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University of Washington School of Law

2016

Washington International Law Journal

Administrative Law

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Explaining Comparative Administrative Law: The Standing Of Positive Political Theory, Benjamin Minhao Chen, Zhiyu Li Jan 2016

Explaining Comparative Administrative Law: The Standing Of Positive Political Theory, Benjamin Minhao Chen, Zhiyu Li

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The principal-agent model of administrative law sees bureaucrats as imperfectly supervised agents of their political principals and courts as a tool used by the latter to monitor and check the former. This paper compares how the class of plaintiffs authorized to bring suit against governmental bodies has been defined in three countries where one should expect to find significant barriers to administrative litigation—Japan, Singapore, and the People’s Republic of China. Although these three Asian countries have traditionally been one-party dominated states, we do observe substantial differences in how legislatures and courts have addressed the issue of standing over time. It …


Interpretation Of The Supreme People's Court On Several Issues Concerning The Application Of "Administrative Ligitation Law Of The People's Republic Of China", Benjamin Minhao Chen, Zhiyu Li Jan 2016

Interpretation Of The Supreme People's Court On Several Issues Concerning The Application Of "Administrative Ligitation Law Of The People's Republic Of China", Benjamin Minhao Chen, Zhiyu Li

Washington International Law Journal

For the proper application of the “Administrative Litigation Law of the People’s Republic of China” amended at the 11th session of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People's Congress, in consideration of the actual circumstances of the people’s courts, the interpretation on the application of the relevant provisions is hereby issued as follows: