Emotional Reasoning: The Unintended Consequence of Supervision Reform on Anti-corruption Cases

• In Event: Law and Courts in Authoritarian China

Brief Overview

Employing causal and text reuse methods, we analyze 23,454 corruption cases before and after the supervision reform. Chinese judges decided more quickly and harshly. Emotional reasonings indicate their over-compliance with drastic political changes.

Authors

• Xiaohong Yu, Tsinghua University

• Zhaoyang Sun, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

• Hui Yang, Tsinghua University