Civil Judgments at First Instance: Comparative Experience and Chinese Solution (Hardcover, 2024)

Introduction.- Examples of Civil Judgments as the Start point.- Civil Judgments in China: Structure, Reasoning and Reform.- Application of Law: Substantive Legal Grounds, Citations of Legal Sources, and Methodological Issues.- Finding of Facts: Decisive Documentary Evidence in Civil Litigation and Its Proving Effects.- Burden of Proof: Chinese Approach to Resolving the Factual Issue of Non-Liquet.- Effects of Final Judgments (I): Predetermined Effects of Their Factual Conviction.- Effects of Final Judgments (II): Scope of Res Judicata Effect and Possible Issue Preclusion?.- Correction of Errors: Redressing Obvious Errors and Omitted Claims in First Instance.- Context of Civil Judgments: Judicial System and Procedural Arrangement.- Challenges of Online Dispute Resolution: New Possibilities and Boundaries.- Conclusion.-?Appendix. Related Translation of Essential Chinese Legal Documents.