Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development

at the University of Massachusetts Boston

China: Toward Responsible Governance:

Demonstrating Due Process, Transparency, and Judicial Independence to the Chinese Judiciary and Universities in Western China

Client/Agency: U.S. Department of State

Date: 2006

Partners: McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, Massachusetts Judges Conference

In Cooperation with: Supreme People’s Court, No. 2 Beijing Intermediate Court, Beijing High Court, Tsinghua University Law School, Peking University, Beijing Management College of Political Science and Law, China University of Political Science and Law, Peking University Women’s Law Center in Beijing; Northwest University of Politics and Law, Northwest University in Xi’an; Southwest University of Political Science and Law in Chongqing; Sichuan Higher People’s Court, Sichuan Normal University, Sichuan University of School of Law in Chengdu; Gansu Political Science and Law Institute in Lanzhou; Yunnan Nationalities University, Yunnan University in Kunming; Guangxi University in Nanning; and Qinghai Institute of the Nationalities in Xining

Purpose:  Promote responsible governance in China via reform of the judicial system

China: Toward Responsible Governance: Demonstrating Due Process, Transparency, and Judicial Independence to the Chinese Judiciary and Universities in Western China (PDF)