Focus (Forum & Focus)
May 3, 2008
It's Easy to Overlook, but China Has Made Strides Toward Justice
Forum Column - By Patrick Mattimore - Though there is still much work to be done, China has made enormous strides toward establishing effective legal processes that safeguard human rights and respect human dignity.
By Patrick Mattimore
This article appears on Page 6
At Renmin University in Beijing, one of the top law schools in China, a criminal law class recently analyzed a case their law professor was working on involving a stabbing between two men. The students were role-playing the roles of defense attorney, prosecutor and judge. The defense was arguing unpersuasively that the injury was on the left side of the victim...
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