On July 21. 2003. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signed the State Council Order No. 385, making public the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Legal Assistance. The Regulations has 31 articles in six chapter...On July 21. 2003. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signed the State Council Order No. 385, making public the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Legal Assistance. The Regulations has 31 articles in six chapters. The document came into effect on September 1, 2003. This is the first national law on legal assistance in China. The purpose of enacting the law is to ensure that citizens in financial difficulty could get necessary law service and the展开更多
Legal assistance is still new in China. It came just a few years ago as an institutional practice to ensure legal protection for citi-zens in need of justice but unable to bear the cost of bringing their cases to cour...Legal assistance is still new in China. It came just a few years ago as an institutional practice to ensure legal protection for citi-zens in need of justice but unable to bear the cost of bringing their cases to court or to a mediation or arbitration committee. This is certainly true to Tibet, still an展开更多
Authorities strive to increase the number of people and cases that qualify for legal assistance After obtaining 100,000 yuan($16,100)in earnings owed from the construction company he had worked with for more than five...Authorities strive to increase the number of people and cases that qualify for legal assistance After obtaining 100,000 yuan($16,100)in earnings owed from the construction company he had worked with for more than five years,Chen Xing—a migrant worker from southwest China’s Guizhou Province—appeared somewhat emotional.展开更多
文摘On July 21. 2003. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signed the State Council Order No. 385, making public the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Legal Assistance. The Regulations has 31 articles in six chapters. The document came into effect on September 1, 2003. This is the first national law on legal assistance in China. The purpose of enacting the law is to ensure that citizens in financial difficulty could get necessary law service and the
文摘Legal assistance is still new in China. It came just a few years ago as an institutional practice to ensure legal protection for citi-zens in need of justice but unable to bear the cost of bringing their cases to court or to a mediation or arbitration committee. This is certainly true to Tibet, still an
文摘Authorities strive to increase the number of people and cases that qualify for legal assistance After obtaining 100,000 yuan($16,100)in earnings owed from the construction company he had worked with for more than five years,Chen Xing—a migrant worker from southwest China’s Guizhou Province—appeared somewhat emotional.