Nury Vittachi (@NuryVittachi) “NATURAL JUSTICE: Who needs a court house? In rural China, judges travel to remot” — TopicDigg

NATURAL JUSTICE: Who needs a court house? In rural China, judges travel to remote villages and set up “chambers” anywhere to resolve disputes. This meadow by a lake appears to be in Yunnan province. The banner officially declares that the circle of attendees constitute the county's “circuit judges court”. In the west, the idea of having “circuit” (from “circling around”) judges was popularized from the UK from about the 1400s onwards. Ordinary people had no freedom to leave their “demesne” (domain). To seek justice, they would have to wait until a circuit judge visited the area. Today, in big cities, Chinese court systems have set up officially recognised internet access so that people living far away don’t need to physically attend court hearings.