The Gavel

How the Law Deals with Popular Mass Culture

While every single last human thinks, acts and behaves differently, their needs and interests are all different from one another, but ironically, they are still referred to as the “Common Man” or “The Masses”.  In any society that is based...

Dreams of Death; Dealing with Desires to Commit Crimes

Violence or criminal activities in our dreams can often cause stress and anxiety, and in the most extreme instances, a criminal dream can show a person’s desire or guilt, or the fear of being accused of a crime that...

Enterprises in Hibernation; An Analysis of Dormant Companies

Affected by COVID, the world economy has been impacted for the past 2 years. Countless enterprises have faced or are facing the dilemma of stagnant operation and are unable to make ends meet. For these enterprises, if they want to...

Is it Legal to Stereotype Someone? (Happens Daily, Actually)

Notwithstanding how difficult it is to be explained in a reasonable and efficient manner, the presence of stereotypes in the application of law is a concrete, daily experience.  To verify this, ask a criminal, in any country, whether the law...

Women as Judges; Legal Representation by Females in China

Women in law denotes the role enacted by women in legal profession. Lawyers are also known as legal counselors, advocates, attorneys, barristers, solicitors, prosecutors and paralegals, and also acknowledged as Judges, Law Professors, Legal Scholars, Law School Deans and...

What Place of Emotion in the Court Room?

The Law is not a place for emotions. It is the place of reason and rationality. In the legal community, feelings are considered irrational or dangerous and, as such, have to be contained or suppressed. This approach is nonetheless...

Congestion on the High Seas; Who’s Liable?

The shipping industry in China has  faced extreme congestion levels of late, the effect of which came to a head in May with authorities in Guangdong cancelling flights, locking down the city and suspending trade in order to rein...

Legal Perspectives; Theft of a Worthless Asset is Not a Crime

The newspapers report daily news of crimes of all kinds; robberies, violence, murders. When it comes to the latter, the reaction of the public often does not distinguish between a dreadful road incident and a coldblooded murder. As there...

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Iranians in China become more Visible than Countable

These things often start, not with a statistic, but with a voice; Persian heard in a lift, a WeChat...

Why Chinese Men Can’t Quit; Smoking, Face and the State

China has 300 million smokers, nearly a third of the world's total. The imbalance between the sexes is stark:...

US Dept of Justice Says Nanjing Firm Hacked NASA, Senate & More

A sharp new cyber case has put a Nanjing company at the centre of a much wider political row....

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