Supreme People's Court
The
Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院;
pinyin: Zuìgāo Rénmín Fǎyuàn) is the highest court in the judicial system of the
People's Republic of China.
Hong Kong and
Macao, as
special administrative regions, has their own separated judicial systems based on British
common law traditions and
Portuguese legal traditions respectively, and are out of the jurisdiction of the Supreme People's Court.
Since March
1998, the President of the Supreme People's Court and Chief Grand Justice has been
Xiao Yang (肖扬).
The court is broken into two courts:
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General Supreme People's Court (National)*
Supreme People's Court (Provincial)*
The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China Official site.
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Chinacourt English website sponsored by the Supreme People's Court, with court news and legal information including biographical information for the Grand Justices.
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PRC Laws Links to English versions of the Constitution, General Principles of Civil Law, Administrative Procedure Law, Civil and Criminal Procedure Laws, and the Judges Law.
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The Supreme People's Court Court information in English, maintained at People's Daily Online.
