#11473. Legal Doctrine and Judicial Review of Eminent Domain in China

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Abstract:
Which of the three legal doctrines of public use, just compensation, and due process is the most effective in constraining abuses of eminent domain power? This article addresses this question for the first time and presents the first-ever systematic investigation of the judicial review of eminent domain in China. Our empirical study reveals that Chinese courts focus on eminent domain procedures while rarely supporting claims based on public interest or just compensation. Chinese courts also choose to focus on eminent domain procedures to confine their own judicial review power for the purpose of self-preservation in an authoritarian state that empowers the courts to monitor and control local governments but does not want them to become too powerful. The study calls for a due process revolution in eminent domain law and introduces the judicial politics of legal doctrine approach to the study of Chinese law, an approach that takes both political institutions and legal doctrines seriously.
Keywords:
Legal doctrines; eminent domain; abuses of power; Chinese courts; local governments

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