Carl Minzner was quoted in US News about the current political landscape of China under President Xi Jinping.
Human rights groups often criticize China for only paying lip service to the rule of law and say the Communist Party systematically ignores due process when prosecuting activists and dissidents.
Courts are being pushed by the Communist Party to be more accessible and fair in the hope that law becomes an effective tool to resolve disputes and stabilize society.
But the reforms also help the leadership enforce central control by codifying previously informal restrictions, or campaigns like the anti-corruption drive, legal experts say.
“What Xi is trying to do is centralize power in order to exert that power over China’s unruly bureaucracy,” said Carl Minzner, a Chinese law expert at Fordham Law School in New York.