Analysis of the Top Ten Administrative Law Cases in China

Author: Hu Jin Guang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: Since the implementation of the "Administrative Litigation Law" in 1990, the courts have handled over 800,000 administrative cases. In the majority of these cases, administrative agencies were ruled inadmissible, and the plaintiffs—citizens, legal persons, or other organizations—won their lawsuits. The legitimacy, legality, and rationality of the exercise of public power were challenged for the first time. The exercise of public power could become the subject of litigation and could be questioned through judicial channels. This undoubtedly opened a window for intellectual liberation and paved a new path for human rights protection against public power. This book collects and analyzes ten socially significant cases since the implementation of the "Administrative Litigation Law." Due to their diverse factors, these cases have actively contributed to the development of contemporary Chinese society and serve as a side record of Chinese history. The author has made every effort to gather original materials for each case, providing as detailed an introduction as possible to the case facts and contentious points during the litigation. Legal and theoretical analyses are conducted for the legal issues involved in each case.