Legal Formalism, Realism, or Instrumentalism? Ad hoc Judicial Response to COVID-19 in China

• In Event: Law in Times of Crisis and Change

Brief Overview

This study treats Covid-19 as a quasi-experiment and employs optimal full matching to examine the long-lasting confusion concerning judicial reforms in China. We offer systematic evidence to an ad hoc and instrumental account of judicial practice.

Authors

• Yuyang Shi, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

• Xiaohong Yu, Tsinghua University