Elisa Nesossi is an Australian Research Council Early Career Research Fellow at the Australian Centre on China in the World (Australian National University). Her research interests include: contemporary Chinese law, Chinese criminal justice, human rights in China, Chinese legal history, comparative human rights law and comparative criminal justice. She is the author of China Pre-Trial Justice. Criminal Justice, Human Rights and Legal Reforms in Contemporary China (Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing, 2012). Her co-edited volumes include The Politics of Law and Stability in China (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014), Legal Reforms and Deprivation of Liberty in Contemporary China (Routledge, 2016) and Justice: The China Experience (Cambridge University Press, 2017).Susan Trevaskes is Professor of Chinese Studies in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences at Griffith University, Australia. Her China-related research interests include criminal courts, policing serious crime, the death penalty, justice and the political nature of criminal justice in China. She has published sole-authored books in the area of Chinese criminal justice studies: Courts and Criminal Justice in Contemporary China (Lexington Press, 2007), Policing Serious Crime in China: from 'strike hard' to 'kill fewer' (Routledge, 2010) and The Death Penalty in Contemporary China (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). Her co-edited volumes include The Politics of Law and Stability in China (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014), Legal Reforms and Deprivation of Liberty in Contemporary China (Routledge, 2016) and Justice: The China Experience (Cambridge University Press, 2017).

• ContentsAuthor BiographiesProcedural Justice and the Fair Trial in Contemporary Chinese Criminal JusticeElisa Nesossi and Susan TrevaskesAbstractKeywordsIntroduction1 The Justice Storyline2 The Policy-Implementing Structures of the Criminal Process3 Three Areas of Concern4 ConclusionReferences

Elisa Nesossi is an Australian Research Council Early Career Research Fellow at the Australian Centre on China in the World (Australian National University). Her research interests include: contemporary Chinese law, Chinese criminal justice, human rights in China, Chinese legal history, comparative human rights law and comparative criminal justice. She is the author of China Pre-Trial Justice. Criminal Justice, Human Rights and Legal Reforms in Contemporary China (Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing, 2012). Her co-edited volumes include The Politics of Law and Stability in China (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014), Legal Reforms and Deprivation of Liberty in Contemporary China (Routledge, 2016) and Justice: The China Experience (Cambridge University Press, 2017).Susan Trevaskes is Professor of Chinese Studies in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences at Griffith University, Australia. Her China-related research interests include criminal courts, policing serious crime, the death penalty, justice and the political nature of criminal justice in China. She has published sole-authored books in the area of Chinese criminal justice studies: Courts and Criminal Justice in Contemporary China (Lexington Press, 2007), Policing Serious Crime in China: from 'strike hard' to 'kill fewer' (Routledge, 2010) and The Death Penalty in Contemporary China (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). Her co-edited volumes include The Politics of Law and Stability in China (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014), Legal Reforms and Deprivation of Liberty in Contemporary China (Routledge, 2016) and Justice: The China Experience (Cambridge University Press, 2017).

• ContentsAuthor BiographiesProcedural Justice and the Fair Trial in Contemporary Chinese Criminal JusticeElisa Nesossi and Susan TrevaskesAbstractKeywordsIntroduction1 The Justice Storyline2 The Policy-Implementing Structures of the Criminal Process3 Three Areas of Concern4 ConclusionReferences

Elisa Nesossi is an Australian Research Council Early Career Research Fellow at the Australian Centre on China in the World (Australian National University). Her research interests include: contemporary Chinese law, Chinese criminal justice, human rights in China, Chinese legal history, comparative human rights law and comparative criminal justice. She is the author of China Pre-Trial Justice. Criminal Justice, Human Rights and Legal Reforms in Contemporary China (Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing, 2012). Her co-edited volumes include The Politics of Law and Stability in China (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014), Legal Reforms and Deprivation of Liberty in Contemporary China (Routledge, 2016) and Justice: The China Experience (Cambridge University Press, 2017).Susan Trevaskes is Professor of Chinese Studies in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences at Griffith University, Australia. Her China-related research interests include criminal courts, policing serious crime, the death penalty, justice and the political nature of criminal justice in China. She has published sole-authored books in the area of Chinese criminal justice studies: Courts and Criminal Justice in Contemporary China (Lexington Press, 2007), Policing Serious Crime in China: from 'strike hard' to 'kill fewer' (Routledge, 2010) and The Death Penalty in Contemporary China (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). Her co-edited volumes include The Politics of Law and Stability in China (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014), Legal Reforms and Deprivation of Liberty in Contemporary China (Routledge, 2016) and Justice: The China Experience (Cambridge University Press, 2017).

• ContentsAuthor BiographiesProcedural Justice and the Fair Trial in Contemporary Chinese Criminal JusticeElisa Nesossi and Susan TrevaskesAbstractKeywordsIntroduction1 The Justice Storyline2 The Policy-Implementing Structures of the Criminal Process3 Three Areas of Concern4 ConclusionReferences