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Two Kinds of Dual States: Judicial Empowerment and Disempowerment in Authoritarian Politics (2025)
Journal Article
Li, Z. (2025). Two Kinds of Dual States: Judicial Empowerment and Disempowerment in Authoritarian Politics. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 58(3), 609-660

Under the pretense of a national emergency, the Reichstag Fire Decree drastically reshaped the Weimar constitutional order in 1933. The legally undefined jurisdiction of martial law conferred on the police unchecked powers to suppress any activities... Read More about Two Kinds of Dual States: Judicial Empowerment and Disempowerment in Authoritarian Politics.

Detecting the influence of the Chinese guiding cases: a text reuse approach (2023)
Journal Article
Chen, B. M., Li, Z., Cai, D., & Ash, E. (2024). Detecting the influence of the Chinese guiding cases: a text reuse approach. Artificial Intelligence and Law, 32, 463-486. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10506-023-09358-7

Socialist courts are supposed to apply the law, not make it, and socialist legality denies judicial decisions any precedential status. In 2011, the Chinese Supreme People’s Court designated selected decisions as Guiding Cases to be referred to by all... Read More about Detecting the influence of the Chinese guiding cases: a text reuse approach.

Courts Without Separation of Powers: The Case of Judicial Suggestions in China (2023)
Journal Article
Chen, M. B., & Li, Z. (2023). Courts Without Separation of Powers: The Case of Judicial Suggestions in China. Harvard International Law Journal, 64(1), 203-252

Like courts everywhere else, socialist courts are tasked with settling disputes. Their decisions are backed by the force of law. But unlike courts everywhere else, socialist courts are also required to support official ideology and policies. They are... Read More about Courts Without Separation of Powers: The Case of Judicial Suggestions in China.

Specialized Judicial Empowerment (2022)
Journal Article
Li, Z. (2022). Specialized Judicial Empowerment. University of Florida journal of law and public policy, 32(3), 491-546

Specialized courts have emerged as a useful addition to courts of general jurisdiction in the contemporary world. These courts allocate judicial resources by assigning complex and technical cases to specialized judges and resolve social problems thro... Read More about Specialized Judicial Empowerment.

Judicial Legitimation in China (2021)
Journal Article
Chen, B. M., & Li, Z. (2021). Judicial Legitimation in China. Cornell international law journal, 53(2), 169-206

Courts have emerged as vital policymaking bodies of the People’s Republic of China. Chinese courts do not only adjudicate individual cases; they also operate as quasi-legislative bodies by promulgating interpretations on a wide range of fields and su... Read More about Judicial Legitimation in China.

How Will Technology Change the Face of Chinese Justice? (2020)
Journal Article
Chen, B. M., & Li, Z. (2020). How Will Technology Change the Face of Chinese Justice?. Columbia Journal of Asian Law, 34(1), 1-58. https://doi.org/10.7916/cjal.v34i1.7484

The People’s Republic of China is embarking on an ambitious program to revolutionize its judicial institutions through information technology. Millions of cases have been published online as part of a move towards greater transparency. Courts are pil... Read More about How Will Technology Change the Face of Chinese Justice?.