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Lao Dongyan: Law and the Far Horizon
Good laws and good governance are the horizon we seek
Ongoing
Audio in Chinese
Lao Dongyan: I Still Believe Speaking Out Matters 01. Why Are Judges Reluctant to Grant Divorce in So Many Domestic-Violence Cases? 02. From Facial Recognition to Rampant Secret Filming: Why Are Privacy Violations So Widespread? 03. A Law Dormant for Forty Years Awakens—Can It Change the Inertia of the Justice System? 04. What Can We Do When the Legal System Gets It Wrong? 05. What's Wrong with “Tried by the Internet, Death Penalty to Start”? 06. Does China's Rape Law Protect Sexual Autonomy or Sexual Chastity? Leaving the System and Starting from Zero: Is Life a Process of Constant Renunciation? | New Voices in Law From Journalist to Criminal Defense Lawyer: What Future Awaits an Idealist? | New Voices in Law 07. Doxxing, Rumors, and Forced Suicide: Why Is Online Abuse Getting Worse? 08. Beijing's First Pet-Poisoning Verdict Is Far from a True Victory From Biological Research to Patent Law: Taking Responsibility for One's Choices | New Voices in Law 09. A Dormitory Fire at a Henan Primary School: Was Six Years for the Teacher and Warden Reasonable? 10. We May Have Underestimated the Public's Need for Law | Year-End Review From Peking University Security Guard to Lawyer: Ten Years Prove Life Is a Marathon | New Voices in Law 11. Seeing the Gender of Law through Prima Facie 12. Is a Consumer's Demand for Astronomical Compensation Extortion? I Left the System Because I Feared I Could Never Become a Good Judge | New Voices in Law 13. Consumer Protection Is So Difficult—Can Professional Fraud Hunters Control Counterfeits? 14. How Does the Law Punish Emotional Abuse in Intimate Relationships? 15. Why Were the Criminal Standards for Drunk Driving Adjusted? 16. In an Age of Petty-Offense Governance, How Should Criminal Records Be Treated?