Here’s their latest update….
China Guiding Cases Project
A World Bank event and more
A small project that makes historic contributions…
The CGCP was established in February 2011. Since then, we have made significant progress. Some of our latest recognition and achievements include:
In a speech on judicial openness, ZHOU Qiang, President of the Supreme People’s Court (“SPC”), mentioned our work. An English translation of his words is available on our homepage.
The World Bank has just selected the CGCP to have a panel entitled The Role of ‘Precedent’/Guiding Cases in the Effective Application, Interpretation, and Implementation of Law during its Law, Justice and Development Week (November 16-19, 2015). Dr. Mei Gechlik, Founder and Director of the CGCP, will be joined by top judges/practitioners from mainland China, Japan, Taiwan and the U.S. in presenting the CGCP’s work and related experiences.
Some members of the 150-strong CGCP team have shared kind words about their experience with the CGCP.
The CGCP team has been hard at work revamping our website for better search functionality, allowing scholars and practitioners to more effectively conduct GC-related research. We expect the new website to launch this fall.
We thank all parties for recognizing our efforts. We try to make historic contributions at a time when the SPC specifically requests judges to cite GCs in similar, subsequent cases.
Knowing the legal issues that will impact one’s life is a right, not a privilege. That’s why we firmly believe that our knowledge-base of high-quality products should be available to all for free. But this big goal can’t be achieved on a small budget. The CGCP is operating on a shoestring budget and is facing even less for 2016. You can help by making a donation today.
For every dollar donated, a generous sponsor will match your donation, up to $5k. We hope this marks the beginning of more offers for matching donations. For sponsorship opportunities or large-scale partnerships, please contact Dr. Mei Gechlik directly at mgechlik@law.stanford.edu.
New positions are available…
We are proud to announce the creation of two new CGCP Editor opportunities: Type D Candidates, who will primarily perform legal research in Chinese; and Type E Candidates, who can lend their technical expertise to improve our website and knowledge-base (or with other relevant skills – grant-writing and fundraising experience are also welcome!). We also need more volunteers with excellent language skills—in Chinese or English—to work on our publications (Type A, B, and C Candidates). A full description of all positions and application instructions can be found here.
