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AbstractThe singularity of artificial intelligence (AI), which transcends human intelligence to play the role of God, is imminent. In this context, the Chinese judicial system has gained some latecomer advantage, with the help of information technology, the Internet, big data, cloud computing, and AI to improve the efficiency and transparency of case handling. The trial process has undergone extensive and profound qualitative mutations. This represents a challenge to the institutional arrangements of the modern rule of law. At this stage, we should adopt a cautious and prudent attitude towards the design and application of legal-expert systems as well as machine learning. Especially from the aspect of computer sentencing, it is even more necessary to avoid a rush for quick results, and there is no need to completely exclude the judge's discretion and free evaluation of the evidence through inner conviction. The finality of the judicial power is destined to choose a correct final solution through a debate on the survival of the fittest mechanism. In the face of such a modern rule-of-law system, big data, cloud computing, information technology, and AI are just auxiliary means to achieve legal justice. It is impossible to put the cart before the horses. This is a basic principle that we should always bear in mind.

AbstractThis article argues that two types of pressure, specifically pressure from international competition and pressure resulting from the low employment rate of law graduates, are the major motivations for the new wave of legal education reforms in China. The direction of the reforms is from a single model into more diversified models. However, there is tension between "the universities' pursuit of academic freedom and featured education" and "the government's focal investment associated with deliberation and calculation." In recent years, Chinese legal education reform has placed more and more emphasis on practical skills training, and Chinese law schools are now required to open legal practice courses that must make up no less than 15% of the curricula. The author thinks this developmental trend is correct, but points to a potential problem: the costs of practical skills training, historically borne by mostly courts, procuratorates, and law firms, are now being transferred to law schools. Therefore, reform of the legal education sector in China should be adopted together with reforms in the tuition and fees system, as well as the bar exam, so that planned changes can be applied outside of the academic sector.

AbstractAgainst the background of increasing social diversification in a market economy, this paper examines the challenges confronting China's existing power structure and system of authority. Both to overcome the legitimation crisis of ruling and to achieve a soft landing of the political reform depend on reconstructing the authority of the rule of law through judicial reform as the breakthrough point. For this very reason, the top-level design of regime transition can follow a two-step strategy of building a rule of law country first, to be followed by restructuring power, so as to achieve democracy via the rule of law. It also proposes a conception to institutionalize the rule of law, emphasizing that the alternative three-review mechanism is both necessary and feasible, in that a top-level design of judicial review can contribute to our strivings for judicial fairness, an implementation of budget review and accountability review at the grassroots level for fiscal democracy, and the synergy of high-level and grassroots powers for a virtuous circle between the rule of law authority and democratic polity in mutual enhancement. There also comes the moment for plural efforts to both drive and achieve the rule of law based on the three-review mechanism.

Civil society is not as impotent as argued by many scholars in facing the pervasive force of economic globalization, and instead can play an important role in the strategic coupling of multinationals with localities. This study attempts to deepen existing research on the strategic coupling of mining production networks by emphasizing the role of social actors at different scales in the coupling process. It uses the qualitative survey method to provide analytical insights into the case of the Letpadaung Copper Mine in Myanmar, which is an investment of the Chinese company Wanbao Mining. Social actors represented by local communities and NGOs may have different interests from mining firms on issues such as land use, rural livelihoods, and environmental impacts, which constitute a sort of social barrier to strategic coupling. Wanbao Mining has taken steps to balance the intentions of multiple actors at different scales through bargaining, ultimately achieving an inclusive coupling that is a win-win for all parties. The concept of social barriers incorporates land-use issues into the strategic coupling research, contributing to the study of socio-economic and political issues of land in the context of globalization.

The significance of legal procedure: a perspective for analyzing China's construction of its legal system -- The essence of legal interpretations: the third approach to explore pragmatic jurisprudence -- Trial implementation of codification: a reflective mechanism between facts and norms -- The position of the legal profession: the Japanese practice of restructuring power -- Modern market economy and the professional ethics of lawyers: a comparative analysis of humanistic legal discourse

Preliminary Material /Setsuo Miyazawa , Weidong Ji , Hiroshi Fukurai , Kay-Wah Chan and Matthias Vanhullebusch -- Introduction /Setsuo Miyazawa , Weidong Ji , Hiroshi Fukurai , Kay-Wah Chan and Matthias Vanhullebusch -- The Development and Prospect of Legal Aid in China's Criminal Trial /Weimin Zuo -- Stratification or Diversification?: 2011 Survey of Young Lawyers in Japan /Setsuo Miyazawa , Atsushi Bushimata , Keiichi Ageishi , Akira Fujimoto , Rikiya Kuboyama and Kyoko Ishida -- Justice Delayed: Post-Colonial Hauntings in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal Hybrid Court System /Yvonne Y. Kwan -- "Post-Colonial" Legal Interpretation in Macau, China: Between European and Chinese Influences /Denis de Castro Halis -- The Right to Truth and the Legacies of World War II: A Way Forward for China? /Matthias Vanhullebusch -- China's Lay Participation in the Justice System: Surveys and Interviews of Contemporary Lay Judges in Chinese Courts /Zhuoyu Wang and Hiroshi Fukurai -- What's Happening in the Jury Room? Analyzing Shadow Jury Deliberation in Korea /Jae-Hyup Lee , Jisuk Woo , June Woong Rhee , Jeong Min Choi and Hyunki Shin -- Outlook and Contents of the "Civil Tribunal System" as Proposed by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA) /Harumi Takebe -- Changes in Gender Composition and the Future of Gender Balance in the Legal Professions in Korea /Haesook Kim -- Gender, Law and Legal Professions in China /Xiaonan Liu -- China's Past, Present and Future Approach to Climate Change /Patricia Blazey and Xiangbai He -- Thailand's Climate Policy and Law in the Making: Can the Tradition of Thai Civil Law Cope with Climate Governance? /Kridtiyaporn Wongsa -- Legal Instrumentalism in China: The Case of Hukou Legislation in Beijing and Shenzhen /Qiqi Fu and Paola Pasquali -- Invisible People, Pollution, and Places: Nuclear Contamination on the Tibetan Plateau, Himalayan Rivers, and Water Users /Abigail Brown -- Bibliography /Setsuo Miyazawa , Weidong Ji , Hiroshi Fukurai , Kay-Wah Chan and Matthias Vanhullebusch -- Author Index /Setsuo Miyazawa , Weidong Ji , Hiroshi Fukurai , Kay-Wah Chan and Matthias Vanhullebusch -- Subject Index /Setsuo Miyazawa , Weidong Ji , Hiroshi Fukurai , Kay-Wah Chan and Matthias Vanhullebusch.