Alice Young writes:
PBS (WNET13 in the NYC area) is airing a fascinating behind-the-scenes documentary about China’s rural courts, with a short interview of me afterwards about China’s economic growth. Please watch July 3 at 9:00 pm (check local listings at www.pbs.org ); I am not a professional commentator but I think you will find the program interesting.And Happy Fourth of July! Alice
WIDE ANGLE— the weekly international documentary series– airs on Tuesday nights at 9pm on PBS beginning July 3rd. This season’s premiere, The People’s Court, takes viewers inside the courtrooms and law schools of China to provide an unprecedented and unexpected portrait of its rapidly growing legal system. The documentary follows itinerant judges, law students, a human rights lawyer, and ordinary Chinese citizens seeking justice as the country tackles the massive task of establishing a legal framework for its new market economy. Poised to surpass the United States as the largest economy in the world, yet facing mounting domestic and international pressure for a fair and transparent framework of laws, China is racing to reshape the rules of society. Few nations have ever attempted to create a new legal system so quickly, yet the transformation is incomplete and the judiciary far from independent. This experiment to introduce justice and the ‘rule of law’ to a nation still firmly controlled by the Communist party has global implications.
The film will be followed by an interview with international lawyer and Asia specialist Alice Young, Partner and Chair of the Asia Pacific Practice at Kaye Scholer LLP.