ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts covered in the preceding chapters of the book. The book focuses on supervision of the courts work can be seen in many different forms in the Chinese legal system. Internal supervision refers to the hierarchy within a court: as far as handling cases is concerned, an individual judge and collegiate panel are supervised by the heads of the civil, criminal or administrative chambers. The adjudication committee in each court functions as the highest body to decide significant and important cases. The peoples' assessor system is mainly used by basic peoples' courts in handling cases by ordinary procedure whereby a collegiate panel with three adjudicators is required, of which one or two can be peoples' assessors. The role of public authorities in selecting, verifying and disseminating judicial information in a top-down manner has been gradually dissolved, or at least diluted by this internet-based bottom-up approach.
