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Anti-domestic Violence Law
More accessible Protection for Domestic Violence Victims: New Developments in Personal Safety Protection Order
ZHOU Shizun
China Law Update | 15 Tsinghua China L. Rev. 156 (2022)
To strengthen the protection for domestic violence victims, in 2022, the Supreme People’s Court and other authorities issued two legal instruments on the protection order system in concert with other authorities. These two documents were both drafted based on a petitioner-friendly principle with a focus on the protection of domestic violence victims.
Anti-monopoly Law
The Ammended Anti-monopoly Law: Key Changes under the Competition Policy
China Law Update | 15 Tsinghua China L. Rev. 174 (2022)
Cristina ZHANG
This article will firstly identify the background of the AML and the necessity of the amendment in Part II. An overview of the Amended AML and its guiding policy will be depicted in Part III, and Part IV will focus on the revision’s responses to three controversial topics, i.e., regulations over digital economy, the safe harbor rule, and the enhanced legal liability. Finally, Part V will summarize the article by briefly concluding the key changes and expectations for future practice.
Intellecutal Property Law
Leveling the Playing Field: Chinese Courts' Practice of Anti-suit Injunction in Standard Essential Patent Area
Wang Jiaqi
China Law Update | 13 Tsinghua China L. Rev. 381 (2021)
Starting from reviewing two standard essential patent (the "SEP") related cases in which the Chinese courts issued the anti-suit injunctions, this note categorizes the approaches applied by the Chinses courts into two folds, the substantial one and the formal one. In this note, the substantial approach, which is a progressively embracing of law and economics analysis, can satisfy the need for the emergence of more pro-implementor judicial forums to rebalance the asymmetrical negotiation power between the patentees and the implementors.
Civil Law
China's Recent Civil Law Codification in the High-tech Era: History, Innovations, and Key Takeaways
Dessie Tilahun Ayalew
China Law Update | 13 Tsinghua China L. Rev. 149 (2021)
On May 28, 2020, in its third session, the 13th National People’s Congress (hereinafter the “NPC”) adopted the Chinese Civil Code (hereinafter the “CCC”). The CCC represents a milestone in the modernization of the Chinese socialist legal system. China uses the continental legal system, where the codification of laws is a key attribute. Though seemingly paradoxical, the CCC is the first codified law in China — except for the Six Codes promulgated by the Kuomintang, for which legal drafters of that era modeled on European legal codes. The CCC is also the hard-won result of the Chinese Communist Party’s (hereinafter the “CPC”) political commitment to such codification. During its 19th National Congress, the CPC declared the codification of the CCC an important step in Chinese people’s pursuit of a better life, as well as in the promotion of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era.
