Judge Career and Judicial Reform

Author: Chen Wenxing
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: Based on summarizing the practical experience of China's legal system construction and drawing on relevant theoretical research achievements, this book analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the judge profession both domestically and internationally, proposing suggestions and ideas for reforming and improving China's judge profession. Except for the preface and conclusion, the book is divided into nine chapters. Chapter 1 explores the origin and development of judges, judges' knowledge, factors influencing judicial decisions, the quality and quantity of judges, and judges' relationship with the media. Chapter 2 analyzes judge qualifications and examinations. Chapter 3 studies the issue of judge selection, proposing ideas for reforming China's judge selection system. Chapter 4 elaborates on the main content of the code of judicial ethics, focusing on judges' conscience and integrity, as well as the current state of judicial ethics in China, and proposes countermeasures to strengthen China's judicial ethics. Chapter 5 discusses the responsibilities, duties, and rights of judges. Chapter 6 examines the main content of the judge recusal system and explores how to improve China's judge recusal system. Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 respectively study issues related to judge management, such as training, discipline, and dismissal. Chapter 9 primarily analyzes the current state of foreign judge tenure protection systems and China's judge tenure protection system, further proposing ideas for improving China's judge tenure protection system. The conclusion summarizes the main research findings of the book and points out the direction for further research.