"The Bo Xilai Trial and China's 'Rule of Law': Same Old, Same Old"

David Weaver Research Professor of Law Donald Clarke pens this editorial for The Atlantic on the trial of disgraced former Communist Party Chief Bo Xilai, taking an in-depth look at criminal law and the rule of law in China: "Far from being a victory for the rule of law, then, the Bo Xilai trial looks to be just the same old, same old. Nobody believes that Bo is the only corrupt politician of his stature in China; the fact that others are not being prosecuted suggests that what is operating here is not a law-like principle of cause and effect, of crime and punishment."