TY - CHAP
T1 - Juries as decision-makers in East Asian judicial systems
T2 - Hong Kong, Mainland China, South Korea, and Japan
AU - Hui, Cora Y. T.
AU - Adjorlolo, Samuel
AU - Heng, Choon (Oliver) CHAN
PY - 2017/3/16
Y1 - 2017/3/16
N2 - One index of socioeconomic development is the legal system. In Western countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, a robust and independent legal system has paralleled socioeconomic developments. This chapter provides an overview of the legal systems in Hong Kong, Mainland China, South Korea, and Japan and to compare the jury systems in these jurisdictions. It examines factors affecting jury decision-making in the Asian context. A former British colony, the legal system in Hong Kong resembles the system in England and Wales to a greater degree than it does the system in Mainland China. The jury system in Hong Kong has been in operation, the longest-running jury system in East Asia. The importance of the jury is also recognised in Article 86 of the Basic Law, which stipulates "the principle of trial by jury previously practised in Hong Kong shall be maintained."
AB - One index of socioeconomic development is the legal system. In Western countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, a robust and independent legal system has paralleled socioeconomic developments. This chapter provides an overview of the legal systems in Hong Kong, Mainland China, South Korea, and Japan and to compare the jury systems in these jurisdictions. It examines factors affecting jury decision-making in the Asian context. A former British colony, the legal system in Hong Kong resembles the system in England and Wales to a greater degree than it does the system in Mainland China. The jury system in Hong Kong has been in operation, the longest-running jury system in East Asia. The importance of the jury is also recognised in Article 86 of the Basic Law, which stipulates "the principle of trial by jury previously practised in Hong Kong shall be maintained."
UR - https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/publications/juries-as-decisionmakers-in-east-asian-judicial-systems(a4303d3a-8b9c-4564-a491-bb01dddb0e79).html
UR - https://www.routledge.com/Psycho-Criminological-Perspective-of-Criminal-Justice-in-Asia-Research/Chan-Ho/p/book/9781138680654
U2 - 10.4324/9781315564036-6
DO - 10.4324/9781315564036-6
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781138680654
SN - 9781138365872
T3 - Routledge Studies in Asian Behavioural Sciences
SP - 69
EP - 86
BT - Psycho-Criminological Perspective of Criminal Justice in Asia
A2 - Chan, Heng Choon (Oliver)
A2 - Ho, Samuel
PB - Routledge
ER -