The online publication of judgment documents constitutes a crucial component of judicial transparency. According to Articles 4 and 5 of the Provisions on the Publication of Judgments by People's Courts on the Internet adopted at the 1595th meeting of the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People's Court on November 13, 2013, and effective from January 1, 2014, all effective judgment documents, except those involving state secrets, personal privacy, juvenile delinquency, mediation settlements, and other circumstances unsuitable for internet disclosure, shall be published online.
The A-share listed companies' judgment documents data provided by CnOpenData encompass not only the listed companies themselves but also include their subsidiaries, affiliated companies, and joint ventures. The dataset features comprehensive fields such as Securities Code (证券代码), Associated Company Name (关联公司名称), Relationship with Listed Company (与上市公司关系), Case Name (案件名称), Amount (金额), Role (Plaintiff/Defendant/Third Party) (是否原/被告/第三方), Case Participants (案件成员), Judgment Result (审判结果), Adjudication Date (裁决日期), Case Number (裁判案号), Case Cause (案件原因), and City Code (城市编码).
Data Description
The judicial hierarchy refers to the four-tier court system in China: Levels 1 and 2 represent Basic People's Courts (基层人民法院), Level 3 denotes Intermediate People's Courts (中级人民法院), Level 4 corresponds to High People's Courts (高级人民法院), and Level 5 signifies the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院).
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2014-2020
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Relevant Literature
- Guo Dong, 2021: "Semantic Items, Structure, and Function of Jurisprudential Concepts: An Analysis Based on 120,108 Judgement Documents," China Legal Science (中国法学), No. 5.
- Zhang Jun, Yan Xueling, Yu Shule, Zhang Xueyuan, 2023: "Industrial Robot Applications and Labor Relations: An Empirical Study Based on Judicial Litigation," Management World (管理世界), No. 12.
- Yi Mengjie, Li Jiasheng, Shen Guangjun, 2023: "Can Targeted Poverty Alleviation Reduce Criminal Offenses? Empirical Evidence from Judgement Document Data," China Economic Quarterly (经济学（季刊）), No. 6.
Data Update Frequency
Annual updates