Prosecutors’ and Defense Lawyers’ Views on the Challenges to a New Trial Waiver System in China

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作者：

Lening Zhang

Ming Hu

机构：

[1] Saint Francis University,Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice

[2] Law School of Zhejiang University,undefined

来源：

Asian Journal of Criminology | 2022年 / 17卷

关键词：

Legal reform; Trial waiver system; Prosecutors; Defense lawyers; China;

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摘要：

Recently, Chinese government implemented and tested a trial waiver system in 18 large cities during 2016–2018. Using data collected from surveys of prosecutors and defense lawyers in one of the cities, the present study examines the main challenges in the implementation by comparing prosecutor and defense lawyer views. The main issues examined include the legal scope of trial waivers, the lawyer and victim roles in trial waivers, and the risk of corruption and power abuse. The findings indicate that lawyer respondents significantly differed from prosecutor respondents in their views on the issues. Defense lawyers were more likely to adopt a liberal stance and took a critical attitude toward the issues than prosecutors were. Their characteristic responses may well reside in their legal statuses and related interests in the Chinese legal context.

引用

页码：175 / 191

页数：16

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