This is Li's lecture on accepting the position of professor of Chinese law at Erasmus University Rotterdam in November 2012. China's government is divided between legislative, executive, and judicial without a strong separation of powers, he says, and all branches are under the unchallengeable leadership of the Communist Party. He discusses the notion and implications of judicial independence, the current status of judicial independence in Chinese law, judicial independence in practice, and the path to achieving effective judicial independence. There is no index. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
