Straton Papagianneas
Straton Papagianneas is a Ph.D. candidate at the Leiden Institute for Area Studies, Leiden University. He studied international law at Wuhan University. He obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in Economic Diplomacy at the Brussels Diplomatic Academy and received his M.A. and B.A. in Chinese Studies from the University of Heidelberg and University of Leuven, respectively. He is strongly interested in the socio-legal study of Chinese law, Chinese legal and judicial reforms, criminal justice, and automation of judicial practice, as well as the relationship of these topics to fairness, procedural justice, and broader social developments.
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The Supreme People’s Court has established an impressive framework to facilitate the use of Guiding Cases but has not given clear guidance on how to handle inconsistent applications of a Guiding Case by Chinese courts. In this article, the authors analyze the inconsistent applications of Guiding Case No. 60 by several important courts in China, discuss potential problems associated with such inconsistency, and propose solutions to these problems.
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