Friday, January 28, 2011

China: Will Law Reforms Reduce Forced Home Demolitions? - China Real Time Report - WSJ

Berkeley law professor Stanley Lubman reports:
In October 2010, thugs hired by a demolition company to destroy a house forcefully entered it and brutally murdered the homeowner. The crime, one of a series of similar violent incidents in recent years, was widely reported and sparked popular outrage. Last week, the State Council published a regulation that would end the power of local governments to order demolition of urban residences and require disputed cases to be decided by courts (report in Chinese)....
Will Law Reforms Reduce Forced Home Demolitions? - China Real Time Report - WSJ

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