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China’S Legal System And The Fourth Plenum, Donald C. Clarke
China’S Legal System And The Fourth Plenum, Donald C. Clarke
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee’s Fourth Plenum, held in October 2014, was its first meeting specifically devoted to the legal system, and as such attracted much from those interested in Chinese law. But the official Decision of the Fourth Plenum does not represent a conversion to the ideology of rule of law. Even if the leadership were to desire the system of accountability and institutionalized restraint on government that is generally understood by the term “rule of law,” it could not be accomplished any time soon and would require changes in entrenched features of the current political and …
The Peter Humphrey/Yu Yingzeng Case And Business Intelligence In China, Donald C. Clarke
The Peter Humphrey/Yu Yingzeng Case And Business Intelligence In China, Donald C. Clarke
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
The case of Peter Humphrey and Yu Yingzeng, convicted in China on August 2014 on charges of unlawful acquisition of citizens’ personal information, raises important issues about Chinese law. A narrow but important issue is how Chinese law draws the line between lawful and unlawful acquisition of information, a practice routinely carried out by businesses and individuals. This article examines the trial transcript and judgment in the Humphrey/Yu case and finds that it sheds regrettably little light on what remains a murky question. A broader issue is whether the Chinese legal system can be counted on to operate in a …