Over the course of my China law career, I’ve heard an endless series of statements from both foreigners and Chinese insisting that the “sue first, ask questions later” attitude in the U.S./UK just doesn’t apply to the PRC’s harmonious society. I learned early on that this conclusion is rubbish. Here’s more evidence to back me up:

China accepted 2.65 million legal cases in the last five years, with the number growing each year by an average of 23.5 percent, and provided legal advice for 20.78 million people, the number growing 12.8 percent each year on average, said the Ministry of Justice on Thursday.

I tend to think that this suggests more people have faith in the judicial system (at least for ordinary civil litigation). Seems like a good thing to me.

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Over the course of my China law career, I’ve heard an endless series of statements from both foreigners and Chinese insisting that the “sue first, ask questions later” attitude in the U.S./UK just doesn’t apply to the PRC’s harmonious society. I learned early on that this conclusion is rubbish. Here’s more evidence to back me up:

China accepted 2.65 million legal cases in the last five years, with the number growing each year by an average of 23.5 percent, and provided legal advice for 20.78 million people, the number growing 12.8 percent each year on average, said the Ministry of Justice on Thursday.

I tend to think that this suggests more people have faith in the judicial system (at least for ordinary civil litigation). Seems like a good thing to me.

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Post tags: litigation

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