Thomas P. DOLAN
A District courtroom in the Putuo District of Shanghai. At left is the Representative of the Masses. At right is a police guard. China’s legal system employs a hierarchy of people’s courts to handle both civil and criminal cases. PHOTO BY JOAN LEBOLD COHEN.
The current Chinese legal system is based on the 1982 constitution, which established a hierarchy of people’s courts to handle both civil and criminal cases. People’s
