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Review of Björn Ahl, Chinese Courts and Criminal Procedure Post-2013 Reforms

Review of Björn Ahl, Chinese Courts and Criminal Procedure Post-2013 Reforms Asian Journal of Criminology (2022) 17:289–291 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11417-022-09368-5 BOOK RE VIE W Review of Björn Ahl, Chinese Courts and Criminal Procedure Post‑2013 Reforms Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2021. ISBN:978-1-108-83330-1, xii 287 pages, $110 (hardcover) Zhuozhen Duan Received: 21 January 2021 / Accepted: 25 March 2022 / Published online: 9 April 2022 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2022 This collection studies various themes of judicial reform and criminal procedure develop- ments in China since 2013. It consists of ten chapters, including the introduction. The first part (chapters  2–5) studies the key players and developments of judicial reform, setting the institutional context for the chapters on the criminal procedural themes. The second part (chapters  6–8) investigates three contentious themes of criminal procedure reform: pre-trial custody review, live witness testimony and criminal reconciliation, which aim to address several chronic problems with China’s criminal justice. The final part (chap - ters 9–10) examines two contextual themes of criminal justice: performance evaluation and the media’s influence over how judges and prosecutors deal with criminal cases. The first question that arises is: why 2013? Two perspectives explain why 2013 is an important year and thus the significance of this collection. First, from the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Journal of Criminology Springer Journals

Review of Björn Ahl, Chinese Courts and Criminal Procedure Post-2013 Reforms

Duan, Zhuozhen
Asian Journal of Criminology , Volume 17 (2) – Jun 1, 2022
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Asian Journal of Criminology (2022) 17:289–291 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11417-022-09368-5 BOOK RE VIE W Review of Björn Ahl, Chinese Courts and Criminal Procedure Post‑2013 Reforms Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2021. ISBN:978-1-108-83330-1, xii 287 pages, $110 (hardcover) Zhuozhen Duan Received: 21 January 2021 / Accepted: 25 March 2022 / Published online: 9 April 2022 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2022 This collection studies various themes of judicial reform and criminal procedure develop- ments in China since 2013. It consists of ten chapters, including the introduction. The first part (chapters  2–5) studies the key players and developments of judicial reform, setting the institutional context for the chapters on the criminal procedural themes. The second part (chapters  6–8) investigates three contentious themes of criminal procedure reform: pre-trial custody review, live witness testimony and criminal reconciliation, which aim to address several chronic problems with China’s criminal justice. The final part (chap - ters 9–10) examines two contextual themes of criminal justice: performance evaluation and the media’s influence over how judges and prosecutors deal with criminal cases. The first question that arises is: why 2013? Two perspectives explain why 2013 is an important year and thus the significance of this collection. First, from the

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