Submission on the practice of extracting and broadcasting forced confessions before trial

A group of human rights organizations has made a submission today to various UN Special Procedures Working Groups and Special…

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Joseph Raz letter to Tsinghua University president criticizing firing of Xu Zhangrun

Joseph Raz, perhaps the most distinguished living legal philosopher writing in English (or any language), has sent a letter to…

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Article 38 of Hong Kong’s National Security Law: Yes, they want to get you

In an earlier blog post on Article 38 of the National Security Law, I noted — as have many others…

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New political-legal rectification campaign 2020-2021

A new nation-wide rectification campaign targeting political-legal institutions, incl. courts, procuratorates, police, prisons, administrative body for lawyers… It’ll begin in…

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Hong Kong’s National Security Law: how dangerous is Article 38?

Many people who live outside of mainland China and Hong Kong and who have been critical of the Chinese Party-state…

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Literal lawlessness in HK for PRC officials

Sometimes people misuse the word “literally”. Not me, at least not here. Article 48 of the new Law of the…

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A critique of Taiwan’s “humanitarian assistance action plan for Hong Kong citizens”

Yesterday the Taiwan government finally released the much-anticipated “humanitarian assistance action plan for Hong Kong citizens.” Here are the details…

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Translation of Torts section of new Chinese Civil Code

George Conk of Fordham Law School has translated the section on torts of the new Civil Code. Here’s the link:…

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“Rule of law” versus “law and order”

“If the rule of law aims to minimize arbitrariness, then law and order has as its primary concern non-restlessness. Its…

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Inspection of auditors of Chinese firms listed in the US: more developments

President Trump has issued a Presidential Memorandum directing his Working Group on Financial Markets to discuss, and issue within 60…

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