1. Introduction
2. Halfway home and a long way to go : China's rule of law evolution and the global road to judicial independence, impartiality and judicial integrity
3. A new approach for promoting judicial independence
4. The party and the courts
5. Judicial independence in China : common myths and unfounded assumptions
6. A new analytic framework for understanding and promoting judicial independence in China
7. Judicial independence and the company law in the Shanghai courts
8. Local courts in western China : the quest for independence and dignity
9. The judiciary pushes back : law, power, and politics in Chinese courts
10. Corruption in China's courts
11. A survey of commercial litigation in Shanghai courts
12. Judicial independence in authoritarian regimes : lessons from continental Europe
13. Judicial independence in east Asia : lessons for China.