • In power from late 1970s to 1993 when Jiang Zemin took control Docsity.com Continuing Importance of Mediation • Mediation committees resolve around 90% of China’s civil disputes and some minor criminal cases at no cost to the parties. • There are over 800,000 such committees in rural and urban areas Docsity.com Chinese Court System • 4 level court system • Supreme People’s Court • Higher People’s Courts • Intermediate People’s Courts • Basic People’s Courts • Many court proceedings are televised Docsity.com Chinese Legal Professionals • State legal workers who function under supervision of Ministry of Justice • Importance of and demand for legal services is on the incrase – a move towards lawyers engaging in private practice in their own offices (collectives) Docsity.com Japanese Legal System • Chinese influence Docsity.com Japanese History • Influence of China • Shogans hold actua power from 710 to 1867 • Contact with the West 1542 – followed by 200 year period of isolation until Convention of Kanagawa in 1854 Docsity.com Effect of Western Contact Docsity.com World War II • Attack on Pearl Harbor • Nearly 4 years of war, loss of 3 millino f Japanese lives • Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki • Surrender September 2 1945 • Japan loses all overseas possession Docsity.com Docsity.com