A Comparative Study on the Efficiency of Trials between the United States and China

Author: Huang Changying
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: This book aims to explore ways to reform the judicial system and improve China's judicial efficiency through a comparative study of the theory and practice of judicial efficiency in the United States and China. The entire book is divided into twelve chapters.
Chapter 1: Exploring the concept and necessity of improving litigation efficiency.
Chapter 2: An introduction to U.S. courts and the legal system, with a focus on the U.S. New York State court system, which the author extensively researched.
Chapter 3: Enhancing the quality of judges.
Chapter 4: Emphasizing the role of parties in litigation.
Chapter 5: Strengthening judicial authority.
Chapter 6: Plea bargaining.
Chapter 7: Consolidation in civil litigation.
Chapter 9: Introducing measures taken by U.S. courts to promote party mediation, analyzing the current state of mediation in China and the United States, and proposing that China needs to strengthen its mediation efforts, with a brief exploration of criminal mediation.
Chapter 10: Analyzing the role and current status of China's retrial procedures, arguing that the guiding principles of retrials should be reformed, and that retrials should be regulated and limited in terms of initiation, grounds, time, and frequency.
Chapter 11: Introducing how the U.S. uses court-attached arbitration to resolve simple disputes quickly and efficiently, proposing that China establish a court-attached arbitration system, which is feasible and necessary.
Chapter 12: Listing other methods to improve litigation and enforcement efficiency, such as establishing a debt registration system, reducing unnecessary litigation procedures, and maximizing the use of simple and efficient litigation processes and methods.