Nicholas Howson zeroes in on the phrase "rule of law" in Chinese judicial reform

Nico Howson 

Professor of Law

Michigan Law School

Rule of law: one term, two characters, many meanings 

by Cary Huang, South China Morning Post, November 10, 2014

“Nicholas Calcina Howson, from the University of Michigan’s Law School, said the party and the government had increasingly used other rhetorical forms in the last decade, such as yifa xingzheng (to administer by law) and fazhi zhengfu (to govern by law). It is also about what is called yifa zhiguo (rule by law).”