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China top judge pledges to eliminate judicial corruption

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] The Supreme People's Court of China will take steps to eliminate judicial corruption, according to a report delivered Tuesday to second session of the Eleventh National People's Congress by Chief Justice Wang Shengjun. Wang reported that that 712 court officials were punished for misconduct in 2008 and that such corruption has negative social impacts and affects the credibility of the courts. He said that the Supreme People's Court would take measures to lessen such corruption with improved ethics education. In October, the Chinese legislature removed the vice president of the Supreme People's Court without explanation, although there were allegations of a scandal. In January 2007, the Communist Party of China (CPC) promised to confront government corruption after former Chief Justice Xiao Yang called for judicial reform to regain the public's trust. Several months later, Xiao Yang applauded the reform that had been achieved.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on March 10, 2009 (boomark / email).