Two major initiatives in China are gaining momentum inside and outside of the country. Internally, China’s judiciary has been leading an “open judiciary” initiative, culminating in the establishment of the Guiding Cases System, in which judges are instructed to follow Guiding Cases (“GCs”), de facto binding cases, to achieve…
The battle against the recidivism of youthful offenders is one of Los Angeles County’s most difficult struggles. In 2015, The Los Angeles County Juvenile Probation Outcomes Study found that one-third of youth on probation from the county’s juvenile delinquency system are re-arrested within a year of their release.Rev. Gregory J…
Graduate students, fellows, and faculty only, please. Whatever happened to comparative legal history? Once thought of as a counterweight to legal history’s most maligned qualities—its parochial outlook, academic solipsism, and lack of critical perspectives—the discipline is almost non-existent today.
